Table 3.5.B. Net Generation from Renewable Sources: Industrial Sector, 2011 - 2021
(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
2011 5 7 0 26,691 15 2 900 0 1,799 29,418 N/A N/A N/A
2012 19 14 0 26,725 81 10 857 0 2,353 30,060 N/A N/A N/A
2013 37 17 0 27,691 178 2 1,166 0 3,463 32,554 N/A N/A N/A
2014 53 16 0 27,239 185 -2 1,185 0 1,282 29,957 1,139 1,156 1,156
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
Year 2019
January 11 4 0 2,317 12 0.03 53 0 124 2,520 168 172 172
February 9 5 0 2,086 11 0.31 50 0 94 2,255 178 182 182
March 10 7 0 2,267 12 0.28 59 0 108 2,462 254 261 261
April 10 8 0 2,034 12 1 53 0 106 2,224 278 286 286
May 8 9 0 2,084 12 0.41 46 0 104 2,263 309 317 317
June 8 10 0 2,179 11 0.46 46 0 95 2,349 311 320 320
July 6 10 0 2,331 11 1 43 0 71 2,473 321 331 331
August 5 9 0 2,357 11 0.44 45 0 59 2,488 311 320 320
September 5 8 0 2,157 11 0.02 37 0 52 2,271 281 289 289
October 9 7 0 2,157 12 1 53 0 63 2,302 255 262 262
November 8 5 0 2,174 12 0.40 55 0 67 2,321 198 204 204
December 11 4 0 2,289 13 1 59 0 91 2,466 179 183 183
Year 2020
January 9 4 0 2,265 13 0.09 67 0 102 2,460 192 196 196
February 9 6 0 2,150 13 0.33 59 0 108 2,344 212 218 218
March 9 7 0 2,227 13 0.13 61 0 123 2,440 292 299 299
April 8 8 0 2,077 12 0.49 59 0 111 2,275 316 324 324
May 9 12 0 2,077 10 1 56 0 102 2,267 349 361 361
June 60 12 0 1,960 10 1 49 0 73 2,164 354 367 367
July 69 13 0 2,000 11 0.33 52 0 64 2,208 370 383 383
August 56 11 0 2,049 10 1 52 0 62 2,241 358 369 369
September 72 9 0 1,983 10 1 43 0 54 2,171 321 330 330
October 94 8 0 1,992 10 0.30 61 0 53 2,217 291 299 299
November 105 6 0 2,003 11 0.21 55 0 67 2,247 226 232 232
December 119 5 0 2,134 12 0.15 62 0 83 2,415 203 208 208
Year 2021
January 9 6 0 2,141 12 -0.04 61 0 86 2,315 216 222 222
February 10 7 0 1,816 12 -1 51 0 62 1,957 230 237 237
March 13 11 0 2,118 14 -1 65 0 103 2,322 330 340 340
April 10 12 0 1,996 12 -1 59 0 89 2,178 357 370 370
May 8 14 0 2,039 11 0.20 55 0 84 2,212 394 408 408
June 9 13 0 2,031 10 1 43 0 60 2,167 396 409 409
July 6 13 0 2,088 9 1 50 0 76 2,244 405 419 419
August 5 15 0 2,140 8 1 50 0 70 2,289 392 407 407
September 9 15 0 2,026 7 1 51 0 75 2,184 354 369 369
October 9 12 0 1,960 7 0.49 61 0 76 2,126 319 331 331
November 11 11 0 1,964 8 0.21 63 0 83 2,141 246 257 257
December 13 8 0 2,092 10 0.26 70 0 70 2,263 219 226 226

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.