This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC The Switch to Renewables Power Generation Power Generation and Transport are major sources of emissions in most developed countries, but they are also amongst the easiest to eliminate. With renewable energy now cheaper than from coal, gas and oil, many countries are doing just that. Blessed with abundant geothermal energy and hydro power, Iceland leads the charge having reached almost 100%. Norway, Costa Rica and Uruguay all come in second at 98%, followed closely by Scotland which reached 97% in 2020, Denmark -86% by 2020 and still growing at 5.9% year, and then New Zealand at 84%. Germany has managed to shut down its last three nuclear power plants and generated 60% of its baseload energy from renewables as far back 2013. Read more here or here . F or more on the top ten including a visual representation click here . Click here to see emissions data by country. Be aware however,...
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