TOP 10 – COUNTRIES LEADING IN CLEAN ENERGY

ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER GDP( KWH /$): 1.17 KWH / US $ RENEWABLES SHARE: 46.5 % ALTERNATIVE AND NUCLEAR SHARE: 17.3 % CLEAN ENERGY INDEX: 63.7 / 100

Brazil’ s sheer size makes its clean-energy achievements all the more striking. More than 60 % of its electricity comes from hydroelectric sources – a figure that reflects the country’ s incomparable river systems as much as its policy choices. Nearly half of all energy consumed is still fossil-fuel-derived, but with 46.5 % of consumption already coming from renewables, Brazil is one of the world’ s great green energy stories.

The immense power of Brazil and Paraguay’ s giant‘ friendship’ dam

CREDIT: JONAS DE CARVALHO

Brazil’ s Itaipu Dam

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