Azerbaijan
AZEAzerbaijan generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
45% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from coal.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 2 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Azerbaijan generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Almost everything this grid runs on comes from inside the country.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan runs almost entirely on gas.
88% of its electricity comes from one source.
Azerbaijan’s neighbours
GeorgiaGeorgia generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
ArmeniaHydro overtook nuclear on Armenia's grid in 2025.
TurkeyCoal overtook gas on Turkey's grid in 2022.
IranIran gets next to none of its electricity from coal, in a region built on it.
RussiaCoal overtook nuclear on Russia's grid in 2025.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Azerbaijan. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.