Canada generates a larger share of its electricity from renewable sources than most other developed economies in the world, primarily due to its hydro production, according to a new report released by the National Energy Board (NEB).

The report, titled Canada's Adoption of Renewable Power Sources, compares how Canada ranks internationally for renewable power adoption. It also covers factors that affect the uptake of each renewable source, including financial costs, reliability, and environmental impacts.

This is the second report on renewable power issued by the NEB in the past year. The first report, titled Canada's Renewable Power Landscape, covers renewable energy uptake in Canada at the provincial and territorial level.

Canada's electricity generation per capita is relatively high. With more than 600 terawatt hours (TW.h) of electricity production in 2015, Canada generates as much electricity as countries with much larger populations, including Germany, Brazil, and France. Canada's extraction industries are relatively energy intensive and account for much of its consumption. The country also exports electricity--primarily hydro--to the United States.

In 2015, Canada generated about two-thirds of its electricity from renewable sources, primarily from hydro, but also from wind, biomass and solar.

Canada generated about 60% of its electricity from hydro in 2015. This also accounted for about 10% of global generation of hydroelectricity in 2015, placing Canada second only to China.

Wind generation accounted for 4% of Canada's electricity generation in 2015. This ranked Canada as the seventh largest wind energy producer in the world.

Biomass provided about 2% of Canada's electricity generation in 2015.

Solar power accounted for 0.5% of Canada's electricity generation in 2015, with 98% of Canadian capacity installed in Ontario.