The table demonstrates the proportion of four different fuel types that was used for electricity production in five Asian nations in 2005.
Overall, the percentage use of types of fuel varied in different countries. While Japan and Korea preferred generating electricity from green resources such as nuclear, hydro and wind, other South East Asian countries’ electricity process relied heavily on fossil fuels.
Regarding some eco-friendly sources of energy that were used for generating electricity, namely: nuclear power, hydro and wind energy. In 2005, nuclear power was one of the main resources that Japan and Korea used to generate electricity from, with 33% and 49% respectively. Despite paling in comparison to these countries, the percentage use of nuclear power in Malaysia and Singapore are worth reporting with 19% and 13% in the respective order. South Korea was the leading country in the use of renewable energy, 48% of this country’s electricity was generated from green resources. Notably, although the proportion of nuclear power used in Thailand was 0%, this country’s usage of hydro and wind energy accounted for 19%.
Fossil fuels were used mostly by Southeast Asian countries. It is evident Malaysia and Singapore electric production relied heavily on coal and lignite when their percentage of consumption made up 61% and 49% respectively. Petroleum products were favoured by Thailand with 36% of their electric power generated from them.
Apart from the given energies in the table, these countries also used other types of energy to produce electricity. The majority of Thailand electricity was produced by other types of energy with 42%. Singapore and Japan came a close second with 39% of their electricity was from other energies. The proportion of South Korea and Malaysia were relatively low with 11% and 13% respectively.