MoneyWeek map: Which country is the greenest?

As natural resources come under increasing pressure, countries are turning to renewable sources of energy. But surprisingly, it's not the richest countries that are necessarily the greenest.

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Renewable power generation can be split into two main categories hydroelectric and everything else. Hydroelectric (generating power by the movement of water through dams) is the most established renewable resource and provides about 16% of the world's total power.

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