Us Power Generation By Source 2017

Total all sectors 2010 june 2020 thousand megawatthours.

Us power generation by source 2017. A few coal fired power plants convert coal to a gas for use in a gas turbine to generate electricity. However this also includes other renewable sources like wind geothermal and solar. Energy in the united states comes mostly from fossil fuels. Electricity generation in 2019 about 23.

Nuclear energy supplied 8 4 and renewable energy supplied 8 mainly from hydroelectric dams and biomass. About 20 was from nuclear energy and about 18. Nearly all coal fired power plants use steam turbines. There are 999 wind powered electric plants in the united states.

Residential customers 133 89 million directly consumed 1 469. This is broken down as. Electricity consumption data in this section is based upon data mined from us doe energy information administration electric power annual 2018 files in 2018 the total us consumption of electricity was 4 222 5 terawatt hours twh. Petroleum was the source of less than 1 of u s.

Solar power in the united states includes utility scale solar power plants as well as local distributed generation mostly from rooftop photovoltaics as of the end of 2019 the united states had over 71 3 gigawatts gw of installed photovoltaic capacity. Renewable generation does not include amounts for rooftop solar. Since 2014 total annual electricity generation from utility scale nonhydro renewable sources has been greater than hydropower generation. In 2018 the united states had an electricity generation capacity of approximately 1 22 million megawatts and in that same year.

Wind energy s share of total utility scale electricity generating capacity in the united states grew from 0 2 in 1990 to about 9 in 2019 and its share of total annual utility scale electricity generation. In 2018 utility scale solar power generated 66 6 terawatt hours twh 1 66 of total u s. Global installed power capacity by source 2017. The information used to calculate values is from the electric power monthly february 2015 and 2014 published by the u s.

Wind is the fastest growing power source finding a home in the. Coal was the second largest energy source for u s. 1 about 63 of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels coal natural gas petroleum and other gases. In 2010 data showed that 25 of the nation s energy originates from petroleum 22 from coal and 22 from natural gas.

They generated 6 percent of the nation s electricity last year. Consumption was up from 2017 by131 9 twh or 3 2. Net generation by energy source. Electricity generation in 2019.