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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![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
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
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%3D427&t3D3
60%
O 20%
O 40%
O 30%](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fa750a5ad-eee7-4d1d-826f-de645065a398%2Fc82ee650-270a-47ef-a7e4-f15123dd6bd8%2Ff68ph2r_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text: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
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
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%3D427&t3D3
60%
O 20%
O 40%
O 30%
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