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Revision as of 12:10, 20 March 2012

Overview

The United States of America

 
The Flag of The United States of America.png

  
The United States of America-location.png

 Capital

 Washington D.C

 38°53'N 77°01'W

 Official language(s)

 None at federal level [a]

 Government

 Federal presidential    constitutional republic

 President

 Barack Obama

 Total area

 9,826,675 km2[1]

 Population

 313,206,000 (2012)[2] 

 Rural population

 55,700,625 (2011)[3] 

 GDP (nominal)

 $15.065 trillion (2011)[4] 

 GDP Per capita

 $48,147 (2011)[5] 

 Currency

 United States Dollar $ USD 

 Time zone

(UTC- 5 to -10)

Summer (DST) (UTC - 4 to  -10)

 Electricity generation 

 4,253.3 TWh/year (2009)[6] 
 Access to Electricity  ~100%

 Wind energy (installed capacity)

 43,635 MW (2011) [7]

 Solar Energy (installed capacity)

 3,954  MW (2011)[8]


Energy situation 

Renewable energy sources

Hydropower

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Existing hydroelectric plants and high head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.[9]

Solar power

Biomass

Wind power

Geothermal Power

Policy framework, laws and regulations

Institutional set up in the energy sector

Activities of other donors

References:

  1. ↑ "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers).
  2. ↑ U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically.
  3. ↑ http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html
  4. ↑ United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  5. ↑ United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
  6. ↑ http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html
  7. ↑ http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp
  8. ↑ http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-YIR-2011-ES.pdf
  9. ↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 47)

 

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