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Quick Facts
- The Delaware City refinery, with a capacity of about 182,200 barrels per calendar day, is one of two coking refineries on the East Coast.
- In 2017, Delaware generated 87% of its electricity from natural gas, almost five times more than its share a decade earlier, whereas coal generation fell to 4.7%, down from 70% a decade earlier.
- In 2016, 65% of the petroleum consumed in Delaware was used by the transportation sector, primarily as motor gasoline.
- Delaware has substantial offshore wind energy resources along its Atlantic Ocean coastline, where a wind farm with up to 680 megawatts of capacity is planned.
- Delaware's renewable portfolio standard requires retail electricity suppliers to generate 25% of the electricity sold in the state from renewable energy resources, with at least 3.5% from solar photovoltaics, by mid-2026.
Last Updated: July 19, 2018
