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International Trade in Electricity
(Cross-Border Electrical Connections)

This is a list of country pairs with the potential for cross-border electrical connections, and the current status of international electricity trading.

International Trade in Electricity

(Cross-Border Electrical Connections)

This is a list of country pairs with the potential for cross-border electrical connections and the current status of international electricity trading. In many cases, trade across each individual border is not readily available. What is available is total trade for each country.

Country 1

Link(s) Planned

% Under

Link Type (Electricity)

Net Annual Trade (est'd)

Link Type (oil)

Net Annual Trade

Link Type ( Gas)

Net Annual Trade

Country 2

Construction

Completed

Underwater Cable (UC) or Land

Imports (Million kWh)

Exports (Million kWh)

Imports

Exports

Imports

Exports

Region:

North America

[1]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Canada

23,405

41,544

United States

23,405

41,544

Greenland

N/A

Greenland

N/A

Canada

N/A

Denmark

N/A

Iceland

N/A

United States

44,530

19,800

[2]

Canada

41,544

23,405

Mexico

1,147

865

Cuba

N/A

Russia

N/A

Mexico

866

1,147

[3]

United States

866

1,147

Belize

N/A

Guatemala

N/A

Cuba

N/A

Region:

Latin America

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Belize

Mexico

Guatemala

Costa Rica

Nicaragua

Panama

El Salvador

322

95.5

Guatemala

Honduras

Guatemala

339

Mexico

Belize

El Salvador

Honduras

Guatemala

El Salvador

Nicaragua

69.34

Honduras

Costa Rica

Panama

Costa Rica

Colombia

Cuba

Haiti

Dominican Repubic

Puerto Rico (U.S)

Small Island

Jamaica

Small Island

Trinnidad and Tobago

Small Island

Bahamas

Small Island

Barbados

Small Island

Saint Lucia

Small Island

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Small Island

Virgin Islands (U.S)

Small Island

Grenada

Small Island

Aruba (Netherlands)

Small Island

Antigua and Barbuda

Small Island

Dominica

Small Island

Cayman Islands (U.K)

Small Island

Bermuda (U.K)

Small Island

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Small Island

Turks and Caicos Islands (U.K)

Small Island

British Virgin Islands (U.K)

Small Island

Montserrat (U.K)

Small Island

Argentina

8,017

4,140

Brazil

Chile

Uruguay

Paraguay

Bolivia

Brazil

Peru

Chile

Paraguay

Argentina

Brazil

39,200 supplied by Paraguay

160

Guyane

Suriname

Guyana

Venezuela

Colombia

Peru

Bolivia

Paraguay

Argentina

Uruguay

Chile

2,152

Argentina

Bilivia

Peru

Colombia

1,758

Brazil

Peru

Ecuador

Venezuela

Panama

Ecuador

1,723

Colombia

Peru

Falkland Islands (British)

Guyana

French Guiana (France)

Venezuela

Brazil

Suriname

Netherlands Antilles

Paraguay

43,790

Brazil

Bolivia

Argentina

Peru

Brazil

Chile

Bolivia

Ecuador

Colombia

Suriname

Brazil

Guyana

Guyane

Trinidad and Tobago

Uruguay

1.585

841

Argentina

Brazil

Venezuela

Brazil

Colombia

Guyana

Region:

Europe

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Portugal

9,626

2,802

Spain

10210

11,560

Potugal

France

Andorra

N/A, most electricity supplied by Spain, France;Also generate some Hydropower.

N/A

Spain

France

Monaco

N/A, electricity supplied by France

N/A

France

Italy

France

8,035

68,330

Spain

Belgium

Germany

Switzerland

Monaco

Italy

Luxemburgo

Belgium

14,330

8,024

Netherland

Germany

Luxemburgo

France

Luxemburgo

6,392

3,131

Germany

France

Belgium

Netherlands

23,690

5,398

Germany

Belgium

Germany

56,860

61,430

France

Luxemburgo

Belgium

Netherland

Denmark

Poland

Czech Republic

Austria

Switzerland

Czech Republic

12,350

24,990

Germany

Poland

Slovakia

Austria

20,400

17,430

Germany

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Hungary

Slovenia

Italy

Switzerland

Slovakia

8,005

11,270

Poland

Ukraine

Hungary

Austria

Czech Republic

Croatia

8,746

3,634

Slovenia

Hungary

Serbia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

Poland

5,002

16,190

Germany

Czech Republic

Slovakia

Ukraine

Belarus

Lithuania

Hungary

15,640

9,410

Slovakia

Ukraine

Romania

Serbia

Croatia

Austria

Slovenia

Romania

2,321

5,224

Moldova

Ukraine

Hungary

Serbia

Bulgaria

Serbia

11,230, (excluding Kosobo; imports from Montenegro)

12,050 kwh (excludes Kosovo; exported to Montenegro) (2004)

Romania

Hungary

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Montenegro

Bulgaria

Albania

Macedonia

Albania

371

300

Montenegro

Serbia

Macedonia

Greece

Bulgaria

7,800

Turkey

Romania

Serbia

Macedonia

Greece

Turkey

636

1,798

Bulgaria

Greece

Georgia

Armenia

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Ukraine

Belarus

Poland

Slovakia

Hungary

Romania

Moldova

Russia

Moldova

3,361

220

Ukraine

Romania

Latvia

2,855

707

Estonia

Lithuania

Belarus

Russia

Estonia

Russia

Latvia

Bosnia and Hezegovina

2,174

3,580

Croatia

Serbia

Montenegro

Gibraltar

Spain

Greece

5,616

1,836

Albania

Macedonia

Bulgaria

Turkey

Italy

50,260

1,109

France

Switzerland

Austria

Slovenia

Republic of Macedonia

2,994

Serbia

Albania

Bulgaria

Greece

Malta

Motenegro

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbia

Albania

San Marino

Italy

Slovenia

4,070

4,800

Austria

Italy

Croatia

Hungary

Vatican City

N/A Most electricity supplied by Italy

N/A

Italy

Liechtenstein

Austria

Switzerland

Lithuania

5,641

8,607

Latvia

Belarus

Poland

Iceland

Greenland

Faroe Island (Denmark)

Aland Islands (Finland)

Isle of Man

United Kingdom

Ireland

Finland

17,920

933

Sweden

Russia

Sweden

14,580

21,970

Norway

Finland

Norway

3,652

15.7

Sweden

Estonia

345

1,953

Russia

Latvia

Denmark

6,770

13,720

Germany

United Kingdom

11,160

2,839

Isle of Man

Ireland

2,045

Isle of Man

United Kingdom

Switzerland

38,350

32,000

France

Italy

Austria

Germany

Guernsey

France

Jersey

N/A, electricity supplied by France

N/A

France

Guernsey

Russia

10,140

22,520

Finland

Estonia

Latvia

Belarus

Ukraine

Gerorgia

Azerbaijan

Kazakhstan

Mongolia

China

Ukraine

20,000

10,000

Belarus

Poland

Slovakia

Romania

Moldova

Russia

Hungary

Uzbekistan

10,500

6,800

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Kazakhstan

Tajikistan

4,508

4,257

Uzbekistan

Afghanistan

India

Yes, China ?

China

Kirgyzstan

Moldova

Romania

Ukraine

Kyrgyzstan

2,684

Kazakhstan

Uzbekistan

Tajikistan

China

Kazakhstan

4,552

3,978

China

Russia

Mongolia

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

Belarus

9,091

5,053

Russia

Latvia

Lithuania

Poland

Ukraine

Afghanistan

100

Iran

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Tajikistan

Pakistan

China

Region:

Africa

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Algeria

359

275

Morocco

Western Sahara

Mauritania

Mali

Niger

Libya

Tunisia

yes

Lybia

Algeria

Tunisia

Niger

Chad

Sudan

yes

Egypt

Morocco

802

Algeria

Western Sahara

Sudan

Ethiopia

Egypt

Chad

Cent. Afric. Rep.

Uganda

Kenya

Dem. Rep. Congo

Lybia

Eritrea

Egypt

168

946

Libya

Sudan

yes

Tunisia

Algeria

yes

Libya

Western Sahara

Algeria

Morocco

Mauritania

Benin

595

Nigeria

Niger

Burkina Faso

yes

Cote d'lvore

yes

Togo

Burkina Faso

Mali

Niger

Benin

Togo

Ghana

Cote d'lvore

Cote d'lvoire

1,397

Togo

Benin

Mali

Guinea

Liberia

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

The Gambia

Senegal

Ghana

815

639

Cote d'lvore

Burkina Faso

Togo

Guinea

Mali

Cote d'lvore

Liberia

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea

Senegal

Mali

Algeria

Mauritania

Senegal

Guinea

Cote d'lvore

Burkina Faso

Niger

Liberia

Cote d'lvore

Guinea

Sierra Leone

Mauritania

Algeria

Western Sahara

Mali

Senegal

Niger

220

Algeria

Libya

Chad

Nigeria

Benin

Burkina Faso

Mali

Nigeria

Niger

Chad

Cameroon

Benin

yes

Senegal

Mauritania

yes

Mali

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Gambia

yes

Sierra Leone

Guinea

Liberia

Togo

486 , electricity supplied by Ghana

Burkina Faso

Cote d'lvore

Benin

Ghana

Angola[4]

Dem. Rep. Congo

Zambia

Namibia

yes

Cameroon

Nigeria

Chad

Cent. Afric. Rep.

Gabon

Congo

Central African Republic

Sudan

Chad

Cameroon

Congo

yes

Dem. Rep. Congo

Chad

Libya

yes

Niger

Nigeria

Cameroon

Cent. Afric. Rep.

Sudan

Egypt

Democratic Republic of Congo[5]

418

Burundi

Rwanda

Uganda

Sudan

Cent. Afric. Rep.

Congo

Angola

Zambia

Tanzania

Republic of Congo

1,800

Dem. Rep. Congo

yes

Cent. Afric. Rep.

yes

Cameroon

Gabon

Equatorial Guinea

Cameroon

Gabon

Congo

Cameroon

Equatorial Guinea

yes

Tanzania[6]

136

Kenya

yes

Zambia

yes

Uganda

Rwanda

Burundi

Dem. Rep. Congo

Malawi

Mozambique

Kenya[7]

Zambia

Tanzania

Ethiopia

Somalia

Uganda

yes

Sudan

Uganda[8]

170

Ethiopia

Rwanda

yes

Democratic Republic of Congo

yes

Sudan

Kenya

yes

20 MW

20 MW ?

Tanzania

Rwanda[9]

120

Burundi

yes

Dem. Rep. Congo

yes

Kenya

yes

Uganda

yes

Tanzania

Burundi[10]

34, supplied by Democratic Republic of Congo

Rwanda

yes

Dem. Rep. Congo

yes

Tanzania

yes

Djibouti

Ethiopia

yes

Eritrea

Somalia

Eritrea

Djibouti

Ethiopia

Sudan

yes

Ethiopia

Djbouti

yes

Kenya

yes

Sudan

yes

Somalia

Eritrea

Somalia

Ethiopia

Djbouti

yes

Kenya

Mozambique[11]

9,588

12,000

Malawi

Tanzania

yes

Zambia

yes

Zimbabwe

yes

South Africa

Swasiland

Madagascar

Malawi[12]

Mozambique

Tanzania

Zambia

Zambia[13]

465

243

Kenya

Tanzania

Namibia

yes

Dem. Rep. Congo

Angola

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Botswana

Mozambique

Zimbabwe[14]

3,013

Zambia

Namibia

Botswana

Mozambique

South Africa

yes

Comoros

Mauritius

Seychelles

Botswana[15]

1,754

Namibia

yes

Zambia

Zimbabwe

South Africa

Lesotho[16]

South Africa

yes

HSDC

Namibia[17]

1,567, electricity supplied by South Africa

Zambia

yes

HSDC

Zimbabwe

HSDC

Dem. Rep. Congo

HSDC

South Africa

Angola

yes

HSDC

Mozambique

Botswana

CIA Factbook, EIA

South Africa[18]

11,080

13,420

Namibia

yes

Botswana

yes

Zimbabwe

yes

Mozambique

yes

Lesotho

yes

Swasiland[19]

872, electricity supplied by South Africa

Mozambique

yes

Swasiland

yes

South Africa

yes

[20]

Region:

Asia

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Armenia

231; imports unknown quantity to Iran

1,011;exports an unknown quantity to Georgia, including regions in Azerbaijan.

Iran

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Turkey

Azerbaijan

2,082

880

Russia

Georgia

Armenia

Bahrain

Iran

Cyprus

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Lebanon

Georgia

1,468

122

Syria

Russia

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Iran

2,074

2,761

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Pakistan

Iraq

Kuwait

Azerbaijan

Turkmenistan

2,918

Iran

Afghanistan

Uzbekistan

Kazahstan

Pakistan

Armenia

Iran

Afghanistan

Iraq

1,388

India

Turkey

Syria

Jordan

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Israel

1,663

Kuwait

Jordan

Egypt

Jordan

741

Lebanon

Syria

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Kuwait

Israel

Iraq

Lebanon

455

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Qatar

Israel

Saudi Arabia

Qatar

Kuwait

United Arab Emirates

Oman

Yemen

Jordan

Syria

Iraq

Turkey

Iraq

Lebanon

Jordan

United Arab Emirates

Israel

Saudi Arabia

Oman

Yemen

Oman

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Oman

Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh

Burma

India

British Indian Ocean Territory

Burma

Bhutan

1,500

China

India

1,764

India

Bangladesh

Burma

China

Bhutan

Nepal

Maldives

Pakistan

Nepal

266

101

China

Pakistan

India

Iran

Afghanistan

Tajikistan

China

Sri Lanka

India

China

5,011

11,190

Russia

Mongolia

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Afghanistan

Pakistan

India

Nepal

Bhutan

Burma

Laos

Vietnam

Hong Kong

Macau

Hong Kong

11,000

4,498

North Korea

Macau

341

China

Republic of China (Taiwan)

China

Japan

China

South Korea

North Korea

Russia

South Korea

China

Mongolia

125

15.95

North Korea

Russia

China

Kazakhstan

Southeast Asia

Thailand

4,419

642

Cambodia

Burma

Laos

Myanmar

Vietnam

Malaysia

China

Laos

Cambodia

Thailand

Laos

Philippines

Vietnam

Singapore

Burma

Malaysia

Bangledash

India

China

Laos

Malaysia

Thailand

Singapore

Laos

326

728

Indonesia

China

Burma

Thailand

Cambodia

Brunei

Vietnam

Malaysia

*Australasia

Oceania

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table12.xls

http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/international/iealf/table43.xls

Australia

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Indonesia

*Melanesia

Fiji

Indonesia

Papua New Guinea

New Caledonia

Singapore

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

Indonesia

Vanuatu

*Micronesia

Federated states of Micronesia

Guam (U.S)

Kiribati

Nauru

Northern Mariana Islands

*Polynesia

American Samoa

Cook Islands

French Polynesia

Niue

Samoa

Tonga

Wallis and Futuna

Other Territories

Independet Countries(non-members of U.N)

Holy See(Vatican City Sate)

Paletinian Territories, Occupied

Taiwan, Province of China

Antartica

World

Montenegro

Serbia

Self and Non- Self Governing Territories

New Caledonia

Tokelau

Anguilla

*216 out of 191in UN.**** 27 listed not in UN.

Bermuda

British Vigni Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkand Islands

Gibraltar

Monserrat

Pitcairn

Saint Helena

Turks and Caicos Islands

Amec\rican Samoa

Guam

Virgin Island

Western Sahara

International Standards Organisation

Christmas Islands

(inhabited)

Cocos Islands

Norfolk Islands

Faroe Islands

Greenland

French Polynesia

Mayotte

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Wallis and Futuna

Aruba

Netherlands Antilles

Cook Islands

Niue

Guernsey

Isle of Man

Jersey

Northern Mariana Islands

Puerto Rico

Heard Islands and Mcdonald Islands

(uninhabited)

French Southern Territories

Bouvet Islands

Svalbard and Jan Mayen

British Indian Ocean Territory

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

United States, Minor Outlying Islands

Hong Kong, China

special status

Macao, China

Aland

French Guiana

Guadalupe

French, departments with same status as mainlad

Martinque

Reunion

England

U.K

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Australia

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Clipperton Island

French

Bassas da India

Europa Island

In Indian Ocean

Glorioso Island

Juan de Nova Island

Tromelin Island

Azores

Portugal

Madeira

*external part.

Baker Island

U.S minor outlying Islands (UM)

Howland Island

Johnston Atoll

Kingman Reef

Midway Island

Navassa Island

Palmyra Atoll

*In Carribean

Wake Island

Gaza

Palestine

West Bank

*separate parts

Guantanamo Bay

other territories

Senkaku Island

in Cuba, leased to U.S Army

Kurile Islands

Japanese

Bird Island

Russian

Ceuta

Venezuela

Melila

parts of Spain

Canary Islands

" "Spain

Diego Garcia

" "Spain

Ascension Island

part of British Indian Ocean Territory

Tristan da Cunha

" "Saint Helena

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Subdivision Countries

Republika Srpska

B and H

Indonesia(Java)

B and H

Irian Jaya (WestNew Guninea

Indonesia

Kalimantan (southern Borneo)

Indonesia

Lesser Sunda Islands( Bali, Timor)

Indonesia

Moluka

Indonesia

Sulawesi (Celebes)

Indonesia

Sumatra (Indonesia)

Indonesia

Serbia

Indonesia

Kosovo

Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro

Serbia and Montenegro

Abu Dhabi

Serbia and Montenegro

Ajman

Dubai

Fujairah

Ras al-Khaimah

Sharjah

Umm al-Qaiwain

Argetine South Pole

Chilean South Pole

New Zealand South Pole (Ross Dependency)

Tasmania

Separate from rest of nation (well Settled)

Distance

Nakhichevan

Australia

240 km.south of Australia

Prince Edward Island

Azerbaijan

50km. from Armenia

Hainan Island

Canada

13km. Of New Brunswick

San Andres & Providencia

China

30km. South of mailand China

Galapagos Islands

Colombia

750km. North of Colombia

Corsica

Ecuador

600km. West of Ecuador

Saint Martin (Fr.), St-Barthelemy

France

200km. Southeast of frnace

Dodecanese

Guadalupe

N/A

Crete

Greece

east of Greece

Ionian Islands (Corfu, etc.)

Greece

South of Grece

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Greece

West of Greece

Lakshadweep Islands

India

950km. East of India

Sardinia

India

200 km west India

Sicily

Italy

200km west of Italy

Ryukyu Islands

Italy

South of Italy

Sabah

Japan

N/A

Sarawak

Malaysia

on the island of Borneo

Rodrigues

Malaysia

on the island of Borneo

Bonaire

Mauritius

560km. East of dependency of Maurittius

Curacoa

Netherlands Antilles

N/A

Sint-Maarten

Netherlands Antilles

N/A

Sint-Eustachius

Netherlands Antilles

N/A

Sabah

Netherlands Antilles

N/A

Bismark Archipelago

Netherlands Antilles

N/A

European Russia

Papua New Guniea

East of New Guinea

Kaliningrad

Russia

N/A

Asiatic Russia

Russia

N/A

Balearic Islands

Russia

N/A

Tanganyika

Spain

100 km. of Spain

Zanzibar and Pemba

Tanzania

N/A

Turkey in Europe

Tanzania

N/A

Turkeyin Asia

Turkey

N/A

Alaska

Turkey

N/A

Hawaii

U.S

N/A

U.S

N/A

Lord Howe Island

small population

Fernando deNoronha

Australia

550km. East of New south Wales

Eastern Island

Brazil

350km. East of Brazil

Juan Fernandez Island

Chile

3000 km. west of Chile

Marquesas Islands

Chile

700km. West of Chile

Lampedusa

French Polynesia

1600 km. northeast of Tahiti

West Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)

Italy

200km. Sout of Sicily

Central & East Kiribati (Phoenix/Line Islands)

Kiribati

N/A

Chatham Island

Kiribati

N/A

Zil Elwannyen Sesel (Aldabra, Farquhar, Amirante Is.

New Zealand

N/A

Ogasawara

Seychelles

N/A

Japan(unhinhabited)

1000km. South of Japan

Northern Cyprus

De facto independent

Transdnistria (Eastern Moldavia

Cyprus

Somaliland (Northern Somalia)

Moldavia

Somalia

Tibet

Part of larger countries(disputed)

Kashmir

China

Sikkim

India& Pakistan

India

Annobon Island

more tha 100km. From rest of country.

Equatorial Guinea

300km. West of Africa

Paracel Islands

*Sovereignty unsettled

Liancourt Rock

South China Seas, Claimed by Vietnam, China, other.

Scarborough Reef

Claimed by Japan, Republic of Korea

Spratly Islands

South China seas,claimed by China, Philippines

South China Seas, cliamed by Vietnam, China, others.

[1]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat6p3.html

[2]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat6p3.html

[3]

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epa/epat6p3.html

[4]

*****Currently the grid systems of Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe form the regional network. In the SADC region only Angola, Malawi and Tanzania are not yet connected.**

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