Renewable Energy Rises to 10.5% of U.S. Energy Production as Nuclear Power Drops

Renewables Exceed Nuclear Power in Latest Monthly Figures:
Energy Information Administration, February 29, 2010
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/overview.html
In its latest "Monthly Energy Review," the Energy Information Administration reports that renewable energy sources (biomass/biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 10.50% of domestic energy production for the first ten months of 2009. For the same periods in 2008 and 2007, renewables accounted for 10.03% and 9.58% respectively of total U.S. energy production. Renewable energy production in 2009 has increased 5% compared to 2008. For the first ten months of 2009, nuclear power dropped to 6.998 quads compared to 7.025 quads for the same period in 2008 and 7.022 quads in 2007. For the month of October 2009, renewables contribution to the nation's energy mix exceeded that from nuclear power: .639 quads from renewables versus .605 quads from nuclear power. The mix of renewables for the first ten months of 2010 consists of biomass/biofuels (51.35%), hydropower (34.68%), wind (8.25%), geothermal (4.52%), and solar (1.18%). For details, see Tables 1.1, 1.2 and 10.1.