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WASHINGTON, DC, US, May 17, 2006 (Refocus
Weekly)
Net generation of electricity from non-hydro
renewable energy facilities in the United States has increased 11%
over the last year, according to the Department of Energy.
Total national output in February 2006 was 7,371,000 MWh,
compared with 6,643,000 MWh in February 2005, notes the May edition
of ‘Electric Power Monthly’ from DOE’s Energy Information
Administration. Of the latest generation, 503,000 MWh was from
electric utilities and 4,446,000 MWh was from independent power
producers. The balance was 183,000 MWh from the commercial sector
and 2,238,000 from the industrial.
The highest output was in California which, at 1,663,000 MWh,
represents almost one-quarter of the U.S. total. The increase in
that state was 5.9% over last February, with 99,000 MWh coming from
utilities, 1,463,000 from IPPs, 33,000 from commercial and 68,000
MWh from the industrial sector.
Total net generation was 2.2% higher than February 2005, with
hydroelectric generation up 14.7%, coal up 1.4%, nuclear up 2.7%,
natural gas up 2.5%.
The U.S. generates 52% of its electricity at coal-fired plants,
while nuclear reactors contribute 21.4%, 13.9% from natural
gas-fired facilities and 1.7% from oil-fired plants. Conventional
hydroelectric facilities generate 8.2% of the total, while other
renewables (primarily biomass but also including geothermal, solar
and wind) and other miscellaneous energy sources generate the
balance.
During this February, 64.6% of power was generated at utility power
plants, 31.6% by IPPs, and the remainder at industrial and
commercial combined heat & power plants. Utility-operated plants
consumed 74.3% of the coal consumed for power production, compared
with 24.5% by IPPs, and utilities consumed 61.2% of the petroleum
liquids, compared to 27.5% by IPPs.
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