Energy and Water Statistics - 2008

Highlights

1. Primary Energy Requirement

The total primary energy requirement of the country increased by 1.6%, from 1,382 ktoe in 2007 to 1,404 ktoe, in 2008. Out of the total primary energy requirement in 2008, imported fuels (petroleum products and coal) accounted for 81.2% (1,140 ktoe) while locally available sources that are renewables, supplied the remaining 18.8% (264 ktoe).

2. Electricity

Some 2,557 GWh (220 ktoe) of electricity was generated in 2008 as compared with 2,465 GWh (212 ktoe) in 2007, representing an increase of 3.7 %. The Independent Power Producers (IPPs) supplied 63.2% of the total electricity generated and the Central Electricity Board (CEB), only 36.8%. Thermal energy represented 96% and hydro/wind 4%.

Electricity sales increased by 4% from 1,975 GWh in 2007 to 2,054 GWh in 2008. The average sales price of electricity went up by 26.9% from Rs 3.79 per kWh to Rs 4.81 per kWh during the same period.

3. Water

During the year 2008, the mean amount of rainfall recorded around the Island of Mauritius was 2,382 millimetres, a 22% increase compared with 1,954 millimetres registered in 2007. The mean rainfall was highest during the month of March with 508 mm and the lowest during, April, with 53 mm.

In 2008, the total volume of potable water treated by the different treatment plants was 209 million cubic metres (Mm3), up by 1.5% compared with 206 Mm3 in 2007.

June 2009

 

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