Norway is Europe's largest producer of hydropower. Norway exports 40% of its total energy exports. Norway produces 2% of world's oil consumption. Norway is world's third largest natural gas exporter
World's largest hydroelectric power station with 22,500 MW capacity. Dam spans Yangtze River near Sandouping, China. Completed in 2006, fully operational in 2012. Each main turbine has 700 MW capacity
Located 14 km east of Sudan border on Blue Nile River. Construction started in 2011, completed in 2023. Cost approximately $5 billion, funded through internal fundraising. Originally planned as Millennium Dam, renamed in 2011
Fossil fuels provide 85% of world's energy, causing 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 790 million people lack electricity access, 2.6 billion rely on polluting fuels. Cooking with biomass plus fossil fuels causes 7 million deaths annually
Second-longest river in South America, flowing 4,880 kilometers through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Forms Río de la Plata by merging with Uruguay River and emptying into Atlantic Ocean. First European explorer was Sebastian Cabot in 1526
Power stations generate electricity using generators connected to electrical grids. First commercial-scale generator invented by Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme in 1871. World's first public coal-fired power station built in London in 1882. Westinghouse developed alternating current system in 1886