Table 10.1 Renewable Energy Consumption by Source, 1949-2003
(Trillion Btu)


Year
Conventional
Hydroelectric
Power
1


Wood
2


Waste
3

Alcohol
Fuels
4


Geothermal
5


Solar
6


Wind
7


Total
1949 1,425 1,549 NA NA NA NA NA 2,974
1950 1,415 1,562 NA NA NA NA NA 2,978
1951 1,424 1,535 NA NA NA NA NA 2,958
1952 1,466 1,474 NA NA NA NA NA 2,940
1953 1,413 1,419 NA NA NA NA NA 2,831
1954 1,360 1,394 NA NA NA NA NA 2,754
1955 1,360 1,424 NA NA NA NA NA 2,784
1956 1,435 1,416 NA NA NA NA NA 2,851
1957 1,516 1,334 NA NA NA NA NA 2,849
1958 1,592 1,323 NA NA NA NA NA 2,915
1959 1,548 1,353 NA NA NA NA NA 2,901
1960 1,608 1,320 NA NA 1 NA NA 2,929
1961 1,656 1,295 NA NA 2 NA NA 2,953
1962 1,816 1,300 NA NA 2 NA NA 3,119
1963 1,771 1,323 NA NA 4 NA NA 3,098
1964 1,886 1,337 NA NA 5 NA NA 3,228
1965 2,059 1,335 NA NA 4 NA NA 3,398
1966 2,062 1,369 NA NA 4 NA NA 3,435
1967 2,347 1,340 NA NA 7 NA NA 3,694
1968 2,349 1,419 NA NA 9 NA NA 3,778
1969 2,648 1,440 NA NA 13 NA NA 4,102
1970 2,634 1,429 2 NA 11 NA NA 4,076
1971 2,824 1,430 2 NA 12 NA NA 4,268
1972 2,864 1,501 2 NA 31 NA NA 4,398
1973 2,861 1,527 2 NA 43 NA NA 4,433
1974 3,177 1,538 2 NA 53 NA NA 4,769
1975 3,155 1,497 2 NA 70 NA NA 4,723
1976 2,976 1,711 2 NA 78 NA NA 4,768
1977 2,333 1,837 2 NA 77 NA NA 4,249
1978 2,937 2,036 1 NA 64 NA NA 5,039
1979 2,931 2,150 2 NA 84 NA NA 5,166
1980 2,900 2,483 2 NA 110 NA NA 5,494
1981 2,758 2,495 88 7 123 NA NA 5,471
1982 3,266 2,477 119 19 105 NA NA 5,985
1983 3,527 2,639 157 35 129 NA (s) 6,488
1984 3,386 2,629 208 43 165 (s) (s) 6,431
1985 2,970 2,576 236 52 198 (s) (s) 6,033
1986 3,071 2,518 263 60 219 (s) (s) 6,132
1987 2,635 2,465 289 69 229 (s) (s) 5,687
1988 2,334 2,552 315 70 217 (s) (s) 5,489
1989 2,837 2,637 354 71 317 55 22 6,294
1990 3,046 2,191 408 63 336 60 29 6,133
1991 3,016 2,190 440 73 346 63 31 6,158
1992 2,617 2,290 473 83 349 64 30 5,907
1993 2,892 R 2,227 479 97 364 66 31 R 6,156
1994 2,683 2,315 515 109 338 69 36 6,065
1995 3,205 2,420 531 117 294 70 33 6,669
1996 3,590 2,467 577 84 316 71 33 7,137
1997 3,640 2,350 551 106 325 70 34 7,075
1998 3,297 2,175 542 117 328 70 31 6,561
1999 3,268 2,224 540 122 331 69 46 6,599
2000 2,811 2,257 511 139 317 66 57 6,158
2001 2,201 R 1,980 514 147 311 65 68 R 5,286
2002 RP 2,675 R 2,036 R 581 174 R 328 P 64 RP 105 RP 5,963
2003 P 2,779 P 2,086 P 558 P 239 P 314 P 63 P 108 P 6,150
1Hydroelectricity generated by pumped storage is not included in renewable energy. 7Wind electricity net generation.
2Wood, black liquor, and other wood waste. R=Revised. P=Preliminary. NA=Not available. (s)=Less than 0.5 trillion Btu.
3Municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, tires, agricultural byproducts, and other biomass. Notes: · See Table E1 for estimated renewable energy consumption for 1635-1945. · See Note 3, "Electricity Imports and Exports," at end of Section 8. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
4Ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelrenewable.html.
5Geothermal electricity net generation, heat pump, and direct use energy. Sources: Tables 10.2a and 10.2b.
6Solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation, and solar thermal direct use energy.