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United States 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 (United States)
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Hydro Conventional
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of U.S. Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 994,888 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 107,954 10.9
    Geothermal 2,214 0.2
    Hydro Conventional 77,885 7.8
    Solar 502 0.1
    Wind 16,515 1.7
    Wood/Wood Waste 6,704 0.7
    MSW/Landfill Gas 3,536 0.4
    Other Biomass 598 0.1
Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Total Electricity Net Generation 4,156,745 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 352,747 8.5
    Geothermal 14,637 0.4
    Hydro Conventional 247,510 6.0
    Solar 612 *
    Wind 34,450 0.8
    Wood/Wood Waste 39,014 0.9
    MSW Biogenic/Landfill Gas 14,462 0.3
    Other Biomass 2,063 *
  * = Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
  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."

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Table 2. Total Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls printer friendly version pdf
Table 3. Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (MW) xls
Table 4. Total Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls
Table 5. Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2003 - 2007 (Thousand MWh) xls

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