Household electricity consumption per capita in the Philippines 2000-2016
The Philippines is a densely populated country with around 104.9 million people and with 19.9 million households. On average, the household electricity consumption in the country was about 248.1-kilowatt hours in 2015, where electricity was used primarily for lighting purposes, cooking, recreation and space cooling.
Electricity energy consumption
Electricity is still the leading used energy in the Philippines. From 2008 to 2017, the consumption of electricity in different sectors of the country increased over the years. The residential sector and industrial sector were one of the major consumers of electrical energy. A sign of slowing down is nowhere near since most of the sectors rely on electricity for their operations. Although some parts of the country, especially the rural areas where families belong to the lowest income brackets used kerosene for lighting. Majority of the Filipinos belonging to the urban areas have access to electricity.
Sources of energy
Electricity is derived from different sources of energy produced by powerplants. For electricity to be produced, power plants harness different resources. As of 2018, most of the power generated by the power plants in the country came from coal. The Luzon and Mindanao areas have shown their dependency to coal while the Visayas region opted for a cleaner energy out of renewable energies.
Electricity energy consumption
Electricity is still the leading used energy in the Philippines. From 2008 to 2017, the consumption of electricity in different sectors of the country increased over the years. The residential sector and industrial sector were one of the major consumers of electrical energy. A sign of slowing down is nowhere near since most of the sectors rely on electricity for their operations. Although some parts of the country, especially the rural areas where families belong to the lowest income brackets used kerosene for lighting. Majority of the Filipinos belonging to the urban areas have access to electricity.
Sources of energy
Electricity is derived from different sources of energy produced by powerplants. For electricity to be produced, power plants harness different resources. As of 2018, most of the power generated by the power plants in the country came from coal. The Luzon and Mindanao areas have shown their dependency to coal while the Visayas region opted for a cleaner energy out of renewable energies.
