This is a list of renewable energy topics by country. The list refers to renewable energy

Renewable energy

Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...

 in general, as well as solar power

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...

, 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....

, geothermal energy, biofuel

Biofuel

Biofuel is a type of fuel whose energy is derived from biological carbon fixation. Biofuels include fuels derived from biomass conversion, as well as solid biomass, liquid fuels and various biogases...

, and hydro-electricity.

China

Three Gorges Dam

The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sandouping, located in the Yiling District of Yichang, in Hubei province, China...

 is the world's largest producer of 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...

, followed by Canada

Hydroelectric power in Canada

Canada is the world's second largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world , and one of few countries to generate the majority of its electricity from hydroelectricity...

.
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....

 is growing at the rate of 30% annually, with a worldwide installed capacity of 158 gigawatts (GW) in 2009, and is widely used in Europe

Wind power in the European Union

According to the European Wind Energy Association report of February 2011, there are over 12,000 wind turbines in Europe with a total capacity of 84 GW. The European Union accounts for over 98% of that total. In 2010, €12.7 billion was invested in EU wind farms and 9.3 GW of new power capacity was...

, Asia

Wind power in China

At the end of 2010, wind power in the People's Republic of China accounted for 41.8 gigawatts of electricity generating capacity, and China has identified wind power as a key growth component of the country's economy. With its large land mass and long coastline, China has exceptional wind...

, and the United States

Wind power in the United States

As of the third quarter of 2011, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the United States was 43,461 megawatts , making it second in the world, behind China. In 2010 wind power accounted for 2.3% of the electricity generated in the United States...

. Wind power accounts for approximately 19% of electricity use in Denmark

Wind power in Denmark

Wind power provided 18.9% of electricity production and 24.1% of generation capacity in Denmark in 2008, Denmark was a pioneer in developing commercial wind power during the 1970s, and today almost half of the wind turbines around the world are produced by Danish manufacturers such as Vestas and...

, 11% in Spain

Wind power in Spain

Spain is the world's fourth biggest producer of wind power, after China, the United States and Germany, with an installed capacity of 19,959 megawatts at the end of 2010, a rise of 1,609 MW for the year...

 and Portugal

Wind power in Portugal

In December 2010, there was 3,937 MW of wind power nameplate capacity installed in Portugal. The major wind turbine manufacturers in the Portuguese market are Enercon, Vestas and Gamesa...

, and 9% in the Republic of Ireland.

Solar photovoltaics has grown to a total global capacity of 40,000 MW at the end of 2010, and PV power stations are popular in Germany

Solar power in Germany

Germany is one of the world's top photovoltaics installers, with a solar PV capacity as of May 2011 of more than 18,000 megawatts .The German solar PV industry installed 7,400 MW from nearly one-quarter million individual systems in 2010, and solar PV provided 12 TWh of electricity in 2010, about...

 and Spain

Solar power in Spain

Spain is one of the most advanced countries in the development of solar energy, since it is one of the countries of Europe with more hours of sunshine. The Spanish government committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar...

. Solar thermal power stations operate in the USA and Spain, and the largest of these is the 354 MW SEGS power plant in the Mojave Desert

Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert

There are several solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which supply power to the electricity grid. Solar Energy Generating Systems is the name given to nine solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which were built in the 1980s. These plants have a combined capacity of 354 megawatts making them...

. The world's largest geothermal power

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...

 installation is The Geysers

The Geysers

The Geysers is a complex of 22 geothermal power plants, drawing steam from more than 350 wells, located in the Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco, California.The largest in the world, the Geysers has...

 in California, with a rated capacity of 750 MW. Brazil has one of the largest renewable energy programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel

Ethanol fuel

Ethanol fuel is ethanol , the same type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages. It is most often used as a motor fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline. World ethanol production for transport fuel tripled between 2000 and 2007 from 17 billion to more than 52 billion litres...

 from sugar cane, and ethanol now provides 18 percent of the country's automotive fuel. Ethanol fuel is also widely available in the USA.

Country	Renewable energy (RE)	Solar power (SP)	Wind power (WP)	Geothermal energy (GE)	Biofuel (BF)	Hydro power (Hydro)
Africa	RE in Africa Renewable energy in Africa The developing nations of Africa are popular locations for the application of renewable energy technology. Currently, many nations already have small-scale solar, wind, and geothermal devices in operation providing energy to urban and rural populations...	SP in Africa	WP in Africa	GE in Africa	BF in Africa	Hydro in Africa
Asia	RE in Asia	SP in Asia Solar power in South Asia Renewable energy is a viable means of generating energy in Asia.For solar power, South Asia has the ideal combination of both high solar insolation and a high density of potential customers....	WP in Asia Wind power in Asia Wind power in Asia has a total generating capacity of 10,600 MW. The strongest market is China with 12,210 MW of installed capacity. India is the second largest market in Asia with an installed capacity of 9,587 MW....	GE in Asia	BF in Asia	Hydro in Asia
Albania	RE in Albania	SP in Albania	WP in Albania	GE in Albania	BF in Albania	Hydro in Albania Hydroelectricity in Albania Albania is the biggest a producer of hydroelectricity in the world by percentage and by own production . Albania aims to increase its production to 100%. Some of the projects underway include Skavica, up to 350 MW, Devolli 400 MW, Vjosa up to 400 MW, Kalivaci and Ashta 48 MW hydropower plants,...
Australia	RE in 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...	SP in Australia Solar power in Australia Australia has an estimated 300 MW of installed photovoltaic power , contributing an estimated 0.1 to 0.2% of total electricity production despite the hot and sunny climate that would make it ideal for utilisation...	WP in Australia Wind power in Australia Wind power in Australia is a proven and reliable technology that can be and is readily deployed. As of October 2010, there were 52 wind farms in Australia, most of which had turbines of from 1.5 to 3 megawatts...	GE in Australia Geothermal energy exploration in Central Australia Geothermal power in Australia is little used but growing. There are known and potential locations near the centre of the country that have been shown to contain hot granites at depth which hold good potential for development of geothermal energy...	BF in Australia Biofuel in Australia Biofuel in Australia is available both as biodiesel and as ethanol fuel, which can be produced from sugarcane or grains. There are currently three commercial producers of fuel ethanol in Australia, all on the East Coast....	Hydro in Australia
Austria	RE in Austria	SP in Austria	WP in Austria Wind power in Austria Although Austria is a landlocked country with a distinguished hilly topography, meteorological preconditions permit the utilization of wind power. First calculations on the basis of wind measuring data assessed at the meteorological stations in the early 1980s rendered the surprising result of...	GE in Austria	BF in Austria	Hydro in Austria
Belgium	RE in Belgium	SP in Belgium	WP in Belgium Wind power in Belgium Wind power in Belgium depends partially on regional governments and partially on the Belgian federal government. Wind energy producers in both the Flemish and Walloon regions get green certificates but not with the same conditions. In 2009 996 GWh of electricity was produced...	GE in Belgium	BF in Belgium	Hydro in Belgium
Brazil	RE in Brazil	SP in Brazil	WP in Brazil Wind power in Brazil Renewable energy in Brazil accounted for more than 85.4% of the domestically-produced energy used in Brazil, according to preliminary data from the 2009 National Energy Balance, conducted by the Energy Research Corporation . After the oil shocks of the 1970s, Brazil started focusing on developing...	GE in Brazil	BF in Brazil	Hydro in Brazil
Canada	RE in 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...	SP in Canada Solar power in Canada Canada has plentiful solar energy resources, with the most extensive resources being found in southern Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies. The territories have a smaller potential, and less direct sunlight, because of their higher latitude....	WP in Canada Wind power in Canada As a means of pumping water and generating electricity in remote locations, wind power has a history in Canada dating back many decades, particularly on prairie farms. The amount of electricity generated by wind in Canada remains, however, small compared to other sources such as hydroelectricity...	GE in Canada Geothermal power in Canada The largest conventional resources for geothermal power in Canada are located in British Columbia, Yukon and Alberta; these regions also contain potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems...	BF in Canada	Hydro in Canada Hydroelectric power in Canada Canada is the world's second largest producer of hydroelectricity in the world , and one of few countries to generate the majority of its electricity from hydroelectricity...
China	RE in 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...	SP in China Solar power in China Solar power in the People's Republic of China is one of the biggest industries in mainland China. China has over 400 photovoltaic companies and produces approximately 23% of the photovoltaic products worldwide. In 2007 China produced 1700 MW of solar panels, nearly half of the world production of...	WP in China Wind power in China At the end of 2010, wind power in the People's Republic of China accounted for 41.8 gigawatts of electricity generating capacity, and China has identified wind power as a key growth component of the country's economy. With its large land mass and long coastline, China has exceptional wind...	GE in China	BF in China Bioenergy in China China has set the goal of attaining one percent of its renewable energy generation through bioenergy in 2020.The development of bioenergy in China is needed to meet the rising energy demand....	Hydro in China
Denmark	RE in Denmark	SP in Denmark	WP in Denmark Wind power in Denmark Wind power provided 18.9% of electricity production and 24.1% of generation capacity in Denmark in 2008, Denmark was a pioneer in developing commercial wind power during the 1970s, and today almost half of the wind turbines around the world are produced by Danish manufacturers such as Vestas and...	GE in Denmark Geothermal power in Denmark Denmark has two geothermal district heating plants, one in Thisted started in 1988, and one in Copenhagen started in 2005. They produce no electricity....	BF in Denmark	Hydro in Denmark
Estonia	RE in Estonia	SP in Estonia	WP in Estonia Wind power in Estonia Wind power in Estonia amounts to an installed capacity of 149 MW, whilst roughly 570 MW worth of projects are currently being developed. All wind farms as of now are on land, offshore farms are planned on Lake Peipus and in the Baltic Sea near the island of Hiiumaa.Pakri wind farm is located in...	GE in Estonia	BF in Estonia	Hydro in Estonia
European Union	RE in the EU 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...	SP in the EU Solar power in the European Union Solar power in the European UnionSolar power consists of photovoltaic and solar thermal power.During 2010, the European solar heating yield was 17.3 TWh, annual turnover 2.6 Billion € and employment 33,500 persons...	WP in the EU Wind power in the European Union According to the European Wind Energy Association report of February 2011, there are over 12,000 wind turbines in Europe with a total capacity of 84 GW. The European Union accounts for over 98% of that total. In 2010, €12.7 billion was invested in EU wind farms and 9.3 GW of new power capacity was...	GE in the EU	BF in the EU Biofuel in the European Union According to the European Union sustainability criteria: land with high carbon stocks and high biodiversity should not be converted for biofuel production and biofuels should achieve a minimum level of greenhouse gas savings....	Hydro in the EU
Finland	RE in 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...	SP in Finland	WP in Finland Wind power in Finland Wind power in Finland was 143 MW with 118 turbines in December 2008. Wind power is the most popular energy resource among Finnish public: 90 % of Finns would want further investments in wind energy in September 2007. In April 2005 the value was 88 %...	GE in Finland	BF in Finland	Hydro in Finland
France	RE in France	SP in France	WP in France Wind power in France France has the third largest wind resource in Europe after Germany and the United Kingdom. Électricité de France, the main French electricity generator and supplier in France plans to increase its capacity to 10 GW in the year 2010....	GE in France	BF in France	Hydro in France
Germany	RE in 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...	SP in Germany Solar power in Germany Germany is one of the world's top photovoltaics installers, with a solar PV capacity as of May 2011 of more than 18,000 megawatts .The German solar PV industry installed 7,400 MW from nearly one-quarter million individual systems in 2010, and solar PV provided 12 TWh of electricity in 2010, about...	WP in Germany Wind power in Germany In 2010, the installed capacity of wind power in Germany was 27.2 GW. Wind power currently produces about seven percent of Germany’s total electrical power. More than 21,607 wind turbines are located in the German federal area and the country has plans to build more wind turbines...	GE in Germany Geothermal power in Germany Electricity from geothermal sources is expected to grow in Germany mainly because a law that benefits the production of geothermal electricity and guarantees a feed-in tariff. Less than 0.4 percent of Germany's total primary energy supply came from geothermal sources in 2004...	BF in Germany	Hydro in Germany
Greece	RE in Greece	SP in Greece	WP in Greece Wind power in Greece Wind power in Greece is about to expand by 352% by 2010 to meet the European target of 20% coverage of energy needs from renewable sources. Currently there are 1,028 wind turbines installed throughout Greece and the number is set to reach 2,587 wind turbines before the end of 2010.According to the...	GE in Greece	BF in Greece	Hydro in Greece
Iceland	RE in 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...	SP in Iceland	WP in Iceland	GE in Iceland Geothermal power in Iceland Due to the special geological location of Iceland, the high concentration of volcanoes in the area is often an advantage in the generation of geothermal energy, the heating and production of electricity...	BF in Iceland	Hydro in Iceland
India	RE in 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...	SP in India Solar power in India India is densely populated and has high solar insolation, an ideal combination for using solar power in India. India is already a leader in wind power generation...	WP in India Wind power in India The development of wind power in India began in the 1990s, and has significantly increased in the last few years. Although a relative newcomer to the wind industry compared with Denmark or the US, India has the fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world...	GE in India	BF in India	Hydro in India
Iran	RE in Iran	SP in Iran	WP in Iran Wind power in Iran Wind power in Iran has been experiencing a growth in wind generation in recent years, and has a plan to substantially increase wind generation each year. Iran is the sole center producing wind turbines in the Middle East....	GE in Iran	BF in Iran	Hydro in Iran
Ireland	RE in Ireland	SP in Ireland	WP in Ireland	GE in Ireland	BF in Ireland	Hydro in Ireland
Israel	RE in Israel	SP in Israel Solar power in Israel Solar power in Israel and the Israeli solar energy industry has a history that dates to the founding of the country. In the 1950s, Levi Yissar developed a solar water heater to help assuage an energy shortage in the new country. By 1967 around one in twenty households heated its water with the...	WP in Israel	GE in Israel	BF in Israel	Hydro in Israel
Italy	RE in 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...	SP in Italy Solar power in Italy Italy ranked as the world’s second largest producer of solar power with an installed nameplate capacity of 9.000 MW and 263.594 plants in operation in 18 August 2011....	WP in Italy Wind power in Italy Italy ranked as the world’s sixth largest producer of wind power with an installed nameplate capacity of 3,736 GW in 2008, behind India and ahead of France and the United Kingdom.-Overview:...	GE in Italy	BF in Italy	Hydro in Italy
Japan	RE in Japan	SP in Japan Solar power in Japan Solar power in Japan has been expanding since the late 1990s. The country is a leading manufacturer of solar panels and is in the top 5 ranking for countries with the most solar PV installed. Japan is third in the world in total solar power , with most of it grid connected...	WP in Japan Wind power in Japan Wind power in Japan generates a small but increasing proportion of the country's electricity, as the installed capacity has been growing in recent years. According to industry observers, the 2011 Japanese nuclear accidents are pushing wind power to the forefront as a safer and more reliable...	GE in Japan	BF in Japan	Hydro in Japan
The Netherlands	RE in the Netherlands	SP in the Netherlands	WP in the Netherlands Wind power in the Netherlands Wind power in the Netherlands has recently been used as a renewable energy source. By December 2009, 1,975 wind turbines were operational in the Netherlands, with an aggregate capacity of 2,221 MW...	GE in the Netherlands	BF in the Netherlands	Hydro in the Netherlands
New Zealand	RE in NZ 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...	SP in NZ	WP in NZ Wind power in New Zealand Wind power in New Zealand generates a small but rapidly growing proportion of the country's electricity, as the country makes increasing use of its outstanding wind resources...	GE in NZ	BF in NZ Biofuel in New Zealand -Biodiesel:Ecodiesel, a company owned by a group of New Zealand farmers, plans to build a biodiesel plant by the end of 2008. The plant will be built in stages and cheaper than Argent's, and could produce 20 million litres of tallow-based biodiesel per year by April 2009.In the effort to develop an...	Hydro in NZ Hydroelectric power in New Zealand Hydroelectric power in New Zealand is the largest source of electricity generation in New Zealand.-History:Reefton was the first town with a reticulated public electricity supply from a significant hydroelectric plant after the commissioning of the Reefton Power Station in 1888.During the next...
Norway	RE in 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...	SP in Norway	WP in Norway	GE in Norway	BF in Norway	Hydro in Norway
Pakistan	RE in Pakistan Renewable energy in Pakistan Renewable energy in Pakistan is a relatively underdeveloped sector; however, in recent years, there has been some interest by environmentalist groups and from the authorities to explore renewable energy resources for energy production, in light of the energy crises and power shortages affecting the...	SP in Pakistan Solar power in Pakistan Pakistan is currently building solar power plants in Pakistani Kashmir, Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan. The program is currently underdeveloped by the International Renewable Energy Agency, China, and Pakistani private sector energy companies.-Installed capacity:...	WP in Pakistan Wind power in Pakistan Pakistan is building wind power plants in Jhimpir, Gharo, Keti Bandar and Bin Qasim in Sindh. The government of Pakistan decided to develop wind power energy sources due to problems supplying energy to the southern coastal regions of Sindh and Balochistan, the project was undertaken with assistance...	GE in Pakistan	BF in Pakistan	Hydro in Pakistan
Portugal	RE in 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...	SP in Portugal Solar power in Portugal A large photovoltaic power project, the Serpa solar power plant, has been completed in Portugal, in one of the Europe's sunniest areas. The 11 megawatt plant covers and comprises 52,000 PV panels. The panels are raised 2 metres off the ground and the area will remain productive grazing land...	WP in Portugal Wind power in Portugal In December 2010, there was 3,937 MW of wind power nameplate capacity installed in Portugal. The major wind turbine manufacturers in the Portuguese market are Enercon, Vestas and Gamesa...	GE in Portugal Geothermal power in Portugal Portugal's main investment into this type of energy is in the Azores. While electricity is only produced on São Miguel, Azores, direct-use applications are also at Chaves in northern Portugal, at S...	BF in Portugal	Hydro in Portugal
Romania	RE in Romania	SP in Romania Solar power in Romania Solar power in Romania had in 2007 an installed capacity of 0.81 MWp. Romania is located in an area with a good solar potential of 210 sunny days per year and with an annual solar energy flux between 1,000 kWh/ m2/year and 1,300 kWh/ m2/year. From this total amount around 600 to 800 kWh/ m2/year is...	WP in Romania Wind power in Romania As of 2010, wind power in Romania has an installed capacity of 462 MW, up from the 14.1 MW installed capacity in 2009. Romania has the highest wind potential in South Eastern Europe of 14,000 MW, and investors already have connection requests of 12,000 MW although the national electricity transport...	GE in Romania Geothermal power in Romania Geothermal energy in Romania is mainly located, in the western part of the country, in the Banat region and the western part of the Apuseni Mountains with the most important source located in the Bihor County especially around the city of Oradea, that has been using geothermal energy for more than...	BF in Romania	Hydro in Romania
Russia	RE in 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...	SP in Russia	WP in Russia	GE in Russia Geothermal power in Russia Russia demonstrated the first single-flash binary cycle power plant at Pauzhetka in 1967 . New two geothermal plants on the north slope of Mutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka, presumably supplying power to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Another small plants are on Kuril Islands — 1,8 and 2,5 MWe...	BF in Russia	Hydro in Russia
Scotland	RE in Scotland Renewable energy in Scotland The production of renewable energy in Scotland is an issue that has come to the fore in technical, economic, and political terms during the opening years of the 21st century. The natural resource base for renewables is extraordinary by European, and even global standards...	SP in Scotland	WP in Scotland Wind power in Scotland Wind power in Scotland is the country's fastest growing renewable energy technology, with 2574 MW of installed capacity as of April 2011. The Robin Rigg Wind Farm is a 180 MW development completed in April 2010, which is Scotland's first offshore wind farm, sited on a sandbank in the Solway...	GE in Scotland	BF in Scotland	Hydro in Scotland
Spain	RE in 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....	SP in Spain Solar power in Spain Spain is one of the most advanced countries in the development of solar energy, since it is one of the countries of Europe with more hours of sunshine. The Spanish government committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from renewable energy by 2010 with an installed solar...	WP in Spain Wind power in Spain Spain is the world's fourth biggest producer of wind power, after China, the United States and Germany, with an installed capacity of 19,959 megawatts at the end of 2010, a rise of 1,609 MW for the year...	GE in Spain	BF in Spain	Hydro in Spain
Sweden	RE in Sweden	SP in Sweden	WP in Sweden Wind power in Sweden Sweden consumes about 150 terawatt hours of electricity per year, of which about 3 TW·h is generated from domestic wind power resources. Several times as much is imported from Denmark, which generates a considerable amount of surplus wind power....	GE in Sweden	BF in Sweden Biofuel in Sweden Sweden has achieved the largest E85 flexible-fuel vehicle fleet in Europe, with a sharp growth from 717 vehicles in 2001 to 195,545 by May 2010. Also, Sweden has the largest ethanol bus fleet in the world, with over 600 buses running on ED95, mainly in Stockholm Most ethanol fuel in Sweden is...	Hydro in Sweden
Turkey	RE in Turkey	SP in Turkey Solar power in Turkey Solar power in Turkey. Turkey is located in an advantageous position in Europe for the purposes of solar power. Compared to the rest of Europe, insolation values are higher and conditions for solar power generation are comparable to Spain....	WP in Turkey Wind power in Turkey Wind power in Turkey is gradually expanding in capacity. In 2006, 19 MW of wind power was installed, and in 2007, installed wind capacity increased to almost 140 MW:...	GE in Turkey	BF in Turkey	Hydro in Turkey
Tuvalu	RE in Tuvalu Renewable energy in Tuvalu Renewable energy in Tuvalu is a growing sector of the country's energy supply. Tuvalu has committed to becoming the first country to get 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. This is considered possible because of the small size of the population of Tuvalu and its abundant...	SP in Tuvalu	WP in Tuvalu	GE in Tuvalu	BF in Tuvalu	Hydro in Tuvalu
United Kingdom	RE in the UK 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...	SP in the UK Solar power in the United Kingdom Solar power is a minor source of renewable energy in the United Kingdom. , about 200 megawatts of solar photovoltaic power have been installed in the UK, capable of producing about 200 gigawatt hours per year of electricity. In April 2010, the UK instituted a feed-in tariff, offering at...	WP in the UK Wind power in the United Kingdom By mid-2011, the installed capacity of wind power in the United Kingdom was over 5.7 gigawatts and the UK is ranked as the world’s eighth largest producer of wind power. Wind power is expected to continue growing in the UK for the foreseeable future, RenewableUK estimates that more than...	GE in the UK	BF in the UK	Hydro in the UK
United States	RE in the US 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...	SP in the US Solar power in the United States Solar power in the United States is an area of considerable activity and there are many utility-scale solar power plants. The largest solar power installation in the world is the Solar Energy Generating Systems facility in California, which has a total capacity of 354 megawatts...	WP in the US Wind power in the United States As of the third quarter of 2011, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in the United States was 43,461 megawatts , making it second in the world, behind China. In 2010 wind power accounted for 2.3% of the electricity generated in the United States...	GE in the US Geothermal energy in the United States Geothermal energy in the United States continues to be an area of considerable activity. In 2010, the United States led the world in geothermal electricity production with 3,086 megawatts of installed capacity from 77 power plants; the largest group of geothermal power plants in the world is...	BF in the US Biofuel in the United States The United States produces mainly biodiesel and ethanol fuel, which uses corn as the main feedstock. Since 2005 the US overtook Brazil as the world's largest ethanol producer. In 2006 the US produced of ethanol. The United States, together with Brazil accounted for 70 percent of all ethanol...	Hydro in the US