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2010 WORLD POWER PRODUCTION

Electricity generation rose sharply in 2010, by 6%, driven by noticeable growth in Chinese output (40% of the world’s increase).

The United States remained the world’s largest electricity producer, but significant growth in Chinese production (+13% vs. +4% in the United States) tightened the gap between the two major producers.

The highest growth in electricity output was posted by emerging countries. In Asia, power production rose by 9% and accounted for 54% of the overall increase; while it grew by more than 7% in the Middle East and 6% in CIS and Africa.

Electricity generation increased by 3.7% on average in OECD countries. In Europe, production rose by 4% on average. Above-average growth rates were recorded in France (5.7%) and Germany (4.7%), both major producers, although they did not recover to their pre-crisis levels like all the other major European electricity producing countries. South Korea posted considerable growth in its power output (+9%) after stagnation in 2009. Electricity production increased moderately, by 1.8%, in Japan, while it fell slightly in Australia and Canada (-0.6%).