Saudis use nine times more electricity than fellow Arabs
Published Wednesday Feb 19 2014Saudi individuals use on average nine times more electricity than their
fellow Arab counterparts in Egypt, Algeria, Sudan and Morocco, according
to a report published on Tuesday.
These countries have 185.6 million
people, seven times more than Saudi Arabia. Egypt has a population of
79.39 million, Algeria 37.76 million, Sudan 36.43 million and Morocco
32.06 million. Saudi Arabia has a population of 28.4 million.
The report by the economic reporting unit of Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper stated
that an individual in Saudi Arabia consumed on average 8,161 kilowatt an
hour in 2011, compared to 951 kilowatt an hour by individuals in the
four largest Arab countries.
A previous report by Al-Eqtisadiah
stated that Saudi consumption of electricity rose by 3 percent in 2011
and 9 percent in 2012. The housing sector consumed 50 percent of the
Kingdom's total electricity production.
The energy sector is subsidized by the state, with the Kingdom using an
estimated 4 million barrels of oil a day to power the country.
In the Kingdom, air conditioners consume 51 percent of all electricity
production. This is also because local air conditioners have a low
energy efficiency ratio (EER). The EER is the ratio of the cooling
capacity, in British thermal units (BTU) per hour, to the power input in
watts. The higher the EER rating, the more efficient the air
conditioner.
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