Proof of Work Mining: Energy Consumption Comparison

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Summary: Bitcoin mining network consumed (167*100)/2268142=0.0073% of total generated energy.

According https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin bitcoin energy consumption for mining estimated as:

1. Year                MW per hour
2. -------------------------------
3. Mining 2013               41
4. Mining 2014               81
5. Mining 2015              167

According to http://enipedia.tudelft.nl energy generation per hour per country:

1. Country             MW per hour
2. ------------------------------
3. United States        517,579
4. China                424,767
5. Japan                120,772
6. Russia               102,254
7. India                 87,121
8. Canada                83,649
9. Germany               74,273
10. France                64,095
11. Brazil                50,234
12. South Korea           44,865
13. United Kingdom        43,876
14. Italy                 42,863
15. Spain                 34,009
16. Australia             26,177
17. Mexico                25,168
18. Taiwan                24,951
19. South Africa          24,908
20. Iran                  23,938
21. Saudi Arabia          20,224
22. Ukraine               19,665
23. Poland                18,616
24. Turkey                17,923
25. Sweden                17,793
26. Norway                16,071
27. Indonesia             14,379
28. Thailand              14,347
29. Venezuela             11,774
30. Egypt                 11,579
31. Finland               11,360
32. Netherlands           11,344
33. Argentina             10,853
34. Malaysia              10,816
35. Pakistan              10,295
36. Belgium                9,613
37. Czech Republic         8,986
38. Kazakhstan             7,358
39. Romania                7,185
40. United Arab Emirates   7,101
41. Austria                7,097
42. Vietnam                7,062
43. Denmark                7,028
44. Philippines            6,992
45. Greece                 6,644
46. Switzerland            6,354
47. Chile                  5,909
48. Colombia               5,666
49. Hungary                5,583
50. Uzbekistan             5,553
51. Israel                 5,543
52. Portugal               5,383
53. Serbia                 4,991
54. New Zealand            4,945
55. Bulgaria               4,634
56. Iraq                   4,055
57. Algeria                3,902
58. Singapore              3,821
59. Kuwait                 3,800
60. Peru                   3,588
61. Slovakia               3,518
62. Syria                  3,385
63. Belarus                3,382
64. Ireland                3,102
65. Nigeria                2,698
66. Bangladesh             2,678
67. Azerbaijan             2,658
68. North Korea            2,572
69. Libya                  2,476
70. Morocco                2,237
71. Cuba                   2,187
72. Tajikistan             2,006
73. Qatar                  1,746
74. Kyrgyzstan             1,721
75. Bahrain                1,656
76. Slovenia               1,634
77. Dominican Republic     1,598
78. Ecuador                1,584
79. Oman                   1,554
80. Mozambique             1,513
81. Lithuania              1,484
82. Croatia                1,423
83. Tunisia                1,375
84. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,367
85. Iceland                1,294
86. Turkmenistan           1,243
87. Lebanon                1,228
88. Costa Rica             1,128
89. Uruguay                1,120
90. Estonia                1,086
91. Jordan                 1,031
92. Zambia                 1,014
93. Zimbabwe                 987
94. Sri Lanka                932
95. Guatemala                925
96. Congo                    842
97. Myanmar                  822
98. Georgia                  807
99. Honduras                 797
100. Albania                  770
101. Jamaica                  743
102. Ghana                    739
103. Macedonia                725
104. Bhutan                   721
105. Trinidad and Tobago      695
106. Armenia                  683
107. Kenya                    682
108. El Salvador              680
109. Panama                   674
110. Papua New Guinea         611
111. Latvia                   584
112. Sudan                    563
113. Cyprus                   561
114. Bolivia                  555
115. Cote d'Ivoire            542
116. Yemen                    512
117. Nicaragua                476
118. Cameroon                 475
119. Mongolia                 430
120. Montenegro               380
121. Luxembourg               377
122. Moldova                  371
123. Brunei                   347
124. Angola                   341
125. Ethiopia                 297
126. Nepal                    288
127. Mauritius                282
128. Senegal                  280
129. Malta                    259
130. Uganda                   238
131. Bahamas                  234
132. Tanzania                 229
133. New Caledonia            207
134. Laos                     195
135. Malawi                   191
136. Namibia                  186
137. Netherlands Antilles     186
138. Barbados                 184
139. Suriname                 179
140. Gabon                    171
141. Paraguay                 164
142. Madagascar               148
143. Botswana                 135
144. Fiji                     109
145. Guyana                   101
146. Guinea                   101
147. Afghanistan               92
148. Haiti                     85
149. Bermuda                   78
150. Burkina Faso              66
151. Mali                      63
152. Swaziland                 60
153. French Polynesia          54
154. Congo Republic            50
155. Cayman Islands            49
156. Isle Of Man               46
157. St Lucia                  43
158. Lesotho                   40
159. Liberia                   37
160. Somalia                   36
161. Mauritania                35
162. Faroe Islands             34
163. Sierra Leone              33
164. Eritrea                   32
165. Belize                    31
166. Gambia                    28
167. Niger                     28
168. Grenada                   28
169. Djibouti                  25
170. Seychelles                25
171. Togo                      23
172. Cambodia                  20
173. Maldives                  19
174. Central African Republic  18
175. Palestine                 18
176. Burundi                   17
177. St Vincent and Grenadines 15
178. St Kitts and Nevis        15
179. Chad                      14
180. Rwanda                    13
181. Antigua and Barbuda       13
182. Benin                     12
183. Samoa                     11
184. Dominica                  11
185. Monaco                     9
186. Guinea-Bissau              8
187. Solomon Islands            8
188. Cape Verde                 7
189. Liechtenstein              7
190. Andorra                    6
191. Equatorial Guinea          6
192. Vanuatu                    5
193. Nauru                      4
194. Tonga                      4
195. Comoros                    3
196. Sao Tome and Principe      3
197. Micronesia                 2
198. Marshall Islands           2
199. Mayotte                    2
200. Kiribati                   2
201. Reunion                    1
202. Western Sahara             1
203. French Guiana              1
204. Palau                      1
205. East Timor                 1
206. Antarctica                 0
207. Saint Kitts and Nevis      0
208. Tuvalu                     0
209. Saint Helena               0
210. Guam                       0
211. Hong Kong (China)          0
212. Greenland                  0
213. Gibraltar                  0
214. Aruba                      0
215. American Samoa             0
216. Timor-Leste                0
217. Saint Lucia                0
218. Puerto Rico                0
219. ----------------------------
220. Total           2,268,142

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