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Electricity Generation from Solar Power

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Total annual production of electricity from solar power

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Map showing percentage of electricity generation from solar power. The highest generation is in the U.S., China, and Australia, indicated in dark red. The lowest generation (light orange) is in Africa and South America, Iran, Greenland.

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Electricity Generation from Solar Power

Cotton Production (U.S.)

Climate Zones

Class

Rank

Billion kilowatt hours (kWh)

Class

Rank

Metric tons

Tropical rain forest (Af)

Tropical monsoon (Am)

Tropical savanna (Aw)

Tropical, subtropical hot desert (BWh)

Midlatitude cold desert (BWk)

Tropical, subtropical hot steppe (BSh)

Midlatitude cold steppe (BSk)

Humid subtropical moist all year, hot summer (Cfa)

Marine West Coast (Cfb, Cfc)

Mediterranean (Csa, Csb)

Humid continental, hot summers (Dfa, Dwa, Dsa)

Humid continental, mild summers (Dfb, Dwb, Dsb)

Subarctic, cool summer (Dfc, Dwc, Dsc)

Tundra (ET)

6.90%4.19%1.68%17.2%2.57%9.24%20.9%55.8%0.656%11.0%16.7%25.1%45.5%11.1%
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