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Table C13. Renewable energy consumption estimates by source, ranked by state, 2022

Table C13. Renewable energy consumption estimates by source, ranked by state, 2022


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 498.6 California 40.3 Washington 269.3 California 232.9 Texas 391.7
2 Texas 259.1 Nevada 14.9 Oregon 106.8 Texas 87.4 Iowa 156.1
3 Iowa 254.6 Florida 10.1 New York 93.6 Florida 74.8 Oklahoma 128.1
4 Georgia 250.3 Michigan 5.2 California 60.2 Arizona 41.1 Kansas 101.3
5 Florida 215.1 Indiana 4.6 Alabama 34.8 North Carolina 40.7 Illinois 80.2
6 Alabama 194.4 Ohio 3.4 Montana 33.7 Nevada 36.6 Colorado 57.7
7 Minnesota 167.0 Kentucky 2.7 Tennessee 31.4 Georgia 25.3 North Dakota 55.4
8 Pennsylvania 157.1 Texas 2.5 Idaho 28.5 New York 19.3 Minnesota 51.5
9 Michigan 154.9 Utah 2.4 Arizona 18.1 Massachusetts 18.6 California 49.9
10 Illinois 151.8 Pennsylvania 2.2 North Carolina 16.0 New Jersey 17.8 New Mexico 49.3
11 Wisconsin 142.3 Illinois 2.0 Kentucky 15.5 Virginia 17.7 Nebraska 43.0
12 Virginia 142.1 South Dakota 1.9 South Dakota 14.5 Utah 15.9 South Dakota 35.1
13 New York 141.0 Oregon 1.8 Arkansas 11.8 Colorado 13.2 Indiana 34.1
14 North Carolina 132.6 Louisiana 1.8 Georgia 10.8 Illinois 10.8 Wyoming 33.4
15 Louisiana 126.8 Idaho 1.8 Maine 10.5 South Carolina 10.1 Michigan 31.2
16 Washington 126.4 Virginia 1.7 Pennsylvania 9.1 New Mexico 9.0 Oregon 27.8
17 Indiana 125.5 Iowa 1.3 South Carolina 7.4 Hawaii 8.4 Washington 27.5
18 South Carolina 124.9 Nebraska 1.2 Wisconsin 6.8 Oregon 8.3 Missouri 25.7
19 Ohio 124.2 New York 1.2 North Dakota 6.1 Minnesota 7.5 New York 15.6
20 Nebraska 120.4 Washington 1.1 Maryland 6.1 Maryland 6.9 Montana 13.7
21 Oregon 102.8 Minnesota 1.1 Oklahoma 6.0 Connecticut 6.0 Pennsylvania 12.2
22 Maine 79.2 North Dakota 1.0 Alaska 5.8 Indiana 4.8 Ohio 10.8
23 Tennessee 78.9 Kansas 1.0 Nevada 5.8 Ohio 4.5 Maine 9.3
24 South Dakota 78.5 North Carolina 1.0 West Virginia 5.6 Pennsylvania 4.3 Idaho 8.3
25 Arkansas 72.2 Mississippi 1.0 Michigan 4.7 Michigan 4.3 West Virginia 6.8
26 Missouri 68.7 Massachusetts 0.9 Missouri 4.7 Wisconsin 3.8 Wisconsin 6.2
27 Mississippi 62.5 Arkansas 0.8 Colorado 4.6 Arkansas 3.4 Arizona 5.3
28 Kentucky 62.2 Colorado 0.8 New Hampshire 4.1 Alabama 3.2 Utah 2.5
29 Oklahoma 53.8 Hawaii 0.7 Vermont 3.9 Rhode Island 3.1 Hawaii 2.1
30 Massachusetts 51.9 Wyoming 0.7 Virginia 3.9 Maine 2.8 North Carolina 1.9
31 Kansas 49.6 South Carolina 0.6 Nebraska 3.6 Tennessee 2.6 Maryland 1.7
32 New Jersey 46.6 Wisconsin 0.6 Iowa 3.4 Idaho 2.5 New Hampshire 1.6
33 Idaho 45.1 Maryland 0.6 Minnesota 3.2 Iowa 2.4 Vermont 1.4
34 Colorado 44.9 New Mexico 0.5 Louisiana 3.1 Missouri 2.4 Nevada 1.1
35 Arizona 37.6 New Jersey 0.5 Massachusetts 3.0 Mississippi 1.8 Massachusetts 0.7
36 North Dakota 35.2 Delaware 0.4 Wyoming 2.5 Washington 1.8 Rhode Island 0.7
37 New Hampshire 33.3 Missouri 0.4 Texas 2.1 Louisiana 1.7 Alaska 0.5
38 Maryland 32.7 Arizona 0.3 Utah 2.0 Vermont 1.5 Virginia 0.2
39 Connecticut 31.9 Montana 0.3 Ohio 1.7 New Hampshire 0.9 New Jersey 0.1
40 Vermont 23.8 Georgia 0.3 Indiana 1.3 Delaware 0.8 Tennessee 0.1
41 New Mexico 22.9 Tennessee 0.2 Connecticut 1.1 Wyoming 0.7 Connecticut (s)
42 Montana 20.4 Alaska 0.2 Florida 0.8 District of Columbia 0.7 Delaware (s)
43 West Virginia 17.8 Alabama 0.1 New Mexico 0.4 Oklahoma 0.6 Alabama 0.0
44 Nevada 15.0 Maine 0.1 Illinois 0.4 Kansas 0.6 Arkansas 0.0
45 Utah 14.0 Rhode Island 0.1 Hawaii 0.4 Kentucky 0.6 District of Columbia 0.0
46 Hawaii 9.0 West Virginia (s) Kansas 0.1 Nebraska 0.4 Florida 0.0
47 Alaska 8.5 New Hampshire (s) Rhode Island (s) Montana 0.3 Georgia 0.0
48 Wyoming 8.1 Vermont (s) New Jersey (s) West Virginia 0.2 Kentucky 0.0
49 Rhode Island 7.0 Oklahoma (s) Delaware 0.0 Alaska 0.1 Louisiana 0.0
50 Delaware 6.0 District of Columbia (s) District of Columbia 0.0 South Dakota (s) Mississippi 0.0
51 District of Columbia 1.9 Connecticut (s) Mississippi 0.0 North Dakota (s) South Carolina 0.0
United States 4,856.7 United States 118.4 United States 869.3 United States 764.6 United States 1,481.8
aIncludes wood, biomass waste, biodiesel, fuel ethanol, renewable diesel, and losses and co-products from biofuel production. U.S. total includes other biofuels not allocated to the states.
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.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes. http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/