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State Renewable Electricity Profiles

With Data for 2010  |  Release Date: March 8, 2012     full report

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United States Renewable Electricity Profile 2010 United States profile

Table 1. Summary Renewable Electric Power Industry Statistics (2010)  
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Hydro Conventional
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of
State Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 1,039,137 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 132,711 12.8
Geothermal 2,405 0.2
Hydro Conventional 78,825 7.6
Solar 941 0.1
Wind 39,135 3.8
Wood/Wood Waste 7,037 0.7
MSW/Landfill Gas 3,690 0.4
Other Biomass 678 0.1
Generation (thousand megawatthours) Value Percent of
State Total
Total Electricity Net Generation 4,125,060 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 427,376 10.4
Geothermal 15,219 0.4
Hydro Conventional 260,203 6.3
Solar 1,212 *
Wind 94,652 2.3
Wood/Wood Waste 37,172 0.9
MSW/Landfill Gas 16,304 0.4
Other Biomass 2,613 0.1
* = Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
Notes: Hydro Conventional does not include pumped storage. Solar includes solar thermal and photovoltaic. MSW = Municipal Solid Waste. Other Biomass includes agricultural byproducts/crops, sludge waste and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. MSW Biogenic includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Sources: Capacity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Generation: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

More Tables on Renewable Electricity in United States: Formats
Table 2. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2006 - 20010 (MW)
Table 3. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2006 - 2010 (MW)
Table 4. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2006 - 2010 (Thousand MWh)
Table 5. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2006 - 2010 (Thousand MWh)


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