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Sources of Electricity in California: help us break the trend.
Published by sylvia | Filed under Uncategorized
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2007 Total System Power in Gigawatt Hours
|
Fuel Type |
In-State Generation |
Northwest Imports |
Southwest Imports |
Total System Power |
Percent of Total System Power |
|
Coal* |
4,190 |
6,546 |
39,275 |
50,012 |
16.6% |
|
Large Hydro |
23,283 |
9,263 |
2,686 |
35,232 |
11.7% |
|
Natural Gas |
118,228 |
1,838 |
16,363 |
136,063 |
45.2% |
|
Nuclear |
35,692 |
629 |
8,535 |
44,856 |
14.8% |
|
Renewables |
28,463 |
6,393 |
688 |
35,545 |
11.8% |
|
Biomass |
5,398 |
837 |
1 |
6,236 |
2.1% |
|
Geothermal |
12,999 |
0 |
440 |
13,439 |
4.5% |
|
Small Hydro |
3,675 |
4,700 |
18 |
8,393 |
2.8% |
|
Solar |
668 |
0 |
7 |
675 |
0.2% |
|
Wind |
5,723 |
857 |
222 |
6,802 |
2.3% |
|
Total |
209,856 |
24,669 |
67,547 |
302,072 |
100.0% |
*Note: In earlier years the in-state coal number included coal fired power plants owned by California utilities
Source: gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov
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