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State Renewable Electricity Profiles

With Data for 2010  |  Release Date: March 8, 2012  |  Next Release Date: To Be Determined  |   full report

Archived State Renewable Electricity Profiles

State Net summer capacity
(gigawatts)
Rank Net generation
(gigawatthours)
Rank
Alabama 3.855 6 11.081 6
Alaska 0.422 41 1.452 42
Arizona 2.901 10 6.941 14
Arkansas 1.667 21 5.283 18
California 16.460 2 58.881 2
Colorado 2.010 17 5.133 19
Connecticut 0.281 45 1.130 44
Delaware 0.010 50 0.138 50
Florida 1.182 29 4.664 21
Georgia 2.689 12 6.502 16
Hawaii 0.340 44 0.817 48
Idaho 3.140 9 10.168 7
Illinois 2.112 19 5.257 29
Indiana 1.452 28 3.699 38
Iowa 3.728 7 10.309 10
Kansas 1.082 30 3.473 33
Kentucky 0.893 31 3.020 28
Louisiana 0.517 38 3.577 30
Maine 1.692 22 7.963 11
Maryland 0.799 34 2.241 34
Massachusetts 0.566 39 2.270 35
Michigan 0.807 33 4.083 25
Minnesota 2.588 14 7.480 12
Mississippi 0.235 46 1.504 41
Missouri 1.030 32 2.527 36
Montana 3.085 8 10.442 9
Nebraska 0.443 43 1.807 47
Nevada 1.507 24 4.444 23
New Hampshire 0.671 35 2.710 32
New Jersey 0.230 47 0.868 46
New Mexico 0.818 36 2.072 40
New York 6.033 5 32.286 4
North Carolina 2.449 13 6.840 13
North Dakota 1.941 20 6.150 22
Ohio 0.231 48 1.129 45
Oklahoma 2.412 15 6.969 15
Oregon 10.684 3 35.299 3
Pennsylvania 1.984 16 6.577 17
Rhode Island 0.028 49 0.144 49
South Carolina 1.623 23 4.250 24
South Dakota 2.223 18 6.611 20
Tennessee 2.847 11 9.125 8
Texas 10.985 4 28.967 5
Utah 0.528 40 1.476 43
Vermont 0.408 42 1.829 39
Virginia 1.487 26 3.720 26
Washington 23.884 1 74.905 1
West Virginia 0.715 37 2.307 37
Wisconsin 1.267 27 4.586 27
Wyoming 1.722 25 4.271 31
United States Total 132.711    427.376   

District of Columbia = No renewable capacity or generation.


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