Top 5 nations that use renewable energy

Here are the top users of renewables, not counting biofuels or hydroelectricity.  Numbers indicate country percentage of total global renewable usage.

2. Germany, 11.7 percent of world total

Germany has taken the controversial step of vowing to phase out nuclear power by 2022 in favor of other sources.  It is the only country in the G-20 economic bloc to project a decline in clean energy investment, partly because of being an early leader in renewable energy as well as competition from Asian producers.

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