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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, 2006

Figure 1 is an exploding pie chart that shows renewable energy provided 7 percent of total U.S. energy consumption in 2006. Of that 48 percent was from biomass, 42 percent from hydroelectric, 5 percent from geothermal, 4 percent from wind, and 1 percent from solar.

Source: Table 1 of this report.