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What percentage of energy consumed in the United States is nonrenewable? What percentage of energy consumed in the United States is renewable?
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Short answer (U.S. primary energy, most recent full-year data): about 87% nonrenewable and about 13% renewable.
Details and definitions
- These figures use "primary energy consumption" (all energy used in the economy) and count nuclear as nonrenewable.
- Fossil fuels (petroleum + natural gas + coal) ≈ 79% of U.S. primary energy.
- Nuclear ≈ 8%.
- Renewables (wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal, etc.) ≈ 13%.
- If you treat "nonrenewable" as only fossil fuels (i.e., exclude nuclear), then fossil fuels ≈ 79% and renewables ≈ 13% (with nuclear ≈ 8% as a separate category).
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) annual/Monthly Energy Review totals (latest full-year data). If you want, I can pull exact percentages for a specific year (e.g., 2022 or 2023) and give the EIA table reference.
Details and definitions
- These figures use "primary energy consumption" (all energy used in the economy) and count nuclear as nonrenewable.
- Fossil fuels (petroleum + natural gas + coal) ≈ 79% of U.S. primary energy.
- Nuclear ≈ 8%.
- Renewables (wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal, etc.) ≈ 13%.
- If you treat "nonrenewable" as only fossil fuels (i.e., exclude nuclear), then fossil fuels ≈ 79% and renewables ≈ 13% (with nuclear ≈ 8% as a separate category).
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) annual/Monthly Energy Review totals (latest full-year data). If you want, I can pull exact percentages for a specific year (e.g., 2022 or 2023) and give the EIA table reference.
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