Survey conducted by the British Business Energy places the country behind only the United States in a ranking of 29 countries.
A survey by British Business Energy, a company operating in the United Kingdom, analyzed energy companies from 29 countries worldwide and placed Brazil in second place in the ranking of renewable energy. The country came only behind the United States with a score of 6.5, compared to the US’s 7 points. India ranked in third place with a score of 6.3.
The study shows that the energy industry continues to grow and is still very dependent in finite resources. Therefore, they analyzed the top ten countries that are investing, partially using or planning to use renewable energy in the near future. Hungary and Argentina are part of the ranking.
Energy production and sales are also growing. With increasing consumption, producers and suppliers around the world are having to think of renewable methods to move away from fossil fuels.
The countries with the highest revenues obtained in energy sectors were also listed. United States continues in the lead with more than US $ 1.2 trillion and China in second with US $ 836 billion. Furthermore, the study classified countries according to the participation of the energy sector in the formation of a country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In this regard, the Netherlands is in first place, with 46.76% of its GDP derived from this industry, followed by Russia, with 29.4% and Norway with 19.7%.