Renewable energy has been the most resilient form of energy since the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown began. In the first quarter of 2020 the global use of renewable energy increased 1.5%. Bills are being passed through legislation in Australia and America to end the sale of non-electric vehicles by 2035. Wind power is estimated to have had the largest increase among all renewables in 2020 due to new farms and projects around the globe. This map from the team at Solarpower.guide shows which countries have the largest shares of renewable and solar energy in 2019. Here are the places with the highest shares of primary energy from renewable sources as of 2019, along with the change in this amount in percentage points since 1965.
Iceland: 79.08% (+55.25)
Norway: 66.18% (-0.32)
Brazil: 45.02% (+18.70)
Sweden: 42.24% (+8.7)
New Zealand: 35.40% (-2.48)
Austria: 33.70% (+9.76)
Switzerland: 30.64% (-6.93)
Ecuador: 30.39% (+22.36)
Denmark: 30.16% (+30.12)
Canada: 27.64% (+3.66)
Infographic by: solarpower.guide
