world solar production

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P
1		Research by: buzz.lightyear Date: 10 April 2018	2015	+ 2016	Total (GW)*	Total (MW)	Solar Irradiance**	million kWh / year		Needs million kWh / year	% Renewable	Credit	* 2016 Snapshot of Global Photovoltaic Markets, International Energy Agency, 2017 Irradiance Data from http://pvcalc.org/global-irradiation-map * Numbers are rounded up estimates only.	Defense Budget		Consumers ('million)

2	1	China	78.07	34.54	112.61	112,610	1,337	120,000						$150 billion	2017	1,300
3	2	Japan	42.75	8.6	51.35	51,350	1,155	46,000						$42 billion	2015	127
4	3	Germany	41.22	1.52	42.74	42,740	818	27,000						$47 billion	2018	82
5	4	United States	40.3	14.73	55.03	55,030	1,327	57,000						$600 billion	2016	320
6	5	Italy	19.28	0.37	19.65	19,650	1,331	19,000						$6 billion	2015	60
7	6	United Kingdom	11.63	1.97	13.6	13,600	853	9,000						$63 billion	2018	65
8	7	India	9.01	3.97	12.98	12,980	1,768	18,000						$52 billion	2018	1300
9	8	France	7.13	0.56	7.69	7,690	915	7,700						$40 billion	2018	67
10	9	Australia	5.9	0.84	6.74	6,740	1,268	6,600								24
11	10	Spain	5.49	0.06	5.55	5,550	1,500	6,400								46
12	11	South Korea	4.35	0.85	5.2	5,200	1,300	5,300								51
13	12	Belgium	3.42	0.17	3.59	3,590	850	2,390								11
14	13	Canada	2.72	0.2	2.92	2,920	1,080	2,400								36
15	14	Greece	2.6	0	2.6	2,600	1,460	2,900								10
16	15	Thailand	2.15	0.73	2.88	2,880	1,500	3,300								69
17	16	Czech Republic	2.1	0	2.1	2,100	1,000	1,600								10
18	17	Netherlands	2.1	0.53	2.63	2,630	840	1,800		120,000	1.5000%	@erikklok	Based on 2018 data.			17
19	18	Switzerland	1.64	0.25	1.89	1,890	844	1,240								8
20	19	Chile	1.61	0.75	2.36	2,360	1,500	2,700								18
21	20	South Africa	1.45	0.54	1.99	1,990	1,560	2,400								55
22	21	Taiwan	1.38	0.37	1.75	1,750	1,440	1,960								23
23	22	Romania	1.3	0	1.3	1,300	1,150	1,320								19
24	23	Austria	1.08	0.15	1.23	1,230	970	930								8
25	24	Bulgaria	1	0	1	1,000	1,280	999								7
26	25	Pakistan	1	0.6	1.6	1,600	1,660	2,000								193
27	26	Israel	0.91	0.13	1.04	1,040	2,150	1,700								8
28	27	Philippines	0.9	0.76	1.66	1,660	1,200	1,500								103
29	28	Denmark	0.9	0.07	0.97	970	973	737								5
30	29	Turkey	0.83	0.58	1.41	1,410	1,000	1,090								79
31	30	Portugal	0.51	0.06	0.57	570	1,500	670								10
32	31	Honduras	0.39	0.39	0.78	780	1,600	974								9
33	32	Algeria	0.35	0.05	0.4	400	1,900	593								40
34	33	Mexico	0.32	0.15	0.47	470	1,600	580								127
35	34	Malaysia	0.29	0.05	0.34	340	1,700	450		108,000	0.41667%		Based on 2016 stats.			31
36	35	Sweden	0.18	0.06	0.24	240	838	157								10
37	36	Norway	0.027	0.011	0.038	38	659	20								5
38	37	Finland	0.015	0.01	0.025	25	804	16								5
39					Total	370,923		358,426	million kWh / year							4,358
40												Current Supply (kWh / year)	358,000,000,000
41												World Consumption (kWh / year)	22,000,000,000,000,000
42													0.00163%
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44												Bitcoin Consumption / year	71,000 Gigawatts
45													71,000,000 Megawatts
46													71,000,000,000 Kilo Watts
47													71 Billion kWh
48													Bitcoin consumes 0.32% of world electricity
49												World Consumption / year	22187.5
50													matches with
51												World Consumption / year	Enerdata information
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