List of renewable energy topics by country and territory
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This is a list of renewable energy topics by country and territory. These links can be used to compare developments in renewable energy in different countries and territories and to help and encourage new writers to participate in writing about developments in their own countries or countries of interest.
The list refers to renewable energy in general, as well as solar power, wind power, geothermal energy, biofuel, and hydro-electricity. As of 2013, China, Germany, and Japan, and India, four of the world's largest economies generate more electricity from renewables than from nuclear power.
Based on REN21's 2014 report, renewables contributed 19 percent to humans' global energy consumption. This energy consumption is divided as 9% coming from traditional biomass, 4.2% as heat energy (non-biomass), 3.8% hydro electricity and 2% is electricity from wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass.
China is the world's largest producer of hydroelectricity, followed by Canada, Brazil, India, U.S and Russia. Wind power capacity is growing at the rate of 26% annually, and is widely used in Europe, Asia, and the United States.[1] Wind power accounts for approximately 30% of electricity use in Denmark, 20% in Portugal, and 18% in Spain.[2]
Long considered climate policy’s problem case due to its large population and fast growing economy, India is exceeding targets and breaking records and has become the fastest in adoption of clean and renewable energy.[3]
Special renewable energy figures[]
PV power stations are popular in Japan, China and the United States. The world's largest geothermal power installation is The Geysers in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW.[4] Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18 percent of the country's automotive fuel.[5] Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the United States. Plug-in electric vehicles in Norway reached a market share of 22.4% in 2015.[6] the highest in the world.
While many renewable energy projects are large-scale, renewable technologies are also suited to developing countries, where energy is often crucial in human development. Small solar PV systems provide electricity to a few million households, and micro-hydro configured into mini-grids serves many more.
Lists[]
- List of countries by renewable electricity production
Regions[]
Region | Renewable energy (RE) |
Solar power (SP) | Wind power (WP) | Geothermal energy (GE) |
Biofuel (BF) | Hydro power (Hydro) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Africa | RE in Africa | SP in Africa | WP in Africa | GE in Africa | ||
Asia | RE in Asia | SP in Asia | WP in Asia | |||
European Union | RE in the EU | SP in the EU | WP in the EU | BF in the EU |
Countries and territories[]
Country or territory | Energy (E) | Renewable energy (RE) |
Solar power (SP) | Wind power (WP) | Geothermal energy (GE) |
Biofuel (BF) | Hydro power (Hydro) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | E in Afghanistan | RE in Afghanistan | SP in Afghanistan | WP in Afghanistan | GE in Afghanistan | Hydro in Afghanistan | |
Albania | E in Albania | RE in Albania | SP in Albania | WP in Albania | GE in Albania | Hydro in Albania | |
Algeria | E in Algeria | RE in Algeria | SP in Algeria | ||||
Andorra | |||||||
Angola | E in Angola | RE in Angola | Hydro in Angola | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | |||||||
Argentina | E in Argentina | RE in Argentina | WP in Argentina | Hydro in Argentina | |||
Armenia | E in Armenia | RE in Armenia | SP in Armenia | WP in Armenia | |||
Australia | E in Australia | RE in Australia | SP in Australia | WP in Australia | GE in Australia | BF in Australia | |
Austria | E in Austria | RE in Austria | SP in Austria | WP in Austria | |||
Azerbaijan | E in Azerbaijan | RE in Azerbaijan | SP in Azerbaijan | ||||
The Bahamas | |||||||
Bahrain | E in Bahrain | ||||||
Bangladesh | E in Bangladesh | RE in Bangladesh | SP in Bangladesh | WP in Bangladesh | GE in Bangladesh | ||
Barbados | |||||||
Belarus | E in Belarus | RE in Belarus | SP in Belarus | WP in Belarus | |||
Belgium | E in Belgium | SP in Belgium | WP in Belgium | BF in Belgium | |||
Belize | E in Belize | RE in Belize | |||||
Benin | E in Benin | ||||||
Bhutan | E in Bhutan | RE in Bhutan | WP in Bhutan | Hydro in Bhutan | |||
Bolivia | E in Bolivia | RE in Bolivia | SP in Bolivia | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||||
Botswana | E in Botswana | RE in Botswana | SP in Botswana | ||||
Brazil | E in Brazil | RE in Brazil | SP in Brazil | WP in Brazil | BF in Brazil | Hydro in Brazil | |
Brunei | E in Brunei | RE in Brunei | |||||
Bulgaria | E in Bulgaria | SP in Bulgaria | WP in Bulgaria | Hydro in Bulgaria | |||
Burkina Faso | E in Burkina Faso | ||||||
Burundi | E in Burundi | ||||||
Cambodia | E in Cambodia | Hydro in Cambodia | |||||
Cameroon | E in Cameroon | Hydro in Cameroon | |||||
Canada | E in Canada | RE in Canada | SP in Canada | WP in Canada | GE in Canada | BF in Canada | Hydro in Canada |
Cape Verde | E in Cape Verde | ||||||
Central African Republic | E in the CAR | ||||||
Chad | E in Chad | ||||||
Chile | E in Chile | RE in Chile | SP in Chile | WP in Chile | GE in Chile | Hydro in Chile | |
China | E in China | RE in China | SP in China | WP in China | GE in China | BF in China | Hydro in China |
Hong Kong | E in Hong Kong | RE in Hong Kong | SP in Hong Kong | ||||
Macau | E in Macau | ||||||
Colombia | E in Colombia | RE in Colombia | SP in Colombia | WP in Colombia | GE in Colombia | BF in Colombia | Hydro in Colombia |
Comoros | |||||||
Congo | RE in Congo | ||||||
DR Congo | E in DR Congo | RE in DR Congo | |||||
Costa Rica | RE in Costa Rica | SP in Costa Rica | WP in Costa Rica | GE in Costa Rica | BF in Costa Rica | Hydro in Costa Rica | |
Côte d'Ivoire | E in Côte d'Ivoire | ||||||
Croatia | E in Croatia | WP in Croatia | |||||
Cuba | E in Cuba | ||||||
Cyprus | E in Cyprus | RE in Cyprus | SP in Cyprus | ||||
Czech Republic | E in Czech | RE in Czech | SP in Czech | ||||
Denmark | E in Denmark | RE in Denmark | SP in Denmark | WP in Denmark | GE in Denmark | BF in Denmark | |
Djibouti | E in Djibouti | ||||||
Dominica | |||||||
Dominican Republic | |||||||
Ecuador | |||||||
Egypt | E in Egypt | RE in Egypt | SP in Egypt | WP in Egypt | Hydro in Egypt | ||
El Salvador | RE in El Salvador | GE in El Salvador | Hydro in El Salvador | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | E in Equatorial Guinea | ||||||
Eritrea | E in Eritrea | ||||||
Estonia | E in Estonia | RE in Estonia | WP in Estonia | ||||
Ethiopia | E in Ethiopia | RE in Ethiopia | SP in Ethiopia | WP in Ethiopia | GE in Ethiopia | BF in Ethiopia | Hydro in Ethiopia |
Finland | E in Finland | RE in Finland | SP in Finland | WP in Finland | BF in Finland | ||
France | E in France | RE in France | SP in France | WP in France | Hydro in France | ||
Germany | E in Germany | RE in Germany | SP in Germany | WP in Germany | GE in Germany | BF in Germany | Hydro in Germany |
Greece | E in Greece | RE in Greece | SP in Greece | WP in Greece | |||
Haiti | RE in Haiti | SP in Haiti | |||||
Honduras | E in Honduras | RE in Honduras | SP in Honduras | GE in Honduras | |||
Hungary | E in Hungary | RE in Hungary | SP in Hungary | WP in Hungary | GE in Hungary | Hydro in Hungary | |
Iceland | E in Iceland | RE in Iceland | WP in Iceland | GE in Iceland | Hydro in Iceland | ||
India | E in India | RE in India | SP in India | WP in India | BF in India | Hydro in India | |
Indonesia | E in Indonesia | RE in Indonesia | SP in Indonesia | WP in Indonesia | GE in Indonesia | Hydro in Indonesia | |
Iran | E in Iran | RE in Iran | SP in Iran | WP in Iran | Hydro in Iran | ||
Iraq | E in Iraq | ||||||
Ireland | E in Ireland | RE in Ireland | SP in Ireland | WP in Ireland | |||
Israel | E in Israel | RE in Israel | SP in Israel | ||||
Italy | E in Italy | RE in Italy | SP in Italy | WP in Italy | GE in Italy | BF in Italy | Hydro in Italy |
Japan | E in Japan | RE in Japan | SP in Japan | WP in Japan | GE in Japan | Hydro in Japan | |
Kazakhstan | E in Kazakhstan | RE in Kazakhstan | SP in Kazakhstan | WP in Kazakhstan | BF in Kazakhstan | Hydro in Kazakhstan | |
Kenya | E in Kenya | RE in Kenya | SP in Kenya | WP in Kenya | GE in Kenya | Hydro in Kenya | |
Kosovo | E in Kosovo | RE in Kosovo | WP in Kosovo | ||||
Laos | E in Laos | RE in Laos | Hydro in Laos | ||||
Latvia | E in Latvia | ||||||
Lebanon | E in Lebanon | RE in Lebanon | GE in Lebanon | ||||
Lithuania | E in Lithuania | RE in Lithuania | SP in Lithuania | WP in Lithuania | GE in Lithuania | ||
Luxembourg | E in Luxembourg | RE in Luxembourg | |||||
Macedonia | |||||||
Malaysia | E in Malaysia | RE in Malaysia | Hydro in Malaysia | ||||
Malta | E in Malta | RE in Malta | WP in Malta | ||||
Mexico | E in Mexico | RE in Mexico | SP in Mexico | WP in Mexico | GE in Mexico | Hydro in Mexico | |
Moldova | E in Moldova | RE in Moldova | |||||
Mongolia | E in Mongolia | ||||||
Montenegro | |||||||
Morocco | E in Morocco | RE in Morocco | SP in Morocco | WP in Morocco | |||
Myanmar | SP in Myanmar | ||||||
Nepal | E in Nepal | RE in Nepal | SP in Nepal | Hydro in Nepal | |||
The Netherlands | E in the Netherlands | RE in the Netherlands | SP in the Netherlands | WP in the Netherlands | Hydro in the Netherlands | ||
New Zealand | E in NZ | RE in NZ | SP in NZ | WP in NZ | GE in NZ | BF in NZ | Hydro in NZ |
Nigeria | E in Nigeria | RE in Nigeria | SP in Nigeria | WP in Nigeria | |||
Norway | E in Norway | RE in Norway | SP in Norway | Hydro in Norway | |||
Pakistan | E in Pakistan | RE in Pakistan | SP in Pakistan | WP in Pakistan | |||
Philippines | E in the Philippines | RE in the Philippines | SP in the Philippines | WP in the Philippines | GE in the Philippines | BF in the Philippines | Hydro in the Philippines |
Poland | E in Poland | RE in Poland | SP in Poland | WP in Poland | |||
Portugal | E in Portugal | RE in Portugal | SP in Portugal | WP in Portugal | GE in Portugal | ||
Romania | E in Romania | RE in Romania | SP in Romania | WP in Romania | GE in Romania | Hydro in Romania | |
Russia | E in Russia | RE in Russia | SP in Russia | WP in Russia | GE in Russia | Hydro in Russia | |
Saudi Arabia | E in Saudi Arabia | RE in Saudi Arabia | SP in Saudi Arabia | ||||
Serbia | E in Serbia | RE in Serbia | WP in Serbia | ||||
Seychelles | RE in Seychelles | ||||||
Singapore | E in Singapore | SP in Singapore | |||||
Slovakia | E in Slovakia | RE in Slovakia | |||||
Slovenia | E in Slovenia | RE in Slovenia | |||||
Somalia | E in Somalia | SP in Somalia | |||||
South Africa | E in South Africa | RE in South Africa | SP in South Africa | BF in South Africa | Hydro in South Africa | ||
South Korea | E in South Korea | RE in South Korea | SP in South Korea | WP in South Korea | |||
Spain | E in Spain | RE in Spain | SP in Spain | WP in Spain | Hydro in Spain | ||
Sri Lanka | E in Sri Lanka | RE in Sri Lanka | SP in Sri Lanka | WP in Sri Lanka | Hydro in Sri Lanka | ||
Sweden | E in Sweden | RE in Sweden | SP in Sweden | WP in Sweden | BF in Sweden | Hydro in Sweden | |
Switzerland | E in Switzerland | RE in Switzerland | SP in Switzerland | ||||
Taiwan | E in Taiwan | RE in Taiwan | SP in Taiwan | WP in Taiwan | GE in Taiwan | ||
Thailand | E in Thailand | RE in Thailand | SP in Thailand | WP in Thailand | Hydro in Thailand | ||
Turkey | E in Turkey | RE in Turkey | SP in Turkey | WP in Turkey | GE in Turkey | BF in Turkey | Hydro in Turkey |
Tuvalu | RE in Tuvalu | SP in Tuvalu | |||||
Ukraine | E in Ukraine | RE in Ukraine | SP in Ukraine | WP in Ukraine | GE in Ukraine | BF in Ukraine | Hydro in Ukraine |
United Kingdom | E in the UK | RE in the UK | SP in the UK | WP in the UK | GE in the UK | BF in the UK | Hydro in the UK |
United States | E in the US | RE in the US | SP in the US | WP in the US | GE in the US | BF in the US | Hydro in the US |
Venezuela | E in Venezuela | WP in Venezuela | |||||
Vietnam | E in Vietnam | RE in Vietnam | SP in Vietnam | ||||
Yemen | E in Yemen | SP in Yemen |
References[]
- ^ Global wind energy markets continue to boom – 2006 another record year Archived 2011-04-07 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).
- ^ International Energy Agency (2013). IEA Wind Energy: Annual Report 2012 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine p. 5.
- ^ Wadhwa, Vivek. "Surprise! India Is Leaping Ahead in Clean Energy". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Calpine Corporation - The Geysers" (http). Retrieved 2007-05-16.
- ^ America and Brazil Intersect on Ethanol Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cobb, Jeff (2016-01-18). "Top Six Plug-in Vehicle Adopting Countries – 2015". HybridCars.com. Retrieved 2016-01-23. About 520,000 highway legal light-duty plug-in electric vehicles were sold worldwide in 2015, with cumulative global sales reaching 1,235,000. The United States is the leading market with 411,120 units sold since 2008, followed by China with 258,328 units sold since 2011. Japan ranks third (about 130,000), followed by the Netherlands (88,991), Norway (77,897), France (74,291), and the UK (53,254). Four of these countries achieved a PEV market share over 1% of new car sales in 2015: Norway (22.39%), the Netherlands (9.74%), France (1.2%), and the UK (1.1%)
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