Germany has become the world’s largest producer of solar power, while diversifying their energy portfolio with large portions of wind and biomass electricity as well. As of 2011, Germany generated roughly 20% of their electricity from non-hydro renewable energy, 8% from wind, 8% from biomass, and 3% from solar. Since then, the country has expanded solar production to account for close to 10% of their average annual electricity needs!
Last week I posted a list of the 5 Countries that produce the most renewable energy. Not suprisingly, the countries on the list tended to be large countries that also consumed the highest amounts of electricity. In fact, three of the countries on the list were also in the top 5 Coal consumers.
While it is definately worth recognizing those countries for increasing the amount of renewable electricity generation in their country and worldwide, I thought (and readers agreed) that we should take a look at which countries produce the largest portion of their electricity from renewable sources. In this way, we can see which countries have invested the most in setting up a sustainable energy future, regardless of size. So, with that I give you the Top 5 Renewable Energy Producer’s by Percentage:
note: This ranking was tough to determine, based on several different sources, with different classifications…
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