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Existing Capacity by Energy Source
                     
Electric Power Annual with data for 2006
Report Released: October 22, 2007
Next Release Date: October 2008

Table 2.2.    xls     pdf   format     

Table 2.2.  Existing Capacity by Energy Source, 2006
(Megawatts)
Energy Source
Number of Generators
Generator Nameplate Capacity
Net Summer Capacity
Net Winter Capacity
Coal[1] 1,493 335,830 312,956 315,163
Petroleum[2] 3,744 64,318 58,097 62,565
Natural Gas[3] 5,470 442,945 388,294 416,745
Other Gases[4] 105 2,563 2,256 2,197
Nuclear 104 105,585 100,334 101,718
Hydroelectric Conventional[5] 3,988 77,419 77,821 77,393
Other Renewables[6] 1,823 26,470 24,113 24,285
Pumped Storage 150 19,569 21,461 21,374
Other[7] 47 976 882 908
Total 16,924 1,075,677 986,215 1,022,347
  [1] Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.
  [2] Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum coke (converted to liquid petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology), and waste oil.
  [3] Includes a small number of generators for which waste heat is the primary energy source.
  [4] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
  [5] The net summer capacity and/or the net winter capacity may exceed nameplate capacity due to upgrades to and overload capability of hydroelectric generators.
  [6] Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, tires, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
  [7] Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies.
  Notes: Capacity by energy source is based on the capacity associated with the energy source reported as the most predominant (primary) one, where more than one energy source is associated with a generator. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. 
  Source:  Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."

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