In 2022, hydropower accounted for the largest share of electricity generation capacity in Latin American and the Caribbean, with almost 42 percent of the total installed capacity in the region. Non-renewable thermal energy followed with a 38 percent share. Hydropower accounted for 46 percent of the electricity generation mix of the region that same year.
Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source
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Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. (December 29, 2023). Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. "Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source." Chart. December 29, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. (2023). Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. "Distribution of Electricity Generation Capacity in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2022, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía, Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Distribution of electricity generation capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source [Graph], Organización Latinoamericana de Energía, December 29, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1392848/electricity-generation-capacity-latin-america-by-source/