▲Almost 100% of Iceland's energy comes from renewable sources. Most of the energy for electricity derives from the country's geothermal and hydroelectric power plants.

▲Over half of the country's power comes from renewable sources, including hydropower and wind.

▲According to EcoWatch, the country is the largest clean energy producer per person in the world.

▲The southern European nation predicted that alternative energies will be enough to satisfy electricity needs by 2040.

▲In March 2018, Portugal generated enough renewable energy to power the whole country for a month.

▲The Nordic country is an example for the rest of the world. Almost 100% of its energy comes from renewable energy sources.

▲In the space of two years, the country managed to run on 100% alternative energy for two months straight.

▲The UK has a lot of potential when it comes to wind power due to its weather. Grid-connected wind farms and standalone turbines now generate more energy than coal power plants.

▲In 2015, Sweden pledged to eliminate fossil fuel usage within 25 years.

▲Costa Rica's unique geography allows them to fulfill energy needs by resorting to renewable energies, such as hydroelectric, geothermal, and solar.

▲Norway also has the highest number of electric cars per capita.

▲In 2018, Scotland beat the rest of the UK by meeting almost 70% of its energy needs without the use of fossil fuels.

▲The government has also invested in wind and solar energy sources, and they aim to soon become 90% dependent on renewables.

▲For a rather cloudy country, Germany is actually investing a lot in solar energy. Wind power is also one of the nation's biggest source of energy.

▲Similarly to Costa Rica, this Central American nation has access to geothermal energy due to its great number of volcanoes.

▲The South American country has made a dramatic shift to clean-energy usages in the past decade.

▲In 2018, Germany briefly reached a new milestone by covering around 100% of electricity usage with renewable energies.

▲China is the world's largest polluter, which means they've had to step up their clean-energy game recently.

▲Denmark is another country that aims to be free of fossil fuel by 2050, mainly through investing in wind power.

▲By 2014, the total amount of energy coming from renewable energies was at almost 30%.

▲Most of the country's electricity (around 95%) comes from renewable energies.

▲They're also the largest investor in renewable energies.

▲Morocco has the advantage of having over 300 days of sunshine a year, which means solar-powered energy production has been on the rise.

▲The country is on track to soon source 42% of its electricity from renewable energies.

▲Kenya has had to import electricity from neighboring countries in the past, but the country's now investing in geothermal energy production.

▲Chile houses the largest solar-energy plant in South America, which is located in the Atacama Desert.

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The African nation is the eighth biggest producer of geothermal power in the world, and it also has the largest wind farm in the continent (The Lake Turkana Wind Power).

Sources: (EcoWatch) (Quartz) (The Independent) (The Guardian) (Reuters) (Morocco World News)

▲The Renewable Energy Association of Chile has even called for a 100% dependency on renewables in the electricity sector by 2040.

▲As people become more environmentally-conscious, industries are trying to keep up the pace and rely on clean sources of energy instead of fossil fuels.

Click through this gallery to find out which countries are leading the way when it comes to renewable energies.

Countries at the forefront of renewable energies

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05/11/24 por StarsInsider

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As people become more environmentally-conscious, industries are trying to keep up the pace and rely on clean sources of energy instead of fossil fuels.

Click through this gallery to find out which countries are leading the way when it comes to renewable energies.