Table 45. Installed Generating Capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean by Type, 1990 and 2000 
          (Gigawatts)

Year        Hydroelectric    Thermal Steam    Gas-Fired   Oil-Fired   Geothermal   Nuclear    Total

1990.........   92.8              51.1            7.2        3.9          0.9        2.8      158.7
2000.........  128.2              53.0           10.5        3.5          2.0        3.1      200.3

   Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Analytic Studies Division, "International Renewable
Energy: Prospects, Initiatives, and Projects," unpublished final report prepared for the Energy
Information Administration (Golden, CO, August 1995).


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