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primary energy production

Primary energy production:  Production of primary energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy production:

  • Coal production, waste coal supplied, and coal refuse recovery
  • Crude oil and lease condensate production
  • Natural gas plant liquids production
  • Dry natural gas excluding supplemental gaseous fuels production
  • Nuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the nuclear plant heat rates)
  • Conventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)
  • Geothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity), and geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy
  • Solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity), and solar thermal direct use energy
  • Wind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)
  • Wood and wood-derived fuels production
  • Biomass waste consumption
  • Fuel ethanol and biodiesel feedstock and renewable diesel and other biofuels production

    Note: In some EIA publications, conventional hydroelectricity net generation, geothermal electricity net generation, solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (both utility-scale and small-scale), and wind electricity net generation are converted to Btu using the average annual heat rate of fossil-fueled plants, under definitions used prior to September 2023.
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