EIA: Renewable resources delivered 11% of U.S. energy production in 2010, just like nuclear power

In 2010, all forms of renewable energy provided 8.2 quadrillion BTUs of primary energy production in the United States, a little less than 11% of our total production of 74.9 quads. At the same time, nuclear power provided 8.4 quads, a little more than 11% of the total. This is data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review for March 2011. Given that renewable power continues to grow at a healthy clip, while nuclear power has stagnated in recent years, renewables may well deliver more total primary production than nuclear sometime this year. Here’s some more detail on how energy production breaks down within the renewable resource category (via Cleantechnica): biomass/biofuels — 51.98% hydropower — 30.66% wind — 11.29% geothermal — 4.68% solar — 1.38% The EIA reported these changes in energy production from 2009 to 2010: wind energy increased by 28% biomass/biofuels increased by 10% solar and geothermal increased by 4% each hydropower dropped by 6% http://climateprogress.org/2011/04/12/eia-renewable-energy-nuclear-power/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Climate+Progress%29