Table 3.2.B. Net Generation by Other Renewable Sources: Electric Utilities, 2001 - 2011
(Thousand Megawatthours)

Period Wind Solar
Thermal
and
Photovoltaic		 Wood
and
Wood-Derived
Fuels		 Geothermal Other
Biomass		 Total
(Other Renewable Sources)
Annual Totals
2001 135 3 560 152 815 1,666
2002 213 3 709 1,402 761 3,089
2003 354 2 882 1,249 934 3,421
2004 405 6 1,209 1,248 824 3,692
2005 1,046 16 1,829 1,126 929 4,945
2006 2,351 15 1,937 1,162 1,123 6,588
2007 4,361 11 2,226 1,139 1,217 8,953
2008 6,899 17 1,888 1,197 1,307 11,308
2009 10,348 28 1,748 1,182 1,312 14,617
2010 13,089 101 2,328 1,118 1,291 17,927
2011 17,140 216 2,023 1,137 1,417 21,933
2009
January 835 1 176 101 113 1,226
February 792 1 157 95 88 1,133
March 1,070 2 132 103 117 1,424
April 990 2 102 95 114 1,303
May 905 2 127 103 121 1,258
June 803 2 146 99 108 1,157
July 607 2 159 100 117 985
August 781 2 174 96 115 1,167
September 647 1 133 93 101 975
October 959 5 135 99 110 1,309
November 1,035 4 143 96 107 1,385
December 924 4 165 101 100 1,294
2010
January 918 4 216 101 100 1,338
February 706 5 185 90 101 1,087
March 1,145 7 167 90 131 1,540
April 1,406 10 166 85 109 1,777
May 1,229 11 168 88 107 1,602
June 1,043 11 191 93 110 1,449
July 910 10 206 96 110 1,331
August 1,002 10 214 94 111 1,431
September 1,036 10 198 94 103 1,441
October 1,146 9 181 98 108 1,542
November 1,354 8 218 93 105 1,778
December 1,194 7 217 96 96 1,610
2011
January 1,310 9 191 98 104 1,713
February 1,519 13 174 86 114 1,905
March 1,508 21 185 99 117 1,930
April 1,759 17 119 94 108 2,098
May 1,622 18 126 96 113 1,975
June 1,391 13 187 86 118 1,795
July 997 13 203 95 120 1,428
August 959 19 220 92 128 1,418
September 965 28 180 93 116 1,383
October 1,637 21 154 99 130 2,041
November 1,813 25 108 98 123 2,168
December 1,659 19 176 100 125 2,079

Wood and Wood-derived fuels include wood/wood waste solids (including paper pellets, railroad ties, utility poles, wood chips, bark, and wood waste solids), wood waste liquids (red liquor, sludge wood, spent sulfite liquor, and other wood-based liquids), and black liquor.
Other Biomass includes Biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, other biomass solids, other biomass liquids, and other biomass gases (including digester gases, methane, and other biomass gases).
Notes: Beginning with 2001 data, non-biogenic municipal solid waste and tire-derived fuels are reclassified as non-renewable energy sources and included in Other. Biogenic municipal solid waste is included in Other Renewable Sources.
See Glossary for definitions. Values are final. See Technical Notes for a discussion of the sample design for the Form EIA-923 and predecessor forms. - Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-920 Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; and predecessor forms.
Beginning with 2008 data, the Form EIA-923, Power Plant Operations Report, replaced the following: Form EIA-906, Power Plant Report; Form EIA-920, Combined Heat and Power Plant Report; Form EIA-423, Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report; and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC Form 423, Monthly Report of Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants.