US Renewable Energy Production Increases 7.4%

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According to the latest "Monthly Energy Review" issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on November 24, 2008, renewable energy accounted for almost 11 percent of the domestically-produced energy used in the United States in the first eight months of 2008. For the period January 1 - August 31, 2008, the United States consumed 67.550 quadrillion Btus (quads) of energy - of which 45.428 quads was from domestic sources and 22.122 quads was imported. Domestically-produced renewable energy (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) totaled 4.886 quads, an amount equal to 10.76% of U.S. energy consumption that is domestically-produced.

This share is only slightly less than the contribution from nuclear power (12.39%). And while consumption of nuclear power dropped slightly during the first eight months of 2008, compared to the same period for 2007 (5.629 quads, down from 5.637 quads), domestic renewable energy production‘s share increased by more than seven percent (4.886 quads, up from 4.549 quads).

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