Geothermal Energy
Data For: 2006
Release Date: April 2008
Next Release Date: April 2009
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Table 1.1 U.S. Energy Consumption by Energy Source, 2002-2006 (Quadrillion Btu) | |||||
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| Energy Source | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Totala | 97.684 | 97.971 | 100.051 | 100.161 | 99.398 |
| Fossil Fuels | 83.994 | 84.386 | 86.191 | 86.451 | 85.307 |
| Coal | 21.904 | 22.321 | 22.466 | 22.795 | 22.452 |
| Coal Coke Net Imports | 0.061 | 0.051 | 0.138 | 0.044 | 0.061 |
| Natural Gasb | 23.558 | 22.897 | 22.931 | 22.583 | 22.190 |
| Petroleumc | 38.227 | 38.809 | 40.294 | 40.393 | 39.958 |
| Electricity Net Imports | 0.072 | 0.022 | 0.039 | 0.084 | 0.063 |
| Nuclear Electric Power | 8.143 | 7.959 | 8.222 | 8.160 | 8.214 |
| Renewable Energy | 5.893 | 6.150 | 6.261 | 6.444 | 6.922 |
| Biomassd | 2.706 | 2.817 | 3.023 | 3.154 | 3.374 |
| Biofuels | 0.309 | 0.414 | 0.513 | 0.595 | 0.795 |
| Waste | 0.402 | 0.401 | 0.389 | 0.403 | 0.407 |
| Wood Derived Fuels | 1.995 | 2.002 | 2.121 | 2.156 | 2.172 |
| Geothermal Energy | 0.328 | 0.331 | 0.341 | 0.343 | 0.343 |
| Hydroelectric Conventional | 2.689 | 2.825 | 2.690 | 2.703 | 2.869 |
| Solar/PV Energy | 0.064 | 0.064 | 0.065 | 0.066 | 0.072 |
| Wind Energy | 0.105 | 0.115 | 0.142 | 0.178 | 0.264 |
| a Ethanol blended
into motor gasoline is included in both "Petroleum" and "Biomass,"
but is counted only once in total consumption. b Includes supplemental gaseous fuels. c Petroleum products supplied, including natural gas plant liquids and crude oil burned as fuel. d Biomass includes: biofuels, waste (landfill gas, MSW biogenic, and other biomass), wood and wood derived fuels. MSW=Municipal Solid Waste. Note: Data revisions are discussed in Highlights section. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. Non-renewable energy: Energy Information Administration (EIA), Monthly Energy Review (MER) December 2007, DOE/EIA-0035 (2007/12) (Washington, DC, Decemberr 2007,) Tables 1.3, 1.4a and 1.4b. Renewable Energy: Table 2 of this report. | |||||
| More tables on Geothermal Energy | Formats | ||
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| Table 1.1 U.S. Energy Consumption by Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.2 Renewable Energy Consumption by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.3 Renewable Energy Consumption for Electricity Generation by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.4 Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.11 Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source | xls | ||
| Table 1.12 U.S. Electric Net Summer Capacity | xls | ||
Geothermal energy is contained in underground reservoirs of steam, hot water, and hot dry rocks. As used at electric generating facilities, hot water or steam extracted from geothermal reservoirs in the Earth's crust is supplied to steam turbines at electric utilities that drive generators to produce electricity. Moderate-to-low termperature geothermal resources are used for direct-use applications such as district and space heating. Lower temperature, shallow ground, geothermal resources are used by geothermal heat pumps to heat and cool buildings.
 Hot springs in Steamboat Springs area. Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Photographic Information Exchange. |
Geothermal
Resources on Federal Lands:
This map shows geothermal resource
potential on Federal Lands and the lower 48 states.
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