Energy derived from wind may also be converted to hydrogen and used as a form of fuel for transportation or stored for subsequent power generation. Using wind energy reduces the environmental impact of generating electricity because it requires no fuel and does not produce pollution or greenhouse gases.

Top five countries with the highest wind energy capacity in 2020

1. China – 288.32 GW.
2. United States – 122.32 GW.
3. Germany – 62.85 GW.
4. India – 38.63 GW.
5. Spain – 27.24 GW.

15 Largest Wind Power Companies in the World

• GE Renewable Energy. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Siemens. Munich, Germany.
• Vestas. Aarhus, Denmark.
• NextEra Energy Resources. Juno Beach, Florida, U.S.A.
• Invenergy LLC. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
• EDP Renewables North America LLC.
• Avangrid Renewables.
• Enel Green Power North America.

Best Wind Energy and Renewables Stocks to Buy

• Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR)
• Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D)
• Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (NYSE: PEG)
• Eversource Energy (NYSE: ES)
• General Electric Company (NYSE: GE)

Sweden remains committed to continue taking a leading role on climate action. With the Government’s overarching goal of becoming the world’s first fossil-free welfare state, Sweden wants to showcase a prosperous, inclusive and equal society without greenhouse gas emissions.

Contrary to popular belief, electricity in China is already expensive. On average, retail electricity prices in China are only about 15 percent lower than in the United States, and for many Chinese provinces electricity prices are no different from the average U.S. Midwestern state.

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China’s electric power industry is the world’s largest electricity producer, passing the United States in 2011 after rapid growth since the early 1990s. In 2019, China produced more electricity than the next three countries—U.S., India, and Russia—combined.

Coal

Humans are animals; we’re made up of the same chemicals as those animals which decomposed into what we now call “fossil fuels”. So, yes, our remains could become oil in the far distant future.

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The top five countries with the largest proven coal reserves

1. United States – 249 billion tonnes.
2. Russia – 162 billion tonnes.
3. Australia – 149 billion tonnes.
4. China – 142 billion tonnes.
5. India – 106 billion tonnes.

Searchable List of All Coal Exporting Countries in 2020

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Anthracite is found on the east coast in the US, South Africa, Australia, Western Canada, China and Russia. Two-thirds of Russia’s coal reserves are anthracite. Because of its efficiency and thus less carbon and sulphur usage per watt of power, anthracite is also the ‘cleanest’ coal in the world.