Economically

In operation

Under construction
and planned

exploitable capability

Capacity

Actual generation in 1999

Capacity

Probable annual generation

GWh/yr

MW

GWh

MW

GWh

Africa

Ghana

1

South Africa

350

15

53

Swaziland

7

North America

Canada

41 157

865

4 410

100

570

Mexico

296

1 068

United States of America

2 537

7 456

52

South America

Argentina

82

278

Brazil

1 484

7 280

1 639

7 897

Chile

5

Asia

Japan

3 449

87

393

Nepal

13

1

Pakistan

1 400

6

34

67

382

Taiwan, China

552

61

398

15

29

Thailand

80

55

123

73

344

Turkey

555

138

331

436

2 091

Europe

Belgium

66

210

Croatia

60

31

105

Czech Republic

283

705

Denmark

11

31

Estonia

N

5

Finland

300

324

978

France

2 016

7 584

Hungary

9

64

Iceland

43

231

Ireland

53

203

2

7

Italy

2 200

8 602

Latvia

150

2

15

1

3

Lithuania

9

25

Netherlands

N

Norway

14 000

945

58

257

Poland

1 600

32

121

Portugal

1 850

280

1 100

30

90

Romania

600

273

433

Slovakia

55

202

Slovenia

1 115

80

338

1

4

Spain

7 000

1 300

3 790

720

2 230

Sweden

890

Ukraine

78

260

Middle East

Iran (Islamic Rep.)

15

37

5

24

Israel

7

10

2

Jordan

87

7

14

Oceania

New Zealand

78

370

Notes:

1. The data on small-scale schemes constitute a sample, reflecting the information available in particular countries: they should not be considered as complete, or necessarily representative of the situation in each region. For this reason, regional and global aggregates have not been computed