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Posted November 9, 2011Today in Energy
Use of U.S. wind and biofuels on the rise ›
The production and use of non-hydropower renewable energy sources were up in recent years. Wind and biofuels consumption increased about 16 times and 8 times, respectively, between 2000 and 2010. Overall, consumption of renewable energy, including hydropower, represented about 8% of total energy consumption in the United States in 2010. More›
Source: EIA, Annual Energy Review.
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Data Highlights
Crude oil futures price
11/8/2011: $96.80/bbl
up$4.61 from week earlier
up$9.74 from year earlier
Natural gas futures price
11/8/2011: $3.745/mmBtu
down$0.036 from week earlier
down$0.345 from year earlier
Retail heating oil price
11/7/2011: $3.877 /gal
up$0.027 from week earlier
up$0.799 from year earlier
Crude oil inventories
11/4/2011: 338.1 mmbbl
down1.4 mmbbl from week earlier
down26.8 mmbbl from year earlier
Weekly coal production
10/29/2011: 21.634 million tons
up0.475 million tons from week earlier
up1.154 million tons from year earlier
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