The Bahamas, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon were the region's most reliant on fossil fuels for electricity generation in 2022. That year, *** percent of the power produced in these three countries was derived from coal, gas, oil, and petroleum products. In contrast, Uruguay and El Salvador were the Latin American countries least dependent on fossil fuels.
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