The Anonymous Widower

Renewable Energy Outperforms Fossil Fuels For A Whole Quarter

The title of this post is the same as that of an article in today’s copy of The Times.

This is the introductory paragraph.

Wind and solar farms and other sources of renewable power have produced more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in a three-month period.

This is a good figure, but how do we compare with the rest of the world.

This Wikipedia entry  is entitled List Of Countries By Electricity Production Prom Renewable Sources.

These are some example percentages of renewable energy production.

• Albania – 100 %
• Australia – 14.5 %
• Belgium – 16.6 %
• Brazil – 80.4 %
• Canada 65.0 %
• China – 24.5 %
• Denmark – 60.5 %
• Egypt – 8.2 %
• Ethiopia 93.6 %
• France – 17.5 %
• Germany – 29 %
• Hungary – 10.1 %
• Iceland – 100.0 %
• India – 16.88 %
• Indonesia – 15.9 %
• Iran – 5.8 %
• Iraq – 6.4 %
• Ireland – 24.7 %
• Israel – 2.5 %
• Italy – 37.3 %
• Japan – 15.0 %
• Kuwait – 0.1 %
• Libya – 0.0 %
• Malaysia – 13.7 %
• Netherlands – 12.1 %
• New Zealand – 83.9 %
• Norway – 97.2 %
• Poland – 13.7 %
• Qatar – 0.3 %
• Pakistan – 32.7 %
• Russia – 16.9 %
• Saudi Arabia – 0.0 %
• South Africa – 3.2 %
• South Korea – 2.8 %
• Spain – 38.1 %
• \sweden – 57.1 %
• Switzerland – 59.8 %
• Taiwan – 4.2 %
• Turkey – 32.9 %
• UAE – 0.3 %
• United Kingdom – 27.9 %
• United States – 14.7 %

Figures are for 2016

October 14, 2019 - Posted by AnonW | World | Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Wind Power