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FIELD LISTING :: ELECTRICITY - FROM OTHER RENEWABLE SOURCES Print
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.


Country Comparison to the World

CountryELECTRICITY - FROM OTHER RENEWABLE SOURCES(% OF TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY)
Afghanistan 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Albania 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Algeria 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
American Samoa 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Angola 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Argentina 0.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Armenia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Aruba 9.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Australia 7.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Austria 12% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Azerbaijan 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bahrain 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bangladesh 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Barbados 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belarus 0.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belgium 22.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Belize 20.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Benin 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bermuda 1.8% of total installed capacity
note: the Tynes Bay Waste Treatment Facility turns waste to electric energy (2012 est.)
Bhutan 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Bolivia 1.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Botswana 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Brazil 10.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Brunei 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Bulgaria 17.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Burkina Faso 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Burma 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Burundi 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cabo Verde 31.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cambodia 10% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Cameroon 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Canada 5.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Central African Republic 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Chad 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Chile 6.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
China 9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Colombia 0.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Comoros 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Cook Islands 1.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Costa Rica 13.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Croatia 6.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Cuba 0.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Cyprus 13.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Czech Republic 11.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Denmark 38.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Djibouti 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Dominica 73.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 1.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Ecuador 1.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Egypt 2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
El Salvador 15.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Eritrea 1.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Estonia 8.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Ethiopia 1.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
European Union 19.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 10% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Faroe Islands 4.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Fiji 5.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Finland 12.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
France 9.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
French Polynesia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Gabon 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Gambia, The 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Georgia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Germany 36% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Ghana 0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)
Gibraltar 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Greece 15.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Greenland 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Grenada 1.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guam 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guatemala 12.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guinea 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Guyana 3.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Haiti 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Honduras 10.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Hong Kong 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Hungary 8.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iceland 24.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
India 12.4% of total installed capacity (26 February 2014 est.)
Indonesia 3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iran 0.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Iraq 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Ireland 19.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Israel 2.6% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Italy 20.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Jamaica 5.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Japan 3.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Jordan 0.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Kazakhstan 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kenya 12.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kiribati 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Korea, North 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Korea, South 1.9% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Kuwait 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Laos 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Latvia 2.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lebanon 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lesotho 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Liberia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Libya 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Lithuania 7.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Luxembourg 17.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Macau 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Macedonia 2.6% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Madagascar 0.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malawi 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malaysia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Maldives 0.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mali 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Malta 8.3% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Mauritania 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mauritius 0.2% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Mexico 3.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 3% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Moldova 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Mongolia 0.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Montenegro 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Montserrat 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Morocco 4.9% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Mozambique 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Namibia 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Nauru 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Nepal 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Netherlands 13.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
New Caledonia 7.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
New Zealand 15.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Nicaragua 34.1% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Nigeria 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Niger 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Niue 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Norway 2.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Oman 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Pakistan 0.2% of total installed capacity (FY2013 est.)
Panama 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Paraguay 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Peru 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Philippines 12.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Poland 5.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Portugal 29.4% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Puerto Rico 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Qatar 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Romania 14.5% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Russia 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Rwanda 0.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.8% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Samoa 0.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Senegal 0.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Serbia 0.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Seychelles 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sierra Leone 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Singapore 3.9% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Slovakia 9.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Slovenia 5.5% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Somalia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
South Africa 0.7% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
South Sudan 3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Spain 30% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Sri Lanka 0.1% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sudan 3% of total installed capacity (2010 est.)
Suriname 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Swaziland 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Sweden 22.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Switzerland 3.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Syria 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Taiwan 8.7% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Tajikistan 0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)
Tanzania 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Thailand 0.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Togo 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Tonga 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 0.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Tunisia 1.3% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Turkey 5.4% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 0% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Uganda 19.2% of total installed capacity (2014 est.)
Ukraine 0.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
United Kingdom 8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
United States 6.2% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Uruguay 1.6% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Vanuatu 10.7% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Venezuela 0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Vietnam 0.1% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
West Bank 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Western Sahara 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
World 7.5% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Yemen 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Zambia 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 0% of total installed capacity (2011 est.)
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