World top 10 renewable electricity producers (TW·h/year)

Rank	Country	Year	Total	Hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...	Wind Power Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....	Biomass Biomass Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....	Solar Solar power Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...	Geothermal Geothermal power Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that determines the temperature of matter. Earth's geothermal energy originates from the original formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of minerals...	Other sources*
1	China Renewable energy in China Renewable energy is helping the People's Republic of China complete its economic transformation and achieve "energy security". China rapidly has moved along the path of renewable energy development. About 17 percent of China's electricity came from renewable sources in 2007, led by the world's...	2009	576.9	549.0	40.2	3.0	0.140
-	European Union Renewable energy in the European Union The countries of the European Union are currently the number two global leaders in the development and application of renewable energy. Promoting the use of renewable energy sources is important both to the reduction of the EU's dependence on foreign energy imports, and in meeting targets to combat...	2009	587.2
2	United States Renewable energy in the United States Renewable energy accounted for 14.3 percent of the domestically produced electricity in the United States in the first six months of 2011. Hydroelectricity is the largest producer of renewable power in the United States. In 2009, the U.S...	2009	424.3	272.1	70.8	54.3	0.808	15.2
3	Brazil	2009	409.8	387.1	1.374	21.354
4	Canada Renewable energy in Canada Canada generates a significant part of its electricity from hydroelectric dams, but has otherwise limited renewable energy generation, although wind power is growing quickly. A 15 megawatt tidal plant sits at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and uses the daily tides of the Bay of Fundy...	2009	374.5	363.2	2.5		0.017
5	Russia Renewable energy in Russia Renewable energy in Russia mainly consists of hydroelectric energy. The country is the fifth largest producer of renewable energy in the world, although it is 56th when hydroelectric energy is not taken into account. Some 179 TWh of Russia's energy production comes from renewable energy...	2009	165.1	163.2	0.007			0.48	0.41
6	Norway Renewable energy in Norway Norway is a heavy producer of renewable energy, first of all due to good resources in hydropower. Over 99% of the electricity production in mainland Norway is covered by hydropower plants...	2009	126.2	125.0	0.977	0.2
7	India Renewable energy in India Renewable energy in India is a sector that is still undeveloped. India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in early 1980s. However its success has been very spotty. In recent years India has been lagging behind other nations in the use of...	2009	121.8	104.4	14.7
8	Germany Renewable energy in Germany The share of electricity produced from renewable energy in Germany has increased from 6.3 percent of the national total in 2000 to over 20 percent in the first half of 2011. In 2010, investments totaling 26 billion euros were made in Germany’s renewable energies sector...	2010	101.7	19.694	36.500	33.460	12.000	0.027
9	Japan	2009	98.9	75.2	1.754		0.002	3.027
10	Venezuela	2009	85.8	85.8

All countries

Country	Year	Total renewable (TWh)	Hydro Hydroelectricity Hydroelectricity is the term referring to electricity generated by hydropower; the production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy...   (GWh)	Wind Wind power Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....   (GWh)	Biomass Biomass Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....   (GWh)	Solar Solar power Solar energy, radiant light and heat from the sun, has been harnessed by humans since ancient times using a range of ever-evolving technologies. Solar radiation, along with secondary solar-powered resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for most of the available...   (GWh)	Geothermal Geothermal power Geothermal energy is thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth. Thermal energy is the energy that determines the temperature of matter. Earth's geothermal energy originates from the original formation of the planet and from radioactive decay of minerals...   (GWh)	% of total generation
Afghanistan	2008		520					62.50
Albania	2008	3.850	3,850					100.00
Algeria	2009		310					0.77
Angola	2008		3,804					96.45
Argentina	2008		29,955	40	1,551			27.33
Armenia	2008		1,779	2				30.38
Australia Renewable energy in Australia Renewable energy in Australia represents 5.2% of total energy consumption, but only 1.7% of total production, the difference being the result of significant non-renewable energy exports. In the five years to 2009 renewable energy consumption grew by 3.5%, faster than other energy sources. Of all...	2009		11,442	3,615	1,972	148	0	7.40
Austria	2008		40,678	2,014	4,264	28	2	70.02
Azerbaijan	2008		2,210					9.80
Bangladesh	2008		1,459					4.43
Belarus	2008		39	1	77			0.35
Belgium	2008		1,757	996(2009)		166(2009)		6.53
Belize	2008		204					94.88
Benin	2008		1					0.78
Bhutan	2008		7,063					99.97
Bolivia	2008		2,258		177			40.71
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2008		4,506					35.50
Brazil	2009		387,078	1,374	21,354			88.88
Kingdom of Bulgaria	2007		3,234	47				8.45
Burkina Faso	2009		131					19.73
Myanmar	2008		3,988					62.06
Burundi	2008		206					99.04
Cambodia	2008		46		4	2		3.78
Cameroon	2008		4,190					77.29
Canada Renewable energy in Canada Canada generates a significant part of its electricity from hydroelectric dams, but has otherwise limited renewable energy generation, although wind power is growing quickly. A 15 megawatt tidal plant sits at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, and uses the daily tides of the Bay of Fundy...	2009		363,400	6,100		17 (2007)		64.23
Cape Verde	2008	0.257		7				2.73
Central African Republic	2008	0.160	0.130					81.25
Chile	2008		23,643	36	2,929			44.14
China Renewable energy in China Renewable energy is helping the People's Republic of China complete its economic transformation and achieve "energy security". China rapidly has moved along the path of renewable energy development. About 17 percent of China's electricity came from renewable sources in 2007, led by the world's...	2008	576.1	486,700	5,600				17.88
Colombia Renewable energy in Colombia Colombia has 28.1 Megawatt installed capacity of renewable energy , consisting mainly of wind power. The country has significant small hydro, wind, and solar resources that remain largely unexploited...	2008		43,085	51	561			85.66
Comoros	2008	0.052	2					3.85
Republic of the Congo	2008	0.452	371					82.08
Costa Rica	2008		7,313	188	78		1,075	93.15
Côte d'Ivoire	2008		1,879		112			35.89
Independent State of Croatia	2008		5,164	38	20			44.79
Cuba	2008		137		371			2.99
Cyprus	2008				10	3		0.28
Czech Republic	2008		2,376	245	1438	13		4.88
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2008		7,409					99.42
Denmark	2009			6,721	2,983	2.7		27.4
Dominica	2008		32					36.78
Dominican Republic	2008			1,711		28		11.93
Ecuador	2008		11,181	3	397			64.12
Egypt	2008		14,535	884				12.44
El Salvador	2008		2,018		100		1,443	62.24
Equatorial Guinea	2008		2					2.17
Eritrea	2008	0.270				2		0.74
Estonia	2009		32	195	39 (2006)			3.03
Ethiopia	2008		3,263				13	88.18
Faroe Islands	2008	0.153	147	7				61.85
Fiji	2009		660					68.04
Finland Renewable energy in Finland Renewable energy in Finland of electricity was : Water 60%, forest industry black liquor 22%, other wood residues 16%, wind power 0.2% and other RE 1 %. The European objectives are: 22% renewable source electricity and 12% renewable of primary energy in 2010 . This includes e.g...	2009		12,588	262	8,586	6		31.56
France	2008		68,841	5,689	2,116	41		13.34
Gabon	2008		885		7			45.44
Georgia (country)	2008		7,090					85.50
Germany Renewable energy in Germany The share of electricity produced from renewable energy in Germany has increased from 6.3 percent of the national total in 2000 to over 20 percent in the first half of 2011. In 2010, investments totaling 26 billion euros were made in Germany’s renewable energies sector...	2010	101.681	19,694	36,500	33,460	12,000	27	16.50
Ghana	2008		6,133					75.09
Greece	2009		4,694	1,887	199	5		13.18
Guatemala	2008		3,675		1,474			61.33
Guinea	2008		500					54.35
Haiti	2008		179					38.41
Honduras	2008		2.268		187			39.21
Hungary	2009		226	315	2,323	1		8.44
Iceland Renewable energy in Iceland About 81 percent of total primary energy supply in Iceland is derived from domestically produced renewable energy sources. In 2007, geothermal energy provided about 66 percent of primary energy, the share of hydropower was 15 percent, and fossil fuels 19 percent...	2009		12,156		1		4,325	99.99
India Renewable energy in India Renewable energy in India is a sector that is still undeveloped. India was the first country in the world to set up a ministry of non-conventional energy resources, in early 1980s. However its success has been very spotty. In recent years India has been lagging behind other nations in the use of...	2009		104,439	15,300	2,000	42		14.58
Indonesia	2008		11,413		55		7,882	13.71
Iran	2010		16,100	128	1	4	1	20.69
Iraq	2008		555					1.60
Republic of Ireland	2007	2.758	667	1,959	133	5 (2001)	10 (2001)	10.15
Israel	2008		16	9	209			0.44
Italy Renewable energy in Italy In 2010 Italy saw a growth of 124% investment in clean energy, recording one of the highest increase among the G-20 countries, about 62% of investments in renewable energy was allocated to photovoltaic...	2010	75.270	50,582	8,449	9,281	1,600	5,358	22.2
Jamaica	2008		156	47	102			4.16
Japan	2007	95.0	86,350	1,754		2	3,027	9.41
Jordan	2008		61	3	9			0.56
Kazakhstan	2009		7,496					9.91
Kenya	2008		2,821		305		1,120	62.53
Kyrgyzstan	2009		10,098					91.11
Laos	2008		3,680					92.46
Latvia	2008		3,078	56	42			62.10
Lebanon	2008		369					3.69
Lesotho	2008	0.200	200					100.00
Lithuania	2009		424	157	66 (2008)		29	4.40
Luxembourg	2009		97	61	113	19		10.87
Republic of Macedonia	2008		832					13.92
Madagascar	2008		735					66.82
Malawi	2008		1,451					86.58
Malaysia	2009		8,640				1	8.54
Mali	2008		275					56.12
Mauritania	2008		60					10.97
Mauritius	2008		100					4.16
Mexico	2009		26,410	237	823	9	6,403	14.17
Moldova	2008		81					2.37
Kingdom of Montenegro	2008		1,530					57.52
Morocco	2008		920	283				6.17
Mozambique	2008		14,963					99.92
Namibia	2008		1,556					70.82
Nepal	2008		3,042					99.67
Netherlands	2009		98	4,581	5,422	46		8.94
New Caledonia	2008		440					24.44
New Zealand Renewable energy in New Zealand Renewable energy in New Zealand is primarily from hydropower. In 2010, 74% of the electricity generated in New Zealand came from renewable sources, a ratio that has been falling for decades while load growth has been met primarily by natural gas-fired power stations...	2010		24,470	1,618	572		5,551	74
Nicaragua	2008		529		321		306	33.81
Nigeria	2008		5,664					28.14
North Korea	2008		13,927					61.85
Northern Mariana Islands	2001			1		1	0
Norway Renewable energy in Norway Norway is a heavy producer of renewable energy, first of all due to good resources in hydropower. Over 99% of the electricity production in mainland Norway is covered by hydropower plants...	2009		126,077	977	277			96.63
Pakistan	2009		27,075					30.34
Palau			18
Panama	2008		3,933		18			63.29
Papua New Guinea	2008		900					30.35
Paraguay	2008	54.912	54,909					100.00
Peru	2008		18,850	1	472			60.53
Philippines	2009		9,690	61	13	1	10,187	33.71
Poland	2009		2,385	1,038	4,976			5.92
Portugal Renewable energy in Portugal Renewable energy in Portugal was the source for 52% of the country's electricity generation in 2010 - an increase of 28% in 5 years.In 2001, the Portuguese government launched a new energy policy instrument – the E4 Programme , consisting of a set of multiple, diversified measures aimed at...	2010	28.233	16,249	9,024	2,191	213	173 (2009)	52.0
Puerto Rico	2008	20.921	156					0.75
Réunion	2008		633					37.17
Romania	2006	18.4		76 (2008)				27.49
Russia Renewable energy in Russia Renewable energy in Russia mainly consists of hydroelectric energy. The country is the fifth largest producer of renewable energy in the world, although it is 56th when hydroelectric energy is not taken into account. Some 179 TWh of Russia's energy production comes from renewable energy...	2009		162,270	5	2,400		442	17.83
Rwanda	2008		30					18.75
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2008		23					17.42
Samoa	2009		49					45.37
São Tomé and Príncipe	2008		10					24.39
Serbia	2009		11,100					29.7
Senegal	2008		227		29		2	10.56
Sierra Leone	2008		18					31.03
Slovakia	2009		4,417	5	508			19.96
Slovenia	2008		3,959		277	1		27.10
South Africa	2008		1,247	246	30	21		0.65
South Korea	2009		2,785	646	533	945		1.18
Spain Renewable energy in Spain Renewable energy in Spain represented 12.5% of total energy generation in 2009. Spain has set the target of generating 20% of its energy needs from renewable energy sources by 2020....	2010		38,001	42,976	2,167 (2006)	7,276		30.62
Sri Lanka	2008		4,087	3	2	15		46.18
Sudan	2008		1,448					33.50
Suriname	2008		875					55.38
Swaziland	2008		200					42.55
Sweden	2009		64,473	2,361	11,321	5		60.42
Switzerland	2009		35,315	18	2,314	32		58.52
Syria	2008		2,843					7.35
Tajikistan	2009		15,900					98.76
Tanzania	2008		2,628					61.39
Thailand	2008		7,042		4,593	3	2	8.37
Togo	2008		90		2			58.60
Trinidad and Tobago	2008						10	0.13
Tunisia	2008		38	37				0.52
Turkey	2010		59,504	5,832	937	0	946	25.32
Turkmenistan	2008		3					0.02
Uganda	2008		1,631					74.95
Ukraine	2008		11,268	43				6.24
United Kingdom Renewable energy in the United Kingdom From the mid 1990s renewable energy began to contribute to the electricity generated in the United Kingdom, adding to a small hydroelectricity generating capacity...	2006	22.464	7,891	5,274	9,291 (2007)	8		6.18
United States Renewable energy in the United States Renewable energy accounted for 14.3 percent of the domestically produced electricity in the United States in the first six months of 2011. Hydroelectricity is the largest producer of renewable power in the United States. In 2009, the U.S...	2009	413.21	272,100	70,800	54,300	808	15,200	10.05
Uruguay	2008		4,460		787			61.92
Uzbekistan	2009		9,237					19.47
Venezuela	2009		85,839					69.57
Vietnam	2008		25,726					36.77
Zambia	2008		9,569					99.71
Zimbabwe	2008		4,220					54.64

See also

• List of U.S. states by electricity production from renewable sources
• Low carbon power generation
• Cost of electricity by source
  Cost of electricity by source
  The cost of electricity generated by different sources measures the cost of generating electricity including initial capital, return on investment, as well as the costs of continuous operation, fuel, and maintenance...
  
  
• Renewable energy in the European Union
  Renewable energy in the European Union
  The countries of the European Union are currently the number two global leaders in the development and application of renewable energy. Promoting the use of renewable energy sources is important both to the reduction of the EU's dependence on foreign energy imports, and in meeting targets to combat...