16.2% of global electricity is generated from Hydro.
Hydro compared to other low-carbon energy electricity sources
Most significant producers of electricity from Hydro
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Thank you to 張文杰 for creating the Chinese version.
Thank you to Nathan Dubois for creating the French version.
LowCarbonPower.org News
Jan 21, 2021: Blog post
Why are we not talking about hydropower?
Nov 25, 2020: New site UI, added net imports.
July 25, 2020: Data from IEA added, expanding the number of covered territories from 119 to 143.
June 18, 2020: The site data has been updated with the latest data from BP.
May 11, 2020: New UI and website name changed to LowCarbonPower.org.
Feb 11, 2020: New version added, using combined data from BP and the World Bank, and a new UI.
Aug 23, 2019: Data updated using the latest BP report, and various site improvements added.
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