Table 3.5.B. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Industrial Sector, 2015 - 2025
(Thousand Megawatthours)

  Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Small Scale Generation Generation From Utility and Small Scale Facilities
Period Wind Solar
Photovoltaic		 Solar
Thermal		 Wood and
Wood-Derived
Fuels		 Landfill
Gas		 Biogenic
Municipal
Solid Waste		 Other Waste Biomass Geothermal Conventional
Hydroelectric		 Total Renewable Generation at Utility Scale Facilities Estimated Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar Photovoltaic Estimated Total Solar
Annual Totals
2015 53 21 0 27,318 182 12 1,049 0 1,410 30,045 1,451 1,472 1,472
2016 71 27 0 27,458 170 6 959 0 1,269 29,960 2,060 2,087 2,087
2017 84 42 0 27,412 183 1 827 0 1,382 29,932 2,364 2,406 2,406
2018 97 47 0 27,475 168 4 697 0 1,149 29,636 2,636 2,683 2,683
2019 100 85 0 26,433 139 5 598 0 1,033 28,395 3,041 3,127 3,127
2020 617 101 0 24,916 133 5 676 0 1,001 27,450 3,484 3,586 3,586
2021 112 137 0 24,413 119 1 680 0 936 26,397 3,858 3,994 3,994
2022 130 276 0 23,289 128 0 678 0 899 25,401 4,048 4,324 4,324
2023 112 326 0 21,320 127 0 571 0 844 23,300 4,382 4,708 4,708
2024 99 546 0 21,800 123 0 652 0 810 24,031 4,719 5,265 5,265
2025 101 1,401 0 21,367 133 0 562 0 721 24,285 5,072 6,473 6,473
Year 2023
January 11 16 0 1,914 10 0 54 0 85 2,091 244 260 260
February 13 18 0 1,680 11 0 48 0 86 1,858 259 277 277
March 13 24 0 1,838 13 0 52 0 104 2,044 370 395 395
April 11 34 0 1,655 11 0 48 0 87 1,846 408 442 442
May 9 35 0 1,811 10 0 52 0 84 2,001 447 481 481
June 7 35 0 1,693 11 0 40 0 69 1,855 446 481 481
July 5 37 0 1,758 10 0 40 0 69 1,918 461 497 497
August 6 34 0 1,862 10 0 40 0 57 2,009 444 478 478
September 5 30 0 1,741 9 0 34 0 46 1,865 400 429 429
October 10 26 0 1,675 9 0 53 0 40 1,813 363 389 389
November 12 21 0 1,796 10 0 57 0 45 1,941 286 307 307
December 10 17 0 1,896 12 0 52 0 72 2,060 254 271 271
Year 2024
January 9 23 0 1,854 11 0 61 0 88 2,047 268 290 290
February 5 32 0 1,774 12 0 59 0 89 1,971 296 329 329
March 6 43 0 1,852 12 0 65 0 89 2,067 406 449 449
April 7 52 0 1,775 10 0 57 0 89 1,990 440 492 492
May 7 62 0 1,828 8 0 61 0 85 2,052 478 540 540
June 7 62 0 1,809 9 0 41 0 58 1,986 476 539 539
July 5 61 0 1,878 11 0 45 0 48 2,048 490 551 551
August 5 59 0 1,894 11 0 48 0 51 2,068 473 532 532
September 6 52 0 1,772 10 0 47 0 36 1,923 433 485 485
October 8 44 0 1,662 12 0 54 0 62 1,841 390 433 433
November 17 31 0 1,837 9 0 59 0 51 2,004 303 334 334
December 17 25 0 1,863 9 0 56 0 63 2,034 267 292 292
Year 2025
January 7 32 0 1,841 10 0 50 0 74 2,015 285 317 317
February 7 42 0 1,707 11 0 47 0 71 1,886 305 347 347
March 11 50 0 1,808 11 0 53 0 78 2,012 433 483 483
April 11 51 0 1,687 10 0 47 0 78 1,884 469 520 520
May 11 62 0 1,731 10 0 48 0 78 1,940 516 578 578
June 8 176 0 1,777 12 0 35 0 74 2,082 515 691 691
July 8 189 0 1,932 10 0 41 0 55 2,235 532 721 721
August 7 198 0 1,869 12 0 42 0 47 2,174 515 713 713
September 5 201 0 1,756 12 0 40 0 32 2,047 463 664 664
October 8 176 0 1,730 12 0 56 0 33 2,015 419 595 595
November 8 125 0 1,746 11 0 51 0 43 1,984 324 449 449
December 10 99 0 1,783 11 0 51 0 56 2,011 295 394 394

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 Waste Biomass includes 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. NM=Not meaningful due to large standard error. W=Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
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.
Estimated small scale solar photovoltaic generation and small scale solar photovoltaic capacity are based on data from Form EIA-861M, Form EIA-861 and from estimation methods described in the technical notes.