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Difference between revisions of "United States of America Energy Situation"
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| + | = '''The United States of America''' = | ||
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| − | | [[File:The Flag of The United States of America.png|left|200px]]<br/> | + | | [[File:The Flag of The United States of America.png|left|200px|The Flag of The United States of America.png]]<br/> |
| − | | [[File:. | + | | [[File:The United States of America-location.png|left|150x150px]]<br/> |
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| − | Capital | + | ''' Capital''' |
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| + | Washington D.C | ||
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| + | 38°53'N 77°01'W | ||
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| − | Official language(s) | + | ''' Official language(s)''' |
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| + | <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"> None at federal level <sup>[a]</sup></span> | ||
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| − | Government | + | ''' Government''' |
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| + | Federal presidential constitutional republic | ||
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| − | President | + | ''' President''' |
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| + | Barack Obama | ||
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| − | Total area | + | ''' Total area''' |
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| − | km<sup>2</sup> | + | <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><sup> </sup>9,826,675 </span>km<sup>2<ref>"United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers).</ref>[1]</sup> |
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| − | Population | + | ''' Population''' |
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| − | ( | + | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; "> 313,206,000 </span>(2012) <sup>[2]</sup> |
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| − | Rural population | + | ''' Rural population''' |
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| − | ( | + | <sub>3 </sub>55,700,625 (2011) <sup>[3}</sup> |
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| − | GDP (nominal) | + | ''' GDP (nominal)''' |
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| − | + | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; "><sub></sub>$15.065 trillion </span>(2011) <sup>[4]</sup> | |
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| − | GDP Per capita | + | ''' GDP Per capita''' |
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| − | + | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; ">$48,147 </span>(2011) <sup>[4]</sup> | |
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| − | Currency | + | ''' Currency''' |
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| + | United States Dollar $ USD | ||
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| − | Time zone | + | ''' Time zone''' |
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| + | (UTC- 5 to -10) | ||
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| + | Summer (DST) (UTC - 4 to -10) | ||
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| − | Electricity generation | + | ''' Electricity generation''' |
| − | | TWh/year ( | + | | 4,253.3 TWh/year (2009) <sup>[5]</sup> |
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| − | | Access to Electricity | + | | ''' Access to Electricity''' |
| % | | % | ||
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| − | Wind energy (installed capacity) | + | ''' Wind energy (installed capacity)''' |
| MW(Year) | | MW(Year) | ||
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| − | Solar Energy (installed capacity) | + | ''' Solar Energy (installed capacity)''' |
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| − | = Energy situation = | + | = Energy situation = |
== Renewable energy sources<br/> == | == Renewable energy sources<br/> == | ||
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= Activities of other donors<br/> = | = Activities of other donors<br/> = | ||
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| + | = References:<br/> = | ||
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| + | <references /> | ||
| + | <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); ">1. ^ </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-WF_0-0 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''a'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-WF_0-1 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''b'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-WF_0-2 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''c'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-WF_0-3 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''d'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-WF_0-4 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''e'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span><span class="reference-text" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "><span class="citation web" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">[https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html "United States"]. ''The World Factbook''. CIA. 2009-09-30<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers)</span>.</span></span> ====== | ||
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| + | 2. <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); ">^ </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-POP_1-0 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''a'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-POP_1-1 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''b'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span><span class="reference-text" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "><span class="citation web" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">[http://www.census.gov/population/www/popclockus.html "U.S. POPClock Projection"]. U.S. Census Bureau.</span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.btitle=U.S.+POPClock+Projection&rft.atitle=&rft.pub=U.S.+Census+Bureau&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.census.gov%2Fpopulation%2Fwww%2Fpopclockus.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:United_States"></span> Figure updated automatically.</span> | ||
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| + | 3. [http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html] | ||
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| + | 4. . <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); ">^ </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-0 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''a'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-1 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''b'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-2 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''c'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-3 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''d'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-4 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''e'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-5 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''f'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-6 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''g'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_ref-IMF_GDP_2-7 <sup style="line-height: 1em; ">'''''h'''''</sup>]<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "> </span><span class="reference-text" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(221, 238, 255); "><span class="citation web" style="word-wrap: break-word; ">[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2009&ey=2016&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=111&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=&pr1.x=49&pr1.y=17 "United States"]. International Monetary Fund<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved 2011-10-09</span>.</span></span> | ||
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| + | 5. [http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html] | ||
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| + | ====== <br/> ====== | ||
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| + | ====== : ====== | ||
Revision as of 10:10, 19 March 2012
Overview
The United States of America | |||
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Capital |
Washington D.C 38°53'N 77°01'W | ||
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Official language(s) |
None at federal level [a] | ||
|
Government |
Federal presidential constitutional republic | ||
|
President |
Barack Obama | ||
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Total area |
9,826,675 km2[1][1] | ||
|
Population |
313,206,000 (2012) [2] | ||
|
Rural population |
3 55,700,625 (2011) [3} | ||
|
GDP (nominal) |
$15.065 trillion (2011) [4] | ||
|
GDP Per capita |
$48,147 (2011) [4] | ||
|
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) [5] | ||
| Access to Electricity | % | ||
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Wind energy (installed capacity) |
MW(Year) | ||
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Solar Energy (installed capacity) |
MW (Year) | ||
Energy situation
Renewable energy sources
Hydropower
Solar power
Biomass
Wind power
Policy framework, laws and regulations
Institutional set up in the energy sector
Activities of other donors
References:
- ↑ "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers).
1. ^ a b c d e "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers). ======
2. ^ a b "U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically.
4. . ^ a b c d e f g h "United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
5. http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html
