NationMaster - Cameroonian Energy statistics

Coal > Production	1,000 ton	[62nd of 65]
Commercial energy use	427.22	[109th of 119]
Electric power consumption > kWh	3,320,000,000 kWh	[114th of 132]
Electricity > Consumption	3,323,000,000 kWh	[103rd of 210]
Electricity > Production	3,903,000,000 kWh	[67th of 210]
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	2.7%	[199th of 223]
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	0%	[98th of 223]
Gasoline prices	0.92	[85th of 141]
Natural gas > Consumption	20,000,000 cu m	[48th of 206]
Natural gas reserves	55,220,000,000 cubic feet	[46th of 72]
Oil > Consumption	24,500 bbl/day	[83rd of 212]
Oil > Exports	108,800 bbl/day	[58th of 184]
Oil > Imports	50,750 bbl/day	[73rd of 186]
Oil > Production	87,400 bbl/day	[9th of 212]
Oil > Proved reserves	200,000,000 bbl	[55th of 206]
Oil exports > Net	50,167 barrels per day	[29th of 32]
Oil reserves	85,000,000 barrels	[72nd of 97]
Traditional fuel consumption	69.2%	[30th of 130]
Wall plugs > Plug type Europe
Wall plugs > Voltage	220 V	[123rd of 209]

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SOURCES: Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC

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COMMENTARY

Professor
9th December 2004

Hydroelectricity is a clean, renewable and reliable energy source that serves national environmental and energy policy objectives. Hydropower converts kinetic energy from falling water into electricity without consuming more water than is produced by nature.
A basic hydroelectric dam works by holding back water, creating a reservoir of potential power. On the upper side of the dam, a water gate is opened to let water surge through a tunnel leading to turbines. The water turns the turbines which in turn spin the generators to generate electricity. The electricity is carried through cables to wherever it is needed.

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