U.S. utility-scale electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20211 Preliminary data as of February 2022 Energy source Billion kWh Share of total Total - all sources 4,116 Fossil fuels (total) 2,504 60.8% Natural gas 1,575 38.3% Coal 899 21.8% Petroleum (total) 19 0.5% Petroleum liquids 11 0.3% Petroleum coke 7 0.2% Other gases 11 0.3% Nuclear 778 18.9% Renewables (total) 826 20.1% Wind 380 9.2% Hydropower 260 6.3% Solar (total) 115 2.8% Photovoltaic 112 2.8% Solar thermal 3 0.1% Based on the table above, electricity generated by resources other than fossil fuels is closest to Source of data: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.-php?id=D427&t=D3 60% 20% 40% O 30%
U.S. utility-scale electricity generation by source, amount, and share of total in 20211 Preliminary data as of February 2022 Energy source Billion kWh Share of total Total - all sources 4,116 Fossil fuels (total) 2,504 60.8% Natural gas 1,575 38.3% Coal 899 21.8% Petroleum (total) 19 0.5% Petroleum liquids 11 0.3% Petroleum coke 7 0.2% Other gases 11 0.3% Nuclear 778 18.9% Renewables (total) 826 20.1% Wind 380 9.2% Hydropower 260 6.3% Solar (total) 115 2.8% Photovoltaic 112 2.8% Solar thermal 3 0.1% Based on the table above, electricity generated by resources other than fossil fuels is closest to Source of data: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.-php?id=D427&t=D3 60% 20% 40% O 30%
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