The Top 5 Countries that Produce the Most Hydro Electricity 2006
Country
TWh (terawatt-hours)
Percentage of World Total
1
China
354 TWh
12.6%
2
Canada
341 TWh
12.1%
3
Brazil
321 TWh
11.4%
4
United States
271 TWh
9.7%
5
Russia
176 TWh
6.3%
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1 TWh = 1,000 GigaWatt hours (GWh) = 1,000,000 MegaWatt-hours (MWh) = 1,000,000 000 KiloWatt-hours (KWh). The scale goes as high as a YottaWatt-hour (YWh) which is 10 to the power of 24.
Sources: Energy Information Administration report: Key World Energy Statistics 2006
List Notes: Data is for the year 2004. A Terawatt hour (TWh) is a unit of energy used for expressing the amount of produced energy, electricity and heat. 1 Terawatt hour is the equivalent to 1,000,000 megawatt hours.