Electricity Generation from Solar Power
WorldEconomicTotal annual production of electricity from solar power
U.S. Energy Information AdministrationMap showing percentage of electricity generation from solar power. The highest generation is in the U.S., China, and Australia, indicated in dark red. The lowest generation (light orange) is in Africa and South America, Iran, Greenland.
Class | Rank | Billion kilowatt hours (kWh) | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence | Class | Rank | US dollars | Tropical rain forest (Af) | Tropical monsoon (Am) | Tropical savanna (Aw) | Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh) | Midlatitude cold desert (BWk) | Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh) | Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk) | Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa) | Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc) | Mediterranean (Csa, Csb) | Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa) | Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb) | Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc) | Tundra (ET) | Tropical Forests | |
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| 43.92 | 15.166666666666666 | 4.954545454545454 | 1.4285714285714286 | 6.90% | 4.19% | 1.68% | 17.2% | 2.57% | 9.24% | 20.9% | 55.8% | 0.656% | 11.0% | 16.7% | 25.1% | 45.5% | 11.1% | 1.15% | |||||||