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California Renewable Electricity Profile           2006 Edition                                          
Date of Data: 2006
Release Date: May 2008
Data Release Date: May 2009

Table 1. xls format
Table 1. 2006 Summary Renewable Electric Power Industry Statistics (California)
Primary Renewable Energy Capacity Source Hydro Conventional
Primary Renewable Energy Generation Source Hydro Conventional
Capacity (megawatts) Value Percent of State Total
Total Net Summer Electricity Capacity 63,213 100.0
Total Net Summer Renewable Capacity 15,776 25.0
    Geothermal 2,032 3.2
    Hydro Conventional 10,083 16.0
    Solar 402 0.6
    Wind 2,255 3.6
    Wood/Wood Waste 584 0.9
    MSW/Landfill Gas 275 0.4
    Other Biomass 145 0.2
Generation (thousand megawatthours)
Total Electricity Net Generation 216,799 100.0
Total Renewable Net Generation 71,938 33.2
    Geothermal 12,821 5.9
    Hydro Conventional 48,047 22.2
    Solar 495 0.2
    Wind 4,883 2.3
    Wood/Wood Waste 3,422 1.6
    MSW Biogenic/Landfill Gas 1,684 0.8
    Other Biomass 585 0.3
  Notes: Hydro Conventional does not include pumped storage. Solar includes solar thermal and photovoltaic. MSW = Municipal Solid Waste. Other Biomass includes agricultural byproducts/crops, sludge waste and other biomass solids, liquids and gases. MSW Biogenic includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
  Sources: Capacity: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." Generation: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report" and EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."

More Tables on California's Renewable Profile: Formats
Table 2. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2002 - 2006 (MW) xls printer friendly version pdf
Table 3. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Summer Capacity, by Energy Source, 2002 - 2006 (MW) xls
Table 4. State Total Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2002 - 2006 (Thousand MWh) xls
Table 5. State Renewable Electric Power Industry Net Generation, by Energy Source, 2002 - 2006 (Thousand MWh) xls

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