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Find statistics on renewable energy consumption by source type, electric capacity and electricity generation from renewable sources, biomass and alternative fuels.

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  • Production and consumption
  • Release date: August 24, 2026 |Data from: Monthly Energy Review
  • Interactive data from: Total Energy Data Browse
  • Renewable energy production and consumption by source
  • Available formats: PDFXLS|Interactive
  • Renewable energy production and total energy production by state
  • Available formats: PDF
  • Total energy consumption of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources
  • Available formats: PDFXLS|Interactive
  • Renewable energy consumption and total energy consumption by state
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  • Renewable energy consumption by sector
  • Residential and commercial
  • Available formats: PDFXLS|Interactive
  • Industrial and transportation
  • Available formats: PDFXLS|Interactive
  • Electric power
  • Available formats: PDFXLS|Interactive

Biofuels

  • Densified biomass fuel
  • Monthly densified biomass fuel (wood pellets, compressed bricks/logs) data on manufacturing facilities and capacity, production, inventories, feedstocks and cost, sales and price, exports and price, and product characteristics
  • Monthly biodiesel production
  • Release date: February 26, 2021 |Data from: Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
  • Production capacity and production
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Production, sales, and stocks
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Inputs to biodiesel production
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Producers and production capacity, by state
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Production by Petroleum Administration for Defense District
  • Available formats: PDFXLS

Geothermal

Hydropower

  • Generation
  • Release date: October 16, 2025 |Data from: Electric Power Annual
  • Net generation from hydroelectric (conventional) power by state by sector
  • Available formats: XLS

Solar/Photovoltaic

Wind

Alternative transportation fuels

  • Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
  • Release Date: February 26, 2021 |Data from: Monthly Biodiesel Production Report
  • Production capacity and production
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Production, sales, and stocks
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Inputs to biodiesel production
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Producers and production capacity, by state
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
  • Production by Petroleum Administration for Defense District
  • Available formats: PDFXLS
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