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More than 99.7 per cent of electricity in Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes from geothermal, hydro, solar or wind power.

Norway came close with 98.38 per cent of its energy from wind, water or solar, according to the data compiled by Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson.
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So let's take a look at that data, shall we...

Like 30 April at 9:49 | Open on mas.to

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Jack of all trades

Albania: 99.54% hydro, 0.46% solar
Bhutan: 100% hydro
DR Congo: 99.55% hydro, 0.23% solar
Ethiopia: 96.13% hydro, 3.62% wind, 0.22% solar
Iceland: 70.96% hydro, 29% geothermal, 0.02% wind
Nepal: 98.61% hydro, 1.38% solar, 0.01% wind
Norway: 88.12% hydro, 10.09% wind, 0.16% solar
Paraguay: 100% hydro

30 April at 9:50 | Open on mas.to

Jack of all trades

So a more honest description would be:

"If you're lucky and have a solid hydroelectric/geothermal base you can complement that with a few percent of solar and wind"

but that doesn't have the same ring to it. 🤷

30 April at 9:53 | Open on mas.to

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