In 2023, almost 90 percent of the electricity generated in Uruguay was from renewable energy sources. Since September 2022, the main source of electricity in this Latin American country has been wind power, which accounted for a 43 percent share of the domestic electricity production. Hydropower followed at 33 percent. Between 2008 and 2009, before the energy transition in Uruguay, hydropower and thermal energy were the only sources of electricity.
Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023
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SEG Ingeniería. (February 16, 2023). Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/
SEG Ingeniería. "Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023." Chart. February 16, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/
SEG Ingeniería. (2023). Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/
SEG Ingeniería. "Distribution of Electricity Production before and after The Energy Transition in Uruguay in Selected Years from 2008 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/
SEG Ingeniería, Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/ (last visited May 15, 2024)
Distribution of electricity production before and after the energy transition in Uruguay in selected years from 2008 to 2023 [Graph], SEG Ingeniería, February 16, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1373561/electricity-production-shares-by-source-uruguay/