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ELECTRICITY:
FROM WHERE?
source: UNDP, World energy assessment, 2004,
http://www.undp.org/
energy/weaover2004.htm
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Coal remains the main source for electricity production worldwide…
 its global share is 38.3%
while renewables account for just 2.7%!
World electricity production(2001)
| source | %* | | coal | 38.3 | | nuclear | 17.0 | | hydro | 16.5 | | petroleum products | 7.5 | combustible
renewables & waste | 1.1 | other renewables
small hydro | 1.0 | | geothermal, solar, etc. | 0.61 |
* Shares of 15,476 twh (terawatt/hour). One ‘twh’ equals 1,000 gigawatt (GW); one terawatt hour represents one hour of electricity consumption at a constant rate of 1 TW.
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