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Table R2. Renewable Electric Power Global Capacity, Top Regions/Countries, 2015
Global EU-28 BRICS 1 China
United
States
Germany Japan India Italy Spain
TECHNOLOGY GW GW
Bio-power 106 36 31 10.3 16.7 7.1 4.8 5.6 4.1 1
Geothermal power 13.2 1 0.1 ~0 3.6 ~0 0.5 0 0.9 0
Hydropower 1,064 126 484 296 80 5.6 22 47 18 17
Ocean power 0.5 0.3 ~0 ~0 0 0 0 0 0 ~0
Solar PV 227 95 50 44 26 40 34 5.2 18.9 5.4
Concentrating solar
thermal power (CSP)
4.8 2.3 0.4 ~0 1.7 ~0 0 0.2 ~0 2.3
Wind power 433 142 180 145 74 45 3 25 9 23
Total renewable
power capacity
including hydropower
1,849 402 746 496 202 97 65 83 51 49
Total renewable
power capacity
(not including hydropower)
785 276 262 199 122 92 43 36 33 32
Per capita capacity
(kilowatts per inhabitant,
not including hydropower)
0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.03 0.5 0.7
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The five BRICS countries are Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa.
Note: Global total reflects additional countries not shown. Table shows the top seven countries by total renewable power capacity, not including hydropower; if hydropower were included, countries and
rankings would differ somewhat (the top seven would be China, United States, Brazil, Germany, Canada, India and Japan). Numbers are based on best data available at time of production. To account for
uncertainties and inconsistencies in available data, numbers are rounded to the nearest 1 GW, with the exception of the following: capacity totals below 20 GW and per capita totals are rounded to the
nearest decimal point (except for India, which is rounded to the nearest 0.01 kW). Where totals do not add up, the difference is due to rounding. Capacity amounts of