In 2022, the Asian country of Turkmenistan accounted for the dirtiest power grid for electricity production worldwide: 100 percent of this country's energy capacity came from fossil fuels. While the grid connected power capacity of Turkmenistan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Algeria was composed of natural gas at over 95 percent, the Bahamas was reliant on oil at 98.2 percent. The leading countries producing electricity from coal were Botswana and Moldova.
Breakdown of the power grid capacity of leading countries producing electricity from fossil fuels 2022, by country*
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Energy Monitor. (December 9, 2022). Breakdown of the power grid capacity of leading countries producing electricity from fossil fuels 2022, by country* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357909/dirtiest-power-grids-worldwide-breakdown/
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Energy Monitor. (2022). Breakdown of the power grid capacity of leading countries producing electricity from fossil fuels 2022, by country*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1357909/dirtiest-power-grids-worldwide-breakdown/
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