Sentence examples for hydropower accounts from inspiring English sources

Hydropower accounts for a fifth of the world's electricity.

Hydropower accounts for well over half of Brazil's energy.

Electricity generated by hydropower accounts for 78% of the world's renewable power generation.

In addition, there are concerns that low water levels will exacerbate power shortages, as hydropower accounts for about 20% of electricity generation.If there is not a sustained improvement in the weather, agricultural incomes are likely to suffer as crops fail.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was charged with delivering cheap hydropower to the rural South, which it did by damming the Tennessee river (see map).Today hydropower accounts for just 9% of the power it generates; the rest comes from coal (41%), nuclear (38%) and natural gas (12%), with a token contribution of less than 1% from renewables (mostly solar).

Moreover, Norway is unique in that hydropower accounts for over 96% of the electricity produced in the country, so gas export potential appears very high.

Together, though, renewables other than hydropower account for only 3percentt of electricity.

Hydropower, accounting for 16% of the world's electricity supply, is regarded as a clean form of energy.

In 2006, hydropower accounted for nearly 75% of all electricity generated from renewable energy.

In 2012, 25.3 % of the electricity consumed in Germany is produced from renewable energy that is mainly supported by the EEG, with the fluctuating use of wind and photovoltaic power accounting for 55%%, and electricity from biomass and hydropower accounting for 45%%.

In the Africa region, hydropower accounted for nearly 70% of all lending for the sector.