Table Hi1.  U.S. Renewable Energy Consumption by Source, 1990
            (Quadrillion Btu)

Energy Source                        1990    
Renewable Energy
  Conventional Hydroelectric 
     Power[a]....................   3,113     
  Geothermal Energy..............     327   
  Biomass[b].....................   2,632     
  Solar Energy[c]................      67    
  Wind Energy....................      24     
 Total Renewable Energy..........   6,163     See Next Edition for Updated Table

   [a]Hydroelectricity generated by pumped storage is not included in renewable energy.
   [b]Includes wood, wood waste, peat, wood sludge, municipal solid waste, agricultural 
waste, straw, tires, landfill gases, fish oils, and/or other waste.
   [c]Includes solar thermal and photovoltaic.
   Notes: Annual totals reflect revised renewable energy estimates, and some data differ 
from data published in EIA's Annual Energy Review 1994 (DOE/EIA-0384(94) 
(Washington, DC, July 1995). See data characteristics and caveats section in Chapter 1 
for a detailed explanation. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent 
rounding.
   Sources: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-759, "Monthly Power Plant 
Report"; Solar Collector Manufacturing Activity 1993, DOE/EIA-0174(93) 
(Washington, DC, August 1994), Appendix F; and estimates from the Office of Coal, 
Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels. Natural Resources Canada, Electric Power
in Canada 1993, National Energy Board of Canada, Electricity Exports and Imports
(Ottawa, Canada, 1994). Fossil Energy, Form FE-781R, "Annual Report of International 
Electricity Export/Import Data."


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