Ten countries run on 100% renewable power; Gulf petrostates on none
Original title: Mapped: Renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation, by Country · Visual Capitalist · 26 Oct 2024
What does the data say about renewable Energy as a Percentage of Power Generation,?
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So what
Ten countries, from Norway and Iceland to Nepal and Ethiopia, generated all their electricity from renewables in 2022, mostly thanks to hydropower. At the other end, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Bahrain generated essentially none, while the US sat at 23% and China at 31%. Geography and resource endowment, not income, decide who leads the power transition.
- Data sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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- Rakshit Jain (writer/creator); Ryan Bellefontaine (editing)
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