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Table C13. Renewable Energy Consumption Estimates by Source, Ranked by State, 2020

Table C13. Renewable Energy Consumption Estimates by Source, Ranked by State, 2020


Rank		 Biomass a Geothermal Hydroelectric Power b Solar c Wind
State Trillion Btu State Trillion Btu State Trillion Btu State Trillion Btu State Trillion Btu
1 California 295.2 California 101.9 Washington 670.3 California 436.7 Texas 811.0
2 Georgia 250.8 Nevada 34.9 Oregon 280.0 Florida 94.5 Iowa 299.9
3 Iowa 244.3 Florida 10.1 New York 259.2 Texas 89.7 Oklahoma 258.1
4 Texas 237.6 Michigan 5.2 California 187.5 Arizona 80.1 Kansas 210.2
5 Florida 209.6 Indiana 4.6 Tennessee 118.0 North Carolina 76.0 Illinois 142.4
6 Alabama 187.6 Utah 4.1 Alabama 117.1 Nevada 57.3 North Dakota 119.6
7 Minnesota 157.1 Ohio 3.4 Montana 94.3 Georgia 36.4 California 119.2
8 Michigan 152.7 Oregon 2.9 Idaho 83.4 New Jersey 35.2 Colorado 117.4
9 Pennsylvania 152.3 Kentucky 2.7 North Carolina 69.8 Massachusetts 33.0 Minnesota 103.8
10 Illinois 146.1 Texas 2.5 Arizona 56.4 New York 28.8 Washington 81.3
11 North Carolina 141.7 Idaho 2.3 South Dakota 51.2 Utah 27.4 Nebraska 80.0
12 Wisconsin 140.4 Pennsylvania 2.2 Kentucky 43.9 Colorado 19.6 Oregon 77.0
13 New York 139.6 Illinois 2.0 Georgia 40.9 New Mexico 18.8 New Mexico 63.4
14 Virginia 136.5 South Dakota 1.9 Arkansas 39.7 South Carolina 18.4 Michigan 59.1
15 Louisiana 129.8 Louisiana 1.8 South Carolina 33.9 Hawaii 16.9 Indiana 55.2
16 Washington 129.5 Virginia 1.7 Maine 27.7 Minnesota 15.8 South Dakota 48.6
17 South Carolina 121.1 Iowa 1.3 Oklahoma 25.0 Virginia 14.4 Wyoming 48.4
18 Ohio 120.8 Nebraska 1.2 Wisconsin 24.5 Maryland 13.5 New York 39.7
19 Indiana 115.5 New York 1.2 Pennsylvania 23.4 Oregon 13.1 Pennsylvania 32.9
20 Nebraska 108.9 Washington 1.1 North Dakota 21.5 Connecticut 9.3 Missouri 29.3
21 Oregon 97.2 Minnesota 1.1 Virginia 17.8 Pennsylvania 7.2 Montana 26.8
22 Tennessee 89.9 North Dakota 1.0 Nevada 16.9 Idaho 5.8 Idaho 24.3
23 Maine 88.7 Kansas 1.0 Missouri 16.5 Illinois 5.7 Maine 21.0
24 Arkansas 74.4 North Carolina 1.0 Alaska 15.5 Indiana 4.8 Ohio 20.1
25 South Dakota 69.5 Mississippi 1.0 Michigan 15.0 Rhode Island 4.4 West Virginia 16.6
26 Missouri 67.4 Massachusetts 0.9 Maryland 14.9 Missouri 4.1 Wisconsin 15.5
27 Mississippi 63.9 New Mexico 0.8 Colorado 14.6 Mississippi 3.9 Utah 7.0
28 Kentucky 53.3 Arkansas 0.8 West Virginia 14.0 Ohio 3.8 Arizona 5.7
29 Oklahoma 53.3 Colorado 0.8 Nebraska 12.2 Tennessee 3.7 Hawaii 5.2
30 Massachusetts 51.4 Wyoming 0.7 New Hampshire 10.8 Alabama 3.4 North Carolina 4.8
31 Kansas 48.3 South Carolina 0.6 Louisiana 10.6 Michigan 3.2 Maryland 4.8
32 New Jersey 44.8 Wisconsin 0.6 Vermont 9.9 Vermont 3.2 New Hampshire 4.6
33 Idaho 42.2 Maryland 0.6 Wyoming 9.5 Arkansas 3.2 Vermont 3.4
34 Colorado 41.8 New Jersey 0.5 Texas 9.5 Washington 2.7 Nevada 2.8
35 Arizona 35.2 Delaware 0.4 Iowa 9.0 Louisiana 2.7 Massachusetts 2.1
36 North Dakota 34.8 Missouri 0.4 Minnesota 8.8 Wisconsin 2.2 Rhode Island 1.9
37 Connecticut 34.5 Arizona 0.3 Massachusetts 7.4 Iowa 2.1 Alaska 1.1
38 New Hampshire 34.4 Montana 0.3 Utah 7.2 Delaware 1.6 Tennessee 0.3
39 Maryland 33.3 Georgia 0.3 Ohio 3.3 Wyoming 1.6 New Jersey 0.2
40 Vermont 23.3 Tennessee 0.2 Connecticut 2.9 New Hampshire 1.5 Connecticut 0.1
41 New Mexico 21.8 Alaska 0.2 Indiana 2.4 Maine 1.2 Delaware (s)
42 Montana 20.4 Alabama 0.1 Florida 2.0 District of Columbia 1.2 Alabama 0.0
43 West Virginia 17.2 Hawaii 0.1 New Mexico 1.8 Kansas 1.0 Arkansas 0.0
44 Utah 16.3 Maine 0.1 Illinois 1.2 Kentucky 0.9 District of Columbia 0.0
45 Nevada 13.7 Rhode Island 0.1 Hawaii 0.9 Oklahoma 0.8 Florida 0.0
46 Alaska 8.7 West Virginia (s) Kansas 0.3 Nebraska 0.7 Georgia 0.0
47 Hawaii 8.4 New Hampshire (s) New Jersey 0.1 Montana 0.6 Kentucky 0.0
48 Wyoming 8.3 Vermont (s) Rhode Island (s) West Virginia 0.2 Louisiana 0.0
49 Rhode Island 7.6 Oklahoma (s) Delaware 0.0 Alaska 0.1 Mississippi 0.0
50 Delaware 5.6 District of Columbia (s) District of Columbia 0.0 South Dakota (s) South Carolina 0.0
51 District of Columbia 1.8 Connecticut (s) Mississippi 0.0 North Dakota (s) Virginia 0.0
United States 4,528.5 United States 202.9 United States 2,502.7 United States 1,212.2 United States 2,964.7
aIncludes wood and biomass waste, biodiesel and fuel ethanol, and losses and co-products from biofuel production.
bConventional hydroelectric power.
cSolar thermal and photovoltaic energy.
Where shown, (s) = Value less than 0.05 trillion Btu.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
Sources: Data sources, estimation procedures, and assumptions are described in the Technical Notes.