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Power plants in Barbados

2 power-plant records · 0 MW reported capacity

  • Oil 50%
  • Solar 50%
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Barbados at a glance

Power-plant records
2
Reported capacity
0 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
9%
Most records
Oil, Solar
Capital
Bridgetown

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1BLPC Solar Photovoltaic Generation PlantSolar
  2. 2Spring Garden Power PlantOil
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Barbados

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Oil-fired plants supply most power, with rapid growth in rooftop solar under a 2030 renewables goal.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

  • FTCEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

Barbados Light & Power, owned by Emera, runs generation and the grid.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Barbados generates electricity

Electricity generated1.1 TWh
Renewable share9%
Low-carbon share9%
Carbon intensity594.6 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0 TWh
Wind0 TWh
Solar0.1 TWh
Bioenergy0 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0 TWh
Gas0.03 TWh
Other fossil0.98 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Barbados is in Caribbean. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Bridgetown
Languages
English
Region
Caribbean

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 2 records for Barbados. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

2 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

2 lack an owner/operator; 2 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
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Browse 2 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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