United States - Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in United States was 13.23 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 13.23 in 2015, while its lowest value was 6.78 in 2001.

Definition: Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2018 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1990 11.53
1991 10.76
1992 9.92
1993 10.48
1994 9.75
1995 10.80
1996 11.58
1997 10.98
1998 9.61
1999 9.07
2000 8.21
2001 6.78
2002 8.65
2003 8.89
2004 8.63
2005 8.58
2006 9.24
2007 8.37
2008 9.00
2009 10.29
2010 10.12
2011 12.23
2012 12.01
2013 12.64
2014 12.95
2015 13.23

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use