United States of America Energy Situation

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Overview

The United States of America

 
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 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 

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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Energy Production Estimates in Physical Units, United States, 1960 - 2009


Energy Consumption Estimates for Major Energy Sources in Physical Units, 1960-2009



Renewable energy sources

http://205.254.135.7/renewable/ - Government source for in-depth information about renewable energy in the united States of America. 

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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Distribution of the low head......
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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 >sizes<

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total number of hydroelectric plants in the united states

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Solar power

Interactive map of U.S solar potential

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://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1
  10. ↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 47)
  11. ↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 29)
  12. ↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (4.4 pg. 33)

 

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