Renewable Energy Accounts for 12.6% of US Net Power Generation

Date: August 20, 2009

Source: News Room

The use of clean energy, including conventional hydroelectric sources, made up 12.6% of US net power generation in May according to the latest statistics gathered by the Energy Information Administration. Renewable energy sources excluding hydro represented 3.6% of the net output. Net generation from all energy sources dipped by 4.1% year over year to 311,411,000 MWh, where 29,142,000 came from conventional hydro; 5,755,000 from wind; 2,822,000 from wood; 1,381,000 from other biomass; 1,197,000 from geothermal and 98,000 from solar.

To learn more, visit: www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html.

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