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There is a fair amount of missing / misleading data on that map, e.g. Brazil is the 25th largest consumer of coal[0], but the map claims 95+% of Brazil's energy

• toomuchtodo 5y ago
  The data for that link looks like it ends in 2016 for Brazil. ElectricityMap is parsing the data directly from the grid operator. https://www.worldometers.info/coal/brazil-coal/#coal-consumption https://www.worldometers.info/coal/brazil-coal/#coal-consump... https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49436 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=49436 ("Brazil largely relies on hydropower for electricity generation; in 2020, hydropower supplied 66% of its electricity demand. Wind and solar generation have grown quickly in recent years and had a combined 11% share of the country’s electricity generation in 2020. Biomass accounted for an 8% share. Fossil fuel-fired plants made up another 12% of electricity generation, while nuclear power accounted for 2%.")