List of countries by electricity production
Here tables and graphs are presented with accurate information about electricity.
- 3.1 Hydropower 3.1.1 production by country
- 3.1.2 World production
- 3.2.1 production by country
- 3.2.2 World production
- 4.1 Generation by country
- 4.2 World production
Overview
In 2011, the People's Republic of China, the USA, Japan, Russia and India, the largest producer of electricity, their share of global electricity generation of public and industrial power plants of 22 018 billion kilowatt -hours (kWh ) was 55.3 percent. Other major producers in Europe are Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Spain.
The world's largest energy company, Unified Energy System of Russia, created in 2005 in its power plants 636 terawatt hours ( TWh) of electricity. In places two to five Electricité de France follow from France ( 473 TWh), E.ON from Germany (404 TWh), Korea Electric Power from South Korea (294 TWh) and Tepco from Japan (282 TWh).
For centuries, the use of hydropower has a high importance. Hydropower is therefore also known as old renewable energy. Since the 1990s in particular (hence new renewables) assumes the use of wind, solar and biomass over the world greatly. In electricity generation from hydropower in 2011 China, Brazil and Canada were the leaders. The countries with the highest electricity from new renewable energies were the USA, Germany and China.
The largest amount of electric power from nuclear power plants generated 2011, the United States, France and Japan. In Germany, it came after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Japan and the resulting nuclear accidents caused initially to the nuclear moratorium and subsequently lead to the basic decision to phase out nuclear power. The gross electricity generation from nuclear power plants declined in Germany in 2011 by 23.2 percent to 108.0 TWh. The peak was reached in 2001 with 171.3 terawatt-hours.
Electric current is referred to as the " secondary energy " of the different production, " the primary energy " will be used. In the large-scale application is primarily to power plants that generate electricity from coal, oil, natural gas and uranium, while renewable energy only regional play ( for example, water and solar power or geothermal energy) compared to a certain role.
Electric Power
Production by country
The table compares the countries with the largest gross electricity production, their share of world production in percent and the cumulative frequency. All figures relate to the States in their present boundaries. The data are in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ) of public and industrial power plants. Gross electricity production = domestic production consumption by the power plants.
Gross electricity generation by energy sources in Germany
Production by company
The following table summarizes the company, the country in which the headquarters and the amount of electric current in terawatt hours (TWh ) generated are listed.
World production
The table shows the development of the global electricity generation in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ) of public and industrial power plants.
Consumption
Net electricity consumption in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ). Net electricity consumption = domestic production imports - exports - transmission and distribution losses.
Export
Export of electricity in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ).
Import
Import of electricity in TWh ( = trillion watt-hours ).
Renewable Energy
Hydropower
Production by country
The amount of electricity from hydropower plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ), their share of world production in percent and the cumulative frequency generated.
World production
Gross electricity generation from hydropower plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ).
Other
Production by country
The amount of electricity from photovoltaic systems, biomass, wind turbines and geothermal power plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ), their share of world production in percent and the cumulative frequency generated.
World production
Gross electricity generation from photovoltaic systems, biomass, wind turbines and geothermal power plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ).
Nuclear energy
Production by country
Gross electricity generation of electricity from nuclear power plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ), their share of world production in percent and the cumulative frequency.
World production
Gross electricity generation from nuclear power plants in terawatt hours ( = trillion watt-hours ).