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California Renewable Electricity Profile           2007 Edition                                          
Date of Data: 2007
Release Date: June 2009
Data Release Date: June 2010

Table 1. xls format
Table 1. 2007 Summary Renewable Electric Power Industry Statistics (California)
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Hydro Conventional
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of State Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 63,813 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 15,774 24.7
    Geothermal 1,940 3.0
    Hydro Conventional 10,041 15.7
    Solar 404 0.6
    Wind 2,312 3.6
    Wood/Wood Waste 596 0.9
    MSW/Landfill Gas 380 0.6
    Other Biomass 102 0.2
Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Total Electricity Net Generation 210,848 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 52,173 24.7
    Geothermal 12,991 6.2
    Hydro Conventional 27,328 13.0
    Solar 557 0.3
    Wind 5,585 2.6
    Wood/Wood Waste 3,407 1.6
    MSW Biogenic/Landfill Gas 1,657 0.8
    Other Biomass 648 0.3
  Notes: Hydro Conventional does not include pumped storage. Solar includes solar thermal and photovoltaic. MSW = Municipal Solid Waste. Other Biomass includes agricultural byproducts/crops, sludge waste and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. MSW Biogenic includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
  Sources: Capacity: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Generation: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report" and EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."

More Tables on California's Renewable Profile: Formats
Table 2. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls printer friendly version pdf
Table 3. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls
Table 4. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls
Table 5. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls

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