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How much renewable energy do we use?

Americans used renewable energy sources—water (hydroelectric), geothermal, wind, sun (solar), and biomass—to meet about 7% of our total energy needs in 2007. Most Renewable Energy Goes to Producing Electricity Electricity producers2 consumed 51% of total U.S. renewable energy in 2007 for producing electricity.3 Most of the remaining 49% of renewable energy was biomass consumed for [...]
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Outer Continental Shelf Energy Potential

Vice President Biden, Secretary Salazar, and Senator Carper Underscore Renewable Energy Potential on Outer Continental Shelf Newark, Delaware — Vice-President Joe Biden, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) today visited the University of Delaware, where they underscored the importance of alternative energy development on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf [...]
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