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Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source

Table 3.   Electricity Net Generation From Renewable Energy by Energy Use Sector and Energy Source, 2003-2007
(Thousand Kilowatthours)
Sector/Source 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007
Total 355,293,119 351,020,900 357,533,995 385,669,799 351,300,592
 Biomass 53,341,092 53,073,722 54,160,152 54,758,512 55,400,235
   Waste 15,811,993 15,497,303 15,479,005 16,109,652 16,884,973
     Landfill Gas 5,077,451 5,128,416 5,135,256 5,677,253 6,199,777
     MSW Biogenica 8,306,065 8,153,230 8,334,720 8,476,478 8,567,940
     Other Biomassb 2,428,478 2,215,658 2,009,029 1,955,921 2,117,257
   Wood and Derived Fuelsc 37,529,099 37,576,418 38,681,147 38,648,859 38,515,262
  Geothermal 14,424,231 14,810,975 14,691,745 14,568,029 14,838,636
  Hydroelectric Conventional 275,806,329 268,417,308 270,321,255 289,246,416 248,312,395
  Solar/PV 534,001 575,155 550,294 507,706 606,082
  Wind 11,187,466 14,143,741 17,810,549 26,589,137 32,143,244
Commercial 1,374,208 1,645,981 1,752,519 1,688,360 1,723,575
 Biomass 1,301,963 1,541,014 1,666,483 1,594,915 1,652,569
   Waste 1,288,914 1,527,370 1,650,485 1,574,314 1,631,269
     Landfill Gas 151,801 172,029 210,824 171,979 204,039
     MSW Biogenica 716,921 945,812 953,591 956,337 969,342
     Other Biomassb 420,192 409,528 486,070 445,999 457,888
    Wood and Derived Fuelsc 13,049 13,644 15,998 20,600 21,300
  Hydroelectric Conventional 72,245 104,967 86,037 93,446 71,005
Industrial 32,926,242 31,923,522 32,082,295 31,796,137 31,026,204
 Biomass 28,703,818 28,675,029 28,886,854 28,897,089 28,757,533
   Waste 715,446 839,555 789,325 600,979 644,131
     Landfill Gas 96,018 120,014 113,082 28,785 29,693
     MSW Biogenica 35,997 31,333 37,463 33,689 42,025
     Other Biomassb 583,431 688,208 638,781 538,504 572,412
    Wood and Derived Fuelsc 27,988,372 27,835,474 28,097,529 28,296,111 28,113,402
  Hydroelectric Conventional 4,222,424 3,248,493 3,195,441 2,899,048 2,268,671
Electric Powerd 320,992,669 317,451,398 323,699,182 352,185,302 318,550,813
 Biomass 23,335,311 22,857,679 23,606,816 24,266,508 24,990,133
   Waste 13,807,633 13,130,379 13,039,195 13,934,359 14,609,573
     Landfill Gas 4,829,632 4,836,372 4,811,350 5,476,488 5,966,044
     MSW Biogenica 7,553,146 7,176,084 7,343,666 7,486,452 7,556,572
     Other Biomassb 1,424,855 1,117,922 884,178 971,419 1,086,957
    Wood and Derived Fuelsc 9,527,678 9,727,300 10,567,621 10,332,148 10,380,560
  Geothermal 14,424,231 14,810,975 14,691,745 14,568,029 14,838,636
  Hydroelectric Conventional 271,511,660 265,063,848 267,039,777 286,253,922 245,972,718
  Solar/PV 534,001 575,155 550,294 507,706 606,082
  Wind 11,187,466 14,143,741 17,810,549 26,589,137 32,143,244
a Includes paper and paper board, wood, food, leather, textiles and yard trimmings.
b Agriculture byproducts/crops, sludge waste, and other biomass solids, liquids and gases.
c Black liquor, and wood/woodwaste solids and liquids.
d The electric power sector comprises electricity-only and combined-heat-power (CHP) plants within North American Classification System (NAICS)22 category whose primary business is to sell electricity, or electricity and heat, to the public.
PV=Photovoltaic
MSW=Municipal Solid Waste.
Note: Totals may not add due to independent rounding.  Data for 2007 is preliminary.
Sources: Energy Information Administration,  Form EIA-906, "Power Plant Report," and Form EIA-920, "Combined Heat and Power Plant Report."