United States - Electricity production from renewable sources

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)

The value for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) in United States was 317,421,000,000 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 317,421,000,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 122,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

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Year Value
1960 122,000,000
1961 181,000,000
1962 206,000,000
1963 286,000,000
1964 320,000,000
1965 345,000,000
1966 383,000,000
1967 474,000,000
1968 629,000,000
1969 799,000,000
1970 817,000,000
1971 844,000,000
1972 1,838,000,000
1973 2,748,000,000
1974 2,864,000,000
1975 3,626,000,000
1976 4,097,000,000
1977 4,286,000,000
1978 3,498,000,000
1979 4,628,000,000
1980 5,809,000,000
1981 6,421,000,000
1982 5,122,000,000
1983 6,426,000,000
1984 8,221,000,000
1985 11,382,000,000
1986 12,203,000,000
1987 13,016,000,000
1988 12,718,000,000
1989 71,143,000,000
1990 96,089,000,000
1991 61,937,000,000
1992 69,945,000,000
1993 72,278,000,000
1994 73,690,000,000
1995 70,227,000,000
1996 71,943,000,000
1997 69,953,000,000
1998 69,464,000,000
1999 73,395,000,000
2000 77,160,000,000
2001 72,174,000,000
2002 81,103,000,000
2003 81,824,000,000
2004 86,869,000,000
2005 93,760,000,000
2006 103,340,000,000
2007 112,196,000,000
2008 134,308,000,000
2009 153,106,000,000
2010 178,411,000,000
2011 207,229,000,000
2012 234,311,000,000
2013 270,946,000,000
2014 298,023,000,000
2015 317,421,000,000

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total) in United States was 7.39 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 7.39 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.02 in 1960.

Definition: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.02
1961 0.02
1962 0.02
1963 0.03
1964 0.03
1965 0.03
1966 0.03
1967 0.04
1968 0.04
1969 0.05
1970 0.05
1971 0.05
1972 0.10
1973 0.14
1974 0.15
1975 0.18
1976 0.19
1977 0.19
1978 0.15
1979 0.20
1980 0.24
1981 0.26
1982 0.22
1983 0.26
1984 0.32
1985 0.43
1986 0.46
1987 0.48
1988 0.44
1989 2.27
1990 3.00
1991 1.90
1992 2.14
1993 2.13
1994 2.13
1995 1.97
1996 1.97
1997 1.90
1998 1.83
1999 1.89
2000 1.92
2001 1.88
2002 2.01
2003 2.02
2004 2.09
2005 2.20
2006 2.42
2007 2.59
2008 3.09
2009 3.68
2010 4.10
2011 4.79
2012 5.49
2013 6.32
2014 6.90
2015 7.39

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use