Renewables Provide 11.55% of Domestic Energy Production During 1st Quarter 2012

 

U.S. Energy Information Administration, June 27, 2012

 

The latest EIA "Monthly Energy Review," with data through March 31, 2012, reveals that renewable energy sources (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, solar, water, wind) accounted for 11.55% of domestic energy production during the first quarter of 2012. Non-hydro renewables accounted for 8.06% of domestic energy production for the period. While total domestic energy production from all sources during the first quarter of 2012 increased by 3.89% compared to the first quarter of 2011, non-hydro renewables increased at roughly double that rate - 7.67%.

 

http://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/index.cfm