DOE/EIA-0603(95)
Distribution Category UC-950
Background Information and 1990 Baseline Data
Initially Published in the
Renewable Energy Annual 1995
Energy Information Administration
Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
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Department of Energy. The information contained herein should not
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Department of Energy or of any other organization.
Contacts
This report was prepared by the staff of the Renewable Energy
Branch, Coal and Electric Data and Renewables Analysis Division,
Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels. General
information regarding this publication may be obtained from Fred
Mayes, Chief, Renewable Energy Branch (202/426-1166). Questions
about the preparation and content of the report should
be directed to Mark Gielecki, project coordinator (202/426-1141).
General questions about the data section should be directed to
Jorge Luna-Camara (202/426-1170); questions regarding solar and
photovoltaic data should be directed to Peter Holihan
(202/426-1147).
Specific questions regarding individual chapters in the status and
analysis section should be directed as follows: wood and
biomass-derived liquid fuels, Robert Lowe (202/426-1171); municipal
solid waste, John Carlin (202/426-1146); geothermal, Mark Gielecki (202/426-1141)
; wind, Mark Gielecki (202/426-1141); solar and
photovoltaic, Mark Gielecki (202/426-1141); international
renewable energy, Mark Gielecki (202/426-1141); feature articles, John Carlin.
Section I: Renewable Energy Data
Chapter 1. Renewable Data Overview
Chapter 2. Biomass
Table 6. Biomass Energy Consumption
by Energy Source, Sector, and Census Region, 1990-1994
Table 7. Wood Energy Consumption by
Sector and Census Region, 1993 and 1994
Chapter 3. Geothermal
Table 8. Geothermal Energy
Consumption and Electricity Generation, 1990-1994
Chapter 4. Wind
Table 9. Wind Energy Consumption and
Electricity Generation, 1990-1994
Chapter 5. Solar and Photovoltaic
Table 10. Solar Energy Consumption
by Sector, 1990-1994
Table 11. Annual Photovoltaic and
Solar
Thermal Shipments, 1974-1994
Table 12. Annual Shipments of Solar
Thermal Collectors, 1986-1994
Table 13. Annual Shipments of Solar
Thermal Collectors by Type, 1986-1994
Table 14. Solar Thermal Collector
Shipments by Type, Quantity, Value, and Average Price, 1993 and
1994
Table 15. Annual Shipments of
Photovoltaic Cells and Modules, 1985-1994
Table 16. Photovoltaic Cell and
Module Shipments by Type, 1992-1994
Table 17. Value and Average Price of
Photovoltaic Cell and Module Shipments by Type, 1993 and 1994
Table 18. U.S. Utility Capacity and
Net Electricity Generation From Photovoltaic Modules, 1994
Section II: Renewable Energy Status and
Analysis
Chapter 6. Biomass: Wood
Chapter 7. Biomass: Municipal Solid Waste
Chapter 8. Biomass-Derived Liquid Fuels
Chapter 9. Geothermal
Chapter 10. Wind
Chapter 11. Solar and Photovoltaic
Section III: International Renewable Energy: Current
Status and Prospects
Chapter 12. International Renewable Energy
Appendices:
Appendix C. Procedures for Estimating
Biomass Consumption Levels
Appendix D. Renewable Electric Plant
Information System (REPIS) Data Base
with accompanying tables:
Table D1. Installed
Operating Capacity, by Technology, as of December 31,
1994
Table D2. Installed
Operating Capacity, by FERC Region, by Technology, as of December
31, 1994
Table D3. Installed
Operating Capacity by Owner Company Type, by Technology, as of
December 31, 1994
Table D4. Planned Capacity
by Technologies and by Fuel/Resource Types Which Have a High
Probability of Success, as of June 1995
Table D5. Additions to
Operating Renewable Capacity, by Technology,
1980-1994
with accompanying tables:
Table E1. Ownership of
Timberland in the United States
Table E2. Roundwood
Products, Logging Residues, and Other Removals from Growing Stock
and Other Sources, 1991
Table E3. Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) Codes of Major Wood Processing
Operations Using Wood and Bark Residues
Appendix H. Additional Solar and
Photovoltaic Data Tables
with accompanying tables:
Table H1. Solar-Related
Sales as a Percentage of Total Sales, 1993 and 1994
Table H2. Distribution of
Solar Thermal Collector Shipments, 1993 and 1994
Table H3. Shipments of Solar
Thermal Collectors by Destination, 1993 and 1994
Table H4. Shipments of
Complete Solar Thermal Collector Systems, 1993 and
1994
Table H6. Shipments of
Complete Photovoltaic Module Systems, 1992-1994
Table H7. Percent of Solar
Collector Shipments by the 10 Largest Companies,
1986-1994
Table H8. Companies Involved
in Solar-Thermal Activities by Type, 1993 and 1994
Tables:
H1. U.S. Renewable Energy
Consumption by Source, 1990
Table 1. U.S. Energy Consumption by
Energy Source, 1990
Table 2. Renewable Energy Consumption
by Sector and Energy Source, 1990
Table 3. Renewable Energy Consumption
for Electricity Generation by Energy Source, 1990
Table 4. Electricity Generation From
Renewable Energy by Energy Source, 1990
Table 5. U.S. Electric Generating
Capacity, 1990
Table 6. Biomass Energy Consumption
by Energy Source, Sector, and Census Region, 1990-1994
Table 7. Wood Energy Consumption by
Sector and Census Region, 1993 and 1994
Table 8. Geothermal Energy
Consumption and Electricity Generation, 1990-1994
Table 9. Wind Energy Consumption and
Electricity Generation, 1990-1994
Table 10. Solar Energy Consumption
by Sector, 1990-1994
Table 11. Annual Photovoltaic and
Solar
Thermal Shipments, 1974-1994
Table 12. Annual Shipments of Solar
Thermal Collectors, 1986-1994
Table 13. Annual Shipments of Solar
Thermal Collectors by Type, 1986-1994
Table 14. Solar Thermal Collector
Shipments by Type, Quantity, Value, and Average Price, 1993 and
1994
Table 15. Annual Shipments of
Photovoltaic Cells and Modules, 1985-1994
Table 16. Photovoltaic Cell and
Module Shipments by Type, 1992-1994
Table 17. Value and Average Price of
Photovoltaic Cell and Module Shipments by Type, 1993 and 1994
Table 18. U.S. Utility Capacity and
Net Electricity Generation From Photovoltaic Modules, 1994
Table 19. Net Volume of Timber by
Region, Species Group, and Timber Class in the United States,
1992
Table 20. Volume of Roundwood
Products Harvested in the United States for Pulpwood and Fuelwood,
by Region, Species Group, and Timber Class, 1991
Table 21. Approximate Weight and
Energy Yield of Roundwood Fuelwood for Roundwood Harvested in the
United States for Fuelwood, by Region, Species Group, and Timber
Class, 1991
Table 22. Wood Supply from Logging
Residues and Other Removals from Noncommercial Growing Stock and
Other Sources, 1991
Table 23. Weight of Bark and Residue
from Primary Wood-Using Mills Used for Fuel by Region, Species
Type, and Material Used for Fuel, 1991
Table 24. Production and Disposition
of Wood Residues in the Tennessee Valley by Primary and Secondary
Mills in 1979
Table 25. Regional Distribution of
Pellet Fuel Sales, 1993-1994
Table 27. Sensitivity Analysis of
Availability of Waste-to-Energy Resources for Combustion to Energy,
2000
Table 28. Rules Governing Tax Exempt
Bonds for Private Activities Before and After 1986
Table 29. U.S. Fuel Ethanol
Manufacturing Capacity, 1995
Table 30. Classes of Wind Power at
Heights of 10 and 50 Meters
Table 31. Available Land for
Potential Wind Development by Region and State, and Average
Megawatts of Wind Generating Capability
Table 32. Estimated Costs of
Single-Circuit Alternating Current Transmission Lines
Table 33. Estimated Costs for
Substation Construction and Connection to Wind Energy Project
Table 34. Operable and Planned Wind
Projects as of December 31, 1994
Table 39. Distribution of U.S. Solar
Thermal Collector Exports by Country, 1994
Table 40. U.S. Export Shipments of
Photovoltaic Modules and Cells by Type, 1994
Table 41. Destination of U.S.
Photovoltaic Cell and Module Export Shipments by Country, 1994
Table 43. Estimates of Operational
Wind Capacity in the European Community, 1989, 1991, and 2000
Table 44. China's General
Development Plan for New Renewable Generation Capacity by Type,
1993-2010
Table 45. Installed Generating
Capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean by Type, 1990 and
2000
Figures:
Figure 1. Renewable Energy Consumption
Shares by Energy Source, 1990-1994
Figure 2. Renewable Energy Consumption
Annual Growth Rates by Energy Source, 1991-1994
Figure 3. Solar Thermal Collector
Shipments by Collector Type, 1982-1994
Figure 4. Average Price of Solar
Thermal Collector Shipments, 1993 and 1994
Figure 5. Photovoltaic Cell and Module
Shipments, 1986-1994
Figure 6. Photovoltaic Cell and Module
Shipments by Type, 1992-1994
Figure 7. Average Price of Photovoltaic
Cell and Module Shipments by Type, 1992-1994
Figure 8. Major Components of Municipal
Solid Waste Management
Figure 9. Municipal Solid Waste
Generation by Weight, 1993 and 2000
Figure 10. Schematic of a Typical
MSW-Fired Mass Burn Boiler Power Plant
Figure 11. Average Waste-to-Energy
Capacity by Process Type, 1985 and 1995
Figure 12. Total Waste-to-Energy
Capacity by Process Type, 1985 and 1995
Figure 13. Total Waste-to-Energy
Capacity by Type of Energy Production, 1985 and 1995
Figure 14. Percentage of
Waste-to-Energy Capacity by Ownership Type, 1985 and 1995
Figure 15. Annual Additions of
Waste-to-Energy Capacity and Facilities, 1978-1993
Figure 16. Capacity and Number of
Waste-to-Energy Facilities by State, 1995
Figure 17. Heat Flow Contours of the
United States
Figure 18. Selected Geothermal
Resource Areas in the Western United States
Figure 20. Hot Dry Rock Geothermal
System Concept for Low-Permeable Formations
Figure 21. Annual Geothermal
Electricity Production and Capacity at The Geysers, 1974-1994
Figure 23. U.S. Lands with Potential
for Wind Energy Development
Figure 24. Average U.S. Daily Global
Solar Radiation
Glossary
File last modified: June 19, 1997; Information which was deleted has been revised with updated information in the Renewable Energy Annual 1996
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