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<blockquote data-quote="PT Stewie" data-source="post: 5162463" data-attributes="member: 12889"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/new-california-rules-move-state-away-natural-gas-new-buildings-2021-08-11/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Good luck with that</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><h3>What is U.S. electricity generation by energy source?</h3><p></p><p>In 2020, about 4,007 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.01 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 61% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases. About 20% was from nuclear energy, and about 20% was from renewable energy sources.</p><p>The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that an additional 42 billion kWh of electricity generation was from small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in 2020.2</p><p></p><p>U.S. utility-scale electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20201</p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th></tr><tr><th>Energy source</th><th>Billion kWh</th><th>Share of total</th></tr><tr><td><strong>Total - all sources</strong></td><td>4,007</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Fossil fuels (total)</strong></td><td>2,427</td><td>60.6%</td></tr><tr><td>Natural gas</td><td>1,624</td><td>40.5%</td></tr><tr><td>Coal</td><td>773</td><td>19.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Petroleum (total)</td><td>17</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Petroleum liquids</td><td>10</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Petroleum coke</td><td>8</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Other gases3</td><td>11</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nuclear</strong></td><td>790</td><td>19.7%</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Renewables (total)</strong></td><td>792</td><td>19.8%</td></tr><tr><td>Wind</td><td>338</td><td>8.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Hydropower</td><td>291</td><td>7.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Solar (total)</td><td>91</td><td>2.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Photovoltaic</td><td>88</td><td>2.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Solar thermal</td><td>3</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Biomass (total)</td><td>56</td><td>1.4%</td></tr><tr><td>Wood</td><td>37</td><td>0.9%</td></tr><tr><td>Landfill gas</td><td>10</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>Municipal solid waste (biogenic)</td><td>6</td><td>0.2%</td></tr><tr><td>Other biomass waste</td><td>2</td><td>0.1%</td></tr><tr><td>Geothermal</td><td>17</td><td>0.4%</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Pumped storage hydropower</strong>4</td><td>-5</td><td>-0.1%</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Other sources</strong>5</td><td>13</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PT Stewie, post: 5162463, member: 12889"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/new-california-rules-move-state-away-natural-gas-new-buildings-2021-08-11/[/URL] Good luck with that [HEADING=2]What is U.S. electricity generation by energy source?[/HEADING] In 2020, about 4,007 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.01 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 61% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases. About 20% was from nuclear energy, and about 20% was from renewable energy sources. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that an additional 42 billion kWh of electricity generation was from small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in 2020.2 U.S. utility-scale electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20201 [TABLE] [TR] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [TH][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TH]Energy source[/TH] [TH]Billion kWh[/TH] [TH]Share of total[/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Total - all sources[/B][/TD] [TD]4,007[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Fossil fuels (total)[/B][/TD] [TD]2,427[/TD] [TD]60.6%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Natural gas[/TD] [TD]1,624[/TD] [TD]40.5%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Coal[/TD] [TD]773[/TD] [TD]19.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petroleum (total)[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]0.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petroleum liquids[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]0.2%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Petroleum coke[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]0.2%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Other gases3[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]0.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Nuclear[/B][/TD] [TD]790[/TD] [TD]19.7%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Renewables (total)[/B][/TD] [TD]792[/TD] [TD]19.8%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Wind[/TD] [TD]338[/TD] [TD]8.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Hydropower[/TD] [TD]291[/TD] [TD]7.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Solar (total)[/TD] [TD]91[/TD] [TD]2.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Photovoltaic[/TD] [TD]88[/TD] [TD]2.2%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Solar thermal[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]0.1%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Biomass (total)[/TD] [TD]56[/TD] [TD]1.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Wood[/TD] [TD]37[/TD] [TD]0.9%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Landfill gas[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]0.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Municipal solid waste (biogenic)[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]0.2%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Other biomass waste[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]0.1%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Geothermal[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]0.4%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Pumped storage hydropower[/B]4[/TD] [TD]-5[/TD] [TD]-0.1%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][B]Other sources[/B]5[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]0.3%[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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