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

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
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The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
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63
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United States | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
1960 0.01525612
1961 0.02154177
1962 0.0227867
1963 0.02943486
1964 0.03071683
1965 0.0308555
1966 0.03159889
1967 0.03688475
1968 0.04468599
1969 0.05230937
1970 0.05031126
1971 0.04954854
1972 0.09929183
1973 0.13981111
1974 0.1463214
1975 0.18029396
1976 0.19163154
1977 0.19198604
1978 0.15100745
1979 0.1961297
1980 0.23931744
1981 0.26347709
1982 0.21551479
1983 0.26238853
1984 0.32078534
1985 0.43410786
1986 0.46228318
1987 0.47902482
1988 0.44498996
1989 2.27447548
1990 3.00014394
1991 1.90289073
1992 2.13860038
1993 2.13113884
1994 2.13480965
1995 1.97356995
1996 1.97036955
1997 1.904924
1998 1.8258359
1999 1.89473048
2000 1.91659722
2001 1.8801036
2002 2.01428125
2003 2.01802918
2004 2.0941978
2005 2.19635704
2006 2.41730372
2007 2.59477811
2008 3.09253093
2009 3.67566581
2010 4.09729276
2011 4.78961133
2012 5.48624126
2013 6.32000922
2014 6.90002862
2015 7.38695495
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United States | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source