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Percent of renewable capacity in major electric utilities globally 2017

Leading global utilities based on share of renewable capacity in 2017

The data shows a ranking of leading electricity utilities around the world based on their share of renewable capacity as of 20167 During this time, China General Nuclear had about a 31% renewable energy capacity.

Renewable energy in world’s leading electricity utilities Acciona, a Spanish electric utility, was originally a construction and engineering company but began to invest in renewable energies about 20 years ago. About 90% of Acciona’s total capacity was derived from renewable sources in 2017. In 2017, it operated almost eight gigawatts of renewable capacity, including wind, hydro, solar, and biomass.

Acciona
(Spain)
90
Invenergy
(United States)
54
E.On
(Germany)
50
Energias de Portugal (EDP)
(Portugal)
40
NextEra Energy
(United States)
36
Iberdrola
(Spain)
34
China General Nuclear (CGN)
(China)
31
Enel
(Italy)
18
China Guodian
(China)
18
China Three Gorges
(China)
11