The Top 5 Countries that Produce the Most Hydro Electricity 2006

  Country TWh
(terawatt-hours)
Percentage of World Total
1 China 354 TWh 12.6%
2 Canada 341 TWh 12.1%
3 Brazil 321 TWh 11.4%
4 United States 271 TWh 9.7%
5 Russia 176 TWh 6.3%
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  1. 1 TWh = 1,000 GigaWatt hours (GWh) = 1,000,000 MegaWatt-hours (MWh) = 1,000,000 000 KiloWatt-hours (KWh). The scale goes as high as a YottaWatt-hour (YWh) which is 10 to the power of 24.
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Sources:  Energy Information Administration report: Key World Energy Statistics 2006

List Notes: Data is for the year 2004. A Terawatt hour (TWh) is a unit of energy used for expressing the amount of produced energy, electricity and heat. 1 Terawatt hour is the equivalent to 1,000,000 megawatt hours.
Countries that Produce the Most Hydro Electricity 2006

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