Marshall Islands Renewable Energy

Marshall Islands’ share of renewable energy in total final consumption stood at 12.28 percent in 2025, placing the nation 38th globally and slightly above Greenland’s 12.13 percent while trailing New Caledonia’s 13.31 percent. The trajectory has been marked by a pronounced decline from an all‑time peak of 19.70 percent in 1997, through a low of 11.70 percent in 2015, before modestly recovering to the current level. Over the 32‑year coverage period, the island chain’s renewable contribution fell by roughly 7.4 percentage points, reflecting challenges in scaling solar, wind and biomass installations across dispersed atolls and limited grid interconnections. The early 2000s saw modest policy incentives, but the post‑2015 trough coincided with reduced external financing and heightened competition for land use. Recent investments in community‑scale solar projects and regional power‑pool agreements have stalled the decline, and if financing mechanisms and technical capacity continue to improve, the share of renewables is likely to rise gradually over the next decade.