United States of America Energy Situation

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The United States of America
Capital Washington D.C
38°53'N 77°01'W
Official Languages(s)

None at federal level

Government Federal presidential constitutional republic
President Barack Obama
Prime Minister
'Total Area '( km²) 9,826,675 [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)
Calling Code
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]

Overview

Energy in the United States of America are produced from a variety of sources. The primary source of energy in the United States is coal at 42% in 2011.[9]

U.S energy consumption by source

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Renewable Energy Sources


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Hydropower

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Existing hydroelectric plants and high head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.[10]



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Low head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States[11]

Interactive map of existing hydropower sites



"The Alaska Region contains the largest total potential with its slightly less than 90,000 MW of potential, which is approximately 30% of the total power potential of the United States. The Pacific Northwest Region has the second highest amount of total potential with slightly more than 76,000 MW of potential. Together these two regions contain over half (55%) of the U.S. power potential. From the perspective of the largest percentage of total power potential that has been developed, the Great Lakes Region (66%) and the Tennessee Region (37%) are particularly noteworthy with the next highest regions being the Lower Colorado (23%), Pacific Northwest (22%), South Atlantic-Gulf (21%), and California (17%)."[12]


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Low-head-low power water energy sites in Alaska
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Existing hydroelectric plants and high head-low power water energy sites in Alaska




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Developed power potential by hydrologic region.

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Summary of results of water energy recourse assesment of the United States
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Total capacity of hydroelectric plants in the united states by size.

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total number of hydroelectric plants in the united states


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Solar Power


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Biomass

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Total Biomass Resources of the United States by county.

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Wind Power

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Wind Recouce Potential in the United States.

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Progressive installed capacity animation.


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References