Chile is the country that produces the most green energy – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The world is progressively incorporating renewable sources of energy and several emerging economies, including four from Latin America, are leading this trend.

The "Climatescope 2018" report, published by the BloombergNEF organization after badyzing more than 80 indicators in 103 countries, from the clean energy policy to the structure of the energy sector, emissions and installed equipment.

Chile is in first place in this year's "ranking". The Andean nation has achieved good results in terms of government policy, investments in clean energy and dedication to the abandonment of coal in the power generation structure.

Second place goes to India, "the seat of the world's largest and most competitive renewable energy auction". Nueva Deli has increased auction capacity by 68% since 2017 and its investments, mainly in solar projects, accounted for $ 7.4 trillion in the first half of this year.

They are followed by Jordan. Its policy, its clean energy objectives, its auctions and its portfolio of renewable energy projects have put 730 megawatts of solar and wind power plants into operation between 2015 and 2017. This country also counts more than of a gigawatt of energy under construction.

Brazil is the fourth, despite lower investments and canceled auctions. "Due to the current economic crisis, clean energies seem ready to grow again," the document says.

Rwanda is completing the first five jobs thanks to "its unprecedented progress in expanding production capacity and electrification over the past decade".

The other two Latin American countries in the top 10 are Mexico and Peru, which rank respectively ninth and tenth.