Total RENEWABLE ENERGY OUTPUT BY COUNTRY

Renewable energy comes from natural sources that are constantly replenished and can't run out:
Solar energy
The most abundant renewable energy source, solar power can be used for electricity, heat, cooling, and more.
Wind power
Wind is a constant source of energy that can be used to power boats, windmills, and more.
Hydroelectric power
Moving water can be used to generate energy 24/7. Small turbines can power homes and businesses, while large-scale plants can power millions of people.
Geothermal energy
The Earth's crust produces heat that can be used to generate electricity or heat. Geothermal pumps can move heat from the Earth into homes during the winter and back out during the summer.
Biomass energy
Energy from plants or other organic matter, such as wood or landfill gases. Biomass can be used to generate electricity, heat, or power cars.
Renewable energy is also known as sustainable energy or clean energy. It has many benefits, including:
Low or zero carbon footprint
Renewable energy sources produce far fewer emissions than fossil fuels, which are non-renewable resources that take millions of years to form.
Health benefits
Reducing air pollution from burning fossil fuels can lead to trillions of dollars in annual health care cost savings.
More evenly distributed
Renewable energy is more spread out around the world than fossil fuels, which are concentrated in a few countries.

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[alasdairstewart]

Would be interesting to see this as renewable energy produced as a percentage of energy consumption

[wintersl]

I came in anyway to see who was in second place.

[matthewhuszarik]

There are countries like Iceland who are close to 100% renewables and have been for years. But because they are smaller they never show up. This should be by percentage of renewable power used.

[passby]

Lets not forget China also responsible for making the 95% for solar panels that world installs.

[meow]

All countries on this list are winners! let's all humans work together for our earth.

[ronkirk]

China's surge in the generation of renewable energy in the last two decades has been remarkable.

[maucirzamberlancampanholi]

Brazil is been doing an amazing job in renewable energy, and for a long time.

[johnnolang]

The amount in TWh is really irrelevant. You need to take the population into account and give percentages of total energy use.

[ehsnils]

I'd like to see a per capita analysis.

[colinblue]

it would be interesting to see it by head of population rather than total power output. Some countries would be so much higher up that graph. :)

[elvwood]

Thanks for that - it would be interesting to see a per-capita version of this too.

[Secular_Turkish]

Yenilenebilir enerji kullanımı yaygınlaşmalı. Dünyanın ve insanlığın geleceği için bu çok önemli. Türkiye'den sevgiler!🇹🇷♥️

[BobHutton]

This kind of interesting, but doesn't mean much. Of course big countries will produce more renewables. It would have been more useful having it expressed as stacked bar graph with renewables and fossil fuels consumed per person (for each country). That way we could have not only gotten an indication of how well they are doing in replacing fossil fuels, but also how well they are doing in reducing energy consumption per person.

[Leftfield]

Really disappointed to see Australia drop off the list in 1980 and not return until 2018.

[richardwilkinson]

Great stuff! Love to see these stats per capita too.

[jeromejooste]

Hydro has historically been the biggest factor of renewables hence Canada and Brazil were for years and years in the top tier. Countries that don't have rivers like us in South Africa do not feature even though we have oodles of sunshine for solar and wind to spare for turbines. Also the reason Oz is way down the list. If you go to 2003 you'll see how China rockets ahead when all 34 hydro units were connected in the Three Gorges Dam.

[altimarimaltimarim]

Nice stats. Would be nicer to put also the output in percentage of the global production

[lindaj]

I’m seeing this as raw data: now please make further videos for renewable energy production as % of total - each bar could be shaded for renewable / non-renewable. Also rated by population.

[LeicaM]

Please show the values relatively in aspect ratio to land area and to number of inhabitants (productive or not).

[stoepsi]

A fascinating video. Very interesting to see how things changed over time.