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Higher Oregon renewable portfolio standard targets likely to boost wind power

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U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel imports increase 61% in 2015

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Nonhydro renewable power generation widened gap over conventional hydroelectricity in 2015

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EIA reviews and enhances data and projections for wind and solar electricity

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U.S. ethanol exports reach highest level since 2011

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Crescent Dunes concentrating solar plant begins producing electricity

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Solar, natural gas, wind make up most 2016 generation additions

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California has nearly half of the nation's solar electricity generating capacity

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Electricity generation from renewable sources expected to grow 9% this year

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Energy use by federal agencies continues to decline

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EIA electricity data now include estimated small-scale solar PV capacity and generation

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Power generation from coal and natural gas expected to temporarily converge this spring

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Natural gas, renewables projected to provide larger shares of electricity generation

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Total energy subsidies decline since 2010, with changes in support across fuel types

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Recent Data

U.S. Renewables consumption
quadrillion Btu
  2013 2014 2015 E 2016 P
Hydroelectric power 2.562 2.469 2.257 2.415
Geothermal 0.214 0.222 0.226 0.236
Solar 0.305 0.427 0.522 0.624
Wind 1.596 1.729 1.765 2.042
Wood biomass 2.170 2.214 2.041 1.980
Ethanol 1.090 1.107 1.141 1.144
Biodiesel 0.205 0.198 0.222 0.261
Waste biomass 0.496 0.488 0.494 0.502
Total 9.349 9.603 9.432 9.970
Source: Short-Term Energy Outlook Renewables and Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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