In 2018, electricity generation in Brazil amounted to more than 601 terawatt-hours, up from 589.3 terawatt-hours generated a year earlier. This is the highest electricity output reported in the country during the indicated period. That same year, hydropower accounted for nearly 65 percent of the electricity generation in Brazil.
Electricity generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018
(in terawatt-hours)
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EPE. (November 14, 2019). Electricity generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 (in terawatt-hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 31, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982788/brazil-electricity-generation/
EPE. "Electricity generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 (in terawatt-hours)." Chart. November 14, 2019. Statista. Accessed May 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982788/brazil-electricity-generation/
EPE. (2019). Electricity generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 (in terawatt-hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982788/brazil-electricity-generation/
EPE. "Electricity Generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 (in Terawatt-hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Nov 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982788/brazil-electricity-generation/
EPE, Electricity generation in Brazil from 2013 to 2018 (in terawatt-hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982788/brazil-electricity-generation/ (last visited May 31, 2020)
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