Energy consumption from coal and renewables grew slightly while consumption from petroleum and natural gas fell slightly. • United States electric power sector
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Solar photovoltaic generation data are thus intended to include all grid-connected utility-scale and distributed photovoltaics. Total U.S. power generation
capacity factor estimates from NREL's PVWatts tool. Hydropower. CSP. Geothermal. Biomass. Energy. Wind. Solar PV1. Total Renewables
Energy consumption from renewables (+3.1%) natural gas. (+2.6%)
2 Renewable electricity includes solar wind
All data are reported as primary energy. U.S. Energy Production and Consumption (2012). 10.2% Nuclear. 11.2% Renewables.
This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy. Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications. Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308. National
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The largest sources of biomass energy are wood and biomass losses and coproducts. • NREL estimates of industrial fuel energy use (i.e. not including non-fuel