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Maine 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 (Maine)
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Wood/Wood Waste
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of State Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 4,213 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 1,462 34.7
    Geothermal - -
    Hydro Conventional 718 17.0
    Solar - -
    Wind 42 1.0
    Wood/Wood Waste 612 14.5
    MSW/Landfill Gas 53 1.3
    Other Biomass 36 0.9
Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Total Electricity Net Generation 16,129 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 7,945 49.3
    Geothermal - -
    Hydro Conventional 3,738 23.2
    Solar - -
    Wind 99 0.6
    Wood/Wood Waste 3,848 23.9
    MSW Biogenic/Landfill Gas 208 1.3
    Other Biomass 52 0.3
  - = No data reported.
  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 Maine'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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