Brown coal has the highest mortality rate of any source of electricity generation. The number of deaths per terawatt-hour of electricity production from brown coal was around 32.72. This was followed by coal overall, wherein the number of deaths per terawatt-hour of electricity production was around 24.62. The lowest number of deaths were attributed to electricity generation from solar sources.
Number of deaths per terawatt-hour of electricity produced worldwide 2021, by energy source
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Deaths per terawatt-hour of electricity production
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