World's top 10 electricity producing countries

With a whopping 4700 TWh of electricity produced, China is number one in terms of electricity production in the world. After the Electric Power Law was implemented, the development of the power industry soared and regulated production, distribution and consumption.

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Majority of its energy USA’s derived from fossil fuels, but U.S. power plants use renewable energy sources—water (hydroelectric), wood, wind, organic waste, geothermal, and sun — to generate about 13 percent of the country’s electricity needs. It produced 4308 TWh of electricity.

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Japan, which produced 1104.2 TWh of electricity, is one of the major exporters of energy-sector capital equipment, and has a strong energy research and development (R&D) program supported by the government, which pursues energy efficiency measures domestically in order to increase the country’s energy security and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

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The Russian Federation holds the world’s second largest coal reserves and produces most of its electricity from natural gas and coal. It produced 1051.6 TWh of electricity. Russia exports electricity to Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Turkey among other countries.

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In terms of fuel, coal-fired plants account for 56 percent of India's installed electricity capacity, renewal hydropower accounts for 19 percent, renewable energy for 12 percent and natural gas for about 9 percent. India produced 1006.2 TWh of electricity.

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Germany, which set a solar power record by producing 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour produced 614.5 TWh of electricity. However, the main source of the country’s electricity production is coal.

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In Canada’s provinces, large government-owned integrated public utilities play a leading role in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. The country produced 607.6 TWh of electricity.

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Nuclear power is the primary source of electric power in France. France's nuclear power industry has been called a success story that has put the nation ahead in terms of providing cheap, pollution free energy. It produced 564.3 TWh of electricity.

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Energy producers in South Korea were dominated by government enterprises, although privately operated coal mines and oil refineries also existed. The country produced 520.1 TWh of electricity.

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Brazil with a production of 501.3 TWh has the largest electricity market in South America. The country has the largest capacity for water storage in the world, being highly dependent on hydroelectricity generation capacity, which meets over 80 percent of its electricity demand.

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