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The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption in the Nation’s Energy Supply                                          


Figure 1. The Role of Renewable Energy Consumption in the Nation’s Energy Supply, 2007

Figure 1 is an exploding pie chart that shows renewable energy made up 7 percent of total U.S. energy consumption. Of that 53 percent was from biomass energy, 36 percent from hydroelectric, 5 percent from geothermal, 5 percent from wind and 1 percent from solar.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels Chart data.