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Electric Power Annual 2010 Data Tables
With Data for 2010 | Release Date: November 09, 2011 | Next Release Date: November 2012
| Table 1.4. Planned Generating Capacity Additions from New Generators, by Energy Source, 2011-2015 (Count, Megawatts) | ||||
| Energy Source | Number of Generators | Generator Nameplate Capacity | Net Summer Capacity | Net Winter Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ||||
| U.S. Total | 521 | 25,602 | 23,733 | 24,565 |
| Coal[1] | 8 | 4,873 | 4,563 | 4,595 |
| Petroleum[2] | 26 | 548 | 516 | 519 |
| Natural Gas | 89 | 11,256 | 9,988 | 10,792 |
| Other Gases[3] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Nuclear | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hydroelectric Conventional[4] | 26 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Wind | 92 | 7,972 | 7,763 | 7,763 |
| Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic | 171 | 586 | 577 | 569 |
| Wood and Wood Derived Fuels[5] |
9 | 155 | 129 | 127 |
| Geothermal | 7 | 31 | 21 | 22 |
| Other Biomass[6] | 92 | 128 | 123 | 124 |
| Pumped Storage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other[7] | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 2012 | ||||
| U.S. Total | 295 | 23,506 | 22,042 | 22,670 |
| Coal[1] | 7 | 4,304 | 4,105 | 4,181 |
| Petroleum[2] | 14 | 70 | 60 | 68 |
| Natural Gas | 65 | 8,756 | 7,967 | 8,401 |
| Other Gases[3] | 4 | 808 | 597 | 638 |
| Nuclear | 1 | 1,270 | 1,122 | 1,164 |
| Hydroelectric Conventional[4] | 6 | 155 | 146 | 146 |
| Wind | 49 | 4,711 | 4,711 | 4,711 |
| Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic | 107 | 2,717 | 2,711 | 2,700 |
| Wood and Wood Derived Fuels[5] |
15 | 485 | 443 | 454 |
| Geothermal | 7 | 144 | 104 | 130 |
| Other Biomass[6] | 20 | 86 | 77 | 77 |
| Pumped Storage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other[7] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2013 | ||||
| U.S. Total | 143 | 12,001 | 11,375 | 11,652 |
| Coal[1] | 1 | 290 | 290 | 290 |
| Petroleum[2] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Natural Gas | 40 | 6,028 | 5,529 | 5,803 |
| Other Gases[3] | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Nuclear | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hydroelectric Conventional[4] | 6 | 224 | 222 | 222 |
| Wind | 20 | 2,221 | 2,221 | 2,221 |
| Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic | 59 | 2,673 | 2,606 | 2,606 |
| Wood and Wood Derived Fuels[5] |
3 | 206 | 185 | 185 |
| Geothermal | 5 | 185 | 160 | 162 |
| Other Biomass[6] | 8 | 171 | 161 | 162 |
| Pumped Storage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other[7] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | ||||
| U.S. Total | 63 | 8,199 | 7,351 | 7,707 |
| Coal[1] | 2 | 515 | 482 | 489 |
| Petroleum[2] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Natural Gas | 30 | 4,291 | 3,888 | 4,214 |
| Other Gases[3] | 3 | 840 | 593 | 596 |
| Nuclear | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hydroelectric Conventional[4] | 10 | 263 | 262 | 262 |
| Wind | 4 | 349 | 349 | 349 |
| Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic | 12 | 1,848 | 1,692 | 1,712 |
| Wood and Wood Derived Fuels[5] |
-- | -- | -- | -- |
| Geothermal | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other Biomass[6] | 2 | 93 | 85 | 85 |
| Pumped Storage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other[7] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | ||||
| U.S. Total | 49 | 8,446 | 7,772 | 8,157 |
| Coal[1] | 1 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
| Petroleum[2] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Natural Gas | 34 | 7,387 | 6,780 | 7,140 |
| Other Gases[3] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Nuclear | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hydroelectric Conventional[4] | 1 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Wind | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic | 3 | 471 | 471 | 471 |
| Wood and Wood Derived Fuels[5] |
-- | -- | -- | -- |
| Geothermal | 7 | 460 | 400 | 425 |
| Other Biomass[6] | 3 | 65 | 58 | 58 |
| Pumped Storage | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Other[7] | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| [1] Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, and waste 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] Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels. [4] Conventional hydroelectric power excluding pumped storage facilities; includes ocean power technology (wave energy). [5] Wood/wood waste solids (including paper pellets, railroad ties, utility poles, wood chips, bark, and wood waste solids), wood waste liquids (red liquor, sludge wood, spent sulfite liquor, and other wood-based liquids), and black liquor. [6] Municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agricultural byproducts, other biomass solids, other biomass liquids, and other biomass gases (including digester gases, methane, and other biomass gases). [7] Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies. Notes: • Projected data are updated annually, so revision superscript is not used. • 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. These data reflect plans as of December 31, 2010. • Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. • In some reporting of capacity data, such as for wind, solar and wave energy sites, the capacity for multiple generators is reported in a single generator record and is presented as a single generator in the count of number of generators. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report." |
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