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Posted April 13, 2021 Today in Energy

More electricity is generated in Georgia from biomass than in any state except California ›

In 2020, Georgia generated 5.8 million megawatthours (MWh) of electricity from biomass, or about 10% of the nation’s total, the second most of any state according to EIA’s Electric Power Monthly. Almost 5% of Georgia's in-state electricity generation in 2020 came from biomass, mostly wood and wood-derived fuels, a share that ranked sixth in the nation. Biomass accounted for nearly half of Georgia’s total renewable electricity generation in 2020. More ›

Annual biomass electricity generation by sector in selected states in 2020

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly

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