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  Data For: 2000
  Report Released: January 2003
  Next Release Date: March 2003

Table 3: Existing Capacity at U.S. Nonutilities by Prime Mover and Energy Source, 2000
  
Energy Source
Existing
Number of Units
Nameplate Capacity (megawatts)
Net Summer Capacity (megawatts)
       
U.S. Total
6,486
228,586
208,293
Steam
     
   Coal1
599
59,196
55,017
   Petroleum2
65
5,778
5,544
   Natural Gas
256
14,928
14,323
   Other Gas3
82
1,775
1,695
   Petroleum/Natural Gas (Combined)
166
21,952
21,066
   Other4
477
9,793
9,198
Gas Turbine
      
   Petroleum2
142
3,930
3,362
   Natural Gas
536
19,927
16,951
   Other Gas3
8
312
265
   Petroleum/Natural Gas (Combined).
284
14,471
12,345
   Other4
41
130
111
Internal Combustion
     
   Petroleum2
382
683
656
   Natural Gas
326
290
280
   Petroleum/Natural Gas (Combined)
140
318
304
   Other4
480
501
489
Combined Cycle
      
   Petroleum2
7
508
434
   Natural Gas
542
37,155
31,928
   Other Gas3
6
310
266
   Petroleum/Natural Gas (Combined)
174
10,837
9,309
   Other4
28
249
216
Nuclear
13
12,623
11,892
Hydroelectric 5
1418
7,214
7,124
Geothermal
193
2,683
2,520
Solar
9
410
382
Wind
88
2,323
2,323
Other6
24
293
293

   1 Includes bituminous, lignite, subbituminous, and waste/other coal.
   2 Includes distillate fuel oil, jet fuel, kerosene, other oil, petroleum coke, and residual fuel oil.
   3 Includes blast-furnace gas, other gas, and propane.
   4 Includes black liquor, wood/wood waste liquid, and wood/wood waste solids, agriculture byproducts, landfill gas, municipal solid waste, other biomass gases, other biomass liquids, other biomass solids, sludge waste, and tires.
   5 Includes 1,502 megawatts of  pumped storage hydroelectric net summer capacity.
   6 Includes expander turbines and reciprocating engines.
   Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.   Plants purchased from electric utilities are included in this report.
   Source:  Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860B, "Annual Electric Generator Report - Nonutility."