Coal accounted for more than 80% of South Africa's electricity production in 2021, according to a report.
Coal accounted for 84.4% of electricity production in South Africa in 2021.Globally in 2021, clean energy sources outweighed coal as a source of electricity production.
"Most of the world's population still without access to electricity are in Africa. For those that do have access, it's unreliable, and use per person is far lower than the global average," the report read. Africa accounts for 18% of the global population but only 3% of the world's electricity generation.African nations might not be heavily dependent on coal, but they still rely on another fossil fuel - gas.
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