Which countries produce the most hydroelectric power?
China produces the most electricity from
hydroelectric power, some 856.4 billion kilowatt hours a year – more
than double the amount produced by Brazil, in second place. The top
three is completed by Canada, which produces 376.7 billion kilowatt
hours a year.
Alongside the United States, in fourth, there are
also places for Norway, Sweden, India, Venezuela and Japan, showing the
geographical dispersion of hydroelectric power production.
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Author: Joe Myers is a Digital Content Producer at Formative Content.
Image: A Chinese worker looks at
water gushing from open sluice gates on the main dam of the Three Gorges
project in Yichang, Hubei Province, June 11, 2003. REUTERS.
Which countries produce the most electricity from coal?
As
the world prepares for the Paris climate change talks later this year,
moving to renewable sources of energy is a key part of many countries’
plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, in 2012, 40.4% of all
electricity production worldwide still came from coal.
The following chart shows the countries generating
the most electricity from coal, based on International Energy Agency
(IEA) data from 2012 (the latest year for which figures are available.)
China produces the most electricity from coal by a
long margin – 3,785 TWh, more than twice as much as the US in second
place. India, Japan and Germany complete the top five.
This data is taken from the IEA’s Key World Energy Statistics 2014 and includes electricity generated from peat and oil shale as well as coal.
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Author: Joe Myers is a Digital Content Producer at Formative Content.
Image: Labourers shovel coal onto a truck at a coal dump site outside Kabul. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
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