Electricity generation in Polynesia
Compare 2024 electricity production, renewable shares and low-carbon generation across Polynesia, with country-level grid and market references.
Electricity production by country in Polynesia
5 of 10 listed countries and territories report annual generation. Their available-country subtotal is 1.2 TWh in 2024. This is a sum of available observations, not an official or complete continent/region total. Country shares are shown separately; they are not averaged into a regional percentage.
Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.
| Country / territory | Generation (TWh) | Renewable (%) | Low-carbon (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Polynesia electricity production | 0.72 | 34.7 | 34.7 |
| American Samoa electricity production | 0.18 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Samoa electricity production | 0.16 | 43.8 | 43.8 |
| Tonga electricity production | 0.07 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| Cook Islands electricity production | 0.04 | 50 | 50 |
Coverage, geography and assumptions
This subregion follows the existing atlas country crosswalk, not a new statistical or electrical boundary. Each country’s full national observation is counted once within this group. Russia is assigned wholly to Europe and Türkiye to Asia; production is not split spatially. A parent group overlaps its subregions, so do not add those pages’ subtotals together.
Subtotals include reported zero values but exclude missing annual generation. They are calculated directly from source TWh, never inferred from installed MW, plant counts or capacity factors. The imported dataset excludes the provider’s regional aggregates; the World chart uses the provider’s separate World series, not a sum of these pages.
Electricity production is only one part of energy production: transport fuels, heat and primary energy are not included. Generation, consumption, electricity imports and installed capacity answer different questions.
5 missing annual generation observations
- Niue: atlas coverage and references
- Pitcairn Islands: atlas coverage and references
- Tokelau: atlas coverage and references
- Tuvalu: atlas coverage and references
- Wallis and Futuna: atlas coverage and references
Source snapshot: 24 April 2026; common observation year: 2024. This page derives navigation and a subtotal from the published snapshot, not live measurements or a refreshed dataset. Editorial and review scope.
Grid operators and electricity markets in Polynesia
A geographic region is not one synchronous grid or one electricity market. Find the national or regional organisations, their stated roles and service areas, and the sources behind each country’s listing. Missing exchange links are not evidence that trading is absent.
| Country / territory | Listed grid organisations | Markets / power pools | Recorded structure |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Samoa grid operators and electricity market | American Samoa Power Authority | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Cook Islands grid operators and electricity market | Te Aponga Uira | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| French Polynesia grid operators and electricity market | Électricité de Tahiti | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Niue grid operators and electricity market | Niue Power Corporation — PPA listing | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Pitcairn Islands grid operators and electricity market | No operator link verified | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Samoa grid operators and electricity market | Electric Power Corporation | No exchange / pool link listed | Vertically integrated utility |
| Tokelau grid operators and electricity market | Tokelau Department of Energy — island-system reference | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Tonga grid operators and electricity market | Tonga Power | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Tuvalu grid operators and electricity market | Tuvalu Electricity Corporation | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
| Wallis and Futuna grid operators and electricity market | Électricité et Eau de Wallis-et-Futuna | No exchange / pool link listed | Island system |
Operator references reviewed 2026-09-29. Recorded market structures are summaries, not current prices, licence registers or a claim of continent-wide uniformity. The linked country sections include source URLs and geographic limitations.
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