Top Solar Power Countries (Per Capita, Per GDP, Per TWh of Electricity Produced, & in Total)

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Top Solar Power Countries Per TWh of Electricity Production

Total/Cumulative Solar Power per TWh of Electricity Production (end of 2011):

Country — MW of Solar Power per TWh of Electricity Production (Total):

  1. Italy — 42.770
  2. Germany — 39.739
  3. Belgium — 23.968
  4. Czech Rep. — 22.806
  5. Slovakia — 17.080
  6. Spain — 14.647
  7. Greece — 11.861
  8. Luxembourg — 9.506
  9. Malta — 5.698
  10. Australia — 5.291
  11. Slovenia — 5.181
  12. France — 4.639
  13. Japan — 4.291
  14. Israel — 3.362
  15. Portugal — 3.297
  16. Switzerland — 3.034
  17. Bulgaria — 2.935
  18. Austria — 2.486
  19. UK — 2.295
  20. Cyprus — 1.949
  21. South Korea — 1.516
  22. USA — 1.013
  23. Ukraine — 1.011
  24. Netherlands — 0.897
  25. Canada — 0.894
  26. China — 0.735
  27. India — 0.500
  28. Denmark — 0.415
  29. Taiwan — 0.413
  30. Mexico — 0.148
  31. Hungary — 0.107
  32. Ireland — 0.106
  33. Sweden — 0.097
  34. Brazil — 0.066
  35. Romania — 0.050
  36. Turkey — 0.029
  37. Poland — 0.019

New Solar Power per TWh of Electricity Production (2011):

Country — MW of New Solar Power Capacity per TWh of Electricity Production (Total):

  1. Italy — 31.133
  2. Germany — 12.053
  3. Slovakia — 11.715
  4. Belgium — 11.568
  5. Greece — 8.008
  6. Malta — 4.748
  7. Australia — 3.155
  8. Slovenia — 2.942
  9. France — 2.915
  10. Israel — 2.230
  11. Bulgaria — 2.174
  12. UK — 2.057
  13. Luxembourg — 1.584
  14. Switzerland — 1.475
  15. Spain — 1.238
  16. Japan — 1.132
  17. Austria — 1.130
  18. Ukraine — 1.001
  19. Cyprus — 0.650
  20. Portugal — 0.591
  21. Canada — 0.578
  22. China — 0.523
  23. USA — 0.429
  24. India — 0.325
  25. Taiwan — 0.283
  26. Denmark — 0.259
  27. South Korea — 0.185
  28. Netherlands — 0.174
  29. Ireland — 0.106
  30. Hungary — 0.080
  31. Czech Rep. — 0.070
  32. Mexico — 0.037
  33. Romania — 0.033
  34. Turkey — 0.024
  35. Sweden — 0.019
  36. Brazil — 0.010
  37. Poland — 0.006

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