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U.S. Electricity Generation Fuel Shares

1949 - 2019, Fuel Shares in Percent

Year  Coal (%) Petroleum (%) Natural Gas (%) Other Gases (%) Nuclear (%) Hydro (%) Wood (%) Waste (%) Geothermal (%) Solar - PV (%) Wind (%)
1949 45.7
 		 9.6 12.5                    -                      -  32.0 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1950 46.3
 		 10.1  13.3                    -                      -  30.2 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1951 49.3
 		 7.7
 		 15.1
 		                    -                      -  27.8 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1952
 		 48.4
 		 7.4 17.0                    -                      -  27.2 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1953 49.0
 		 8.6 17.8                    -                      -  24.5 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1954 50.2
 		 6.6 19.7                    -                      -  23.4 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1955 54.8
 		 6.7 17.3                    -                      -  21.1 0.1               -                             -                      -                 - 
1956 56.1
 		 6.0 17.2                    -                      -  20.7 0.0               -                             -                      -                 - 
1957 54.6
 		 6.4 18.0                    -  0.0 21.0 0.0               -                             -                      -                 - 
1958 53.1
 		 6.2  18.5                    -  0.0 22.1 0.0               -                             -                      -                 - 
1959 53.0
 		 6.6 20.6                    -  0.0 19.8 0.0               -                             -                      -                 - 
1960 53.1
 		 6.3 20.8                    -  0.1 19.7 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1961 52.9
 		 6.1 21.2                    -  0.2 19.5 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1962 52.5
 		 5.7 21.5                    -  0.3 20.0 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1963 53.7
 		 5.7 21.9                    -  0.3 18.4 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1964 53.3
 		 5.8 22.3                    -  0.3 18.3 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1965 53.9
 		 6.1 20.9                    -  0.3 18.6 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1966 53.5
 		 6.9 21.9                    -  0.5 17.2 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1967 51.8
 		 7.3 21.7                    -  0.6 18.5 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1968 51.4
 		 7.8 22.8                    -  0.9 16.9 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1969 48.8
 		 9.5 23.1                    -  1.0 17.5 0.0               -  0.0                     -                 - 
1970 45.9
 		 12.0 24.3                    -  1.4 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0                     -                 - 
1971 44.1
 		 13.6 23.1                    -  2.4 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0                     -                 - 
1972 44.0
 		 15.6 21.4                    -  3.1 15.7        0.0 0.0 0.1                     -                 - 
1973 45.5
 		 16.9 18.3                    -  4.5 14.8        0.0 0.0 0.1                     -                 - 
1974 44.3
 		 16.1 17.1                    -  6.1 16.3        0.0 0.0 0.1                     -                 - 
1975 44.4
 		 15.1 15.6                    -  9.0 15.8        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1976 46.3
 		 15.7 14.4                    -  9.4 14.1        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1977 46.3
 		 16.8 14.4                    -  11.8 10.5        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1978 44.2
 		 16.5 13.8                    -  12.5 12.8        0.0 0.0 0.1                     -                 - 
1979 47.8
 		 13.5 14.6                    -  11.3 12.6        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1980 50.7
 		 10.7  15.1                    -   11.0 12.2        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1981 52.4
 		 9.0 15.0                    -  11.9 11.5        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1982 53.1
 		 6.5 13.6                    -  12.6 13.9        0.0 0.0 0.2                     -                 - 
1983 54.4
 		 6.2 11.8                    -  12.7 14.5 0.0 0.0 0.3                     -  0.0
1984 55.5
 		 5.0 12.3                    -  13.5 13.4        0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0
1985 56.7
 		 4.1 11.8                    -  15.5 11.5        0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
1986 55.6
 		 5.5 10.0                    -  16.6 11.8        0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
1987 56.8
 		 4.6  10.6                    -  17.7 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
1988 56.9
 		 5.5 9.3                    -  19.5 8.4 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
1989 53.4
 		 5.5 11.9 0.3 17.8 9.2 0.9 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.1
 
1990 52.5 4.2 12.3 0.3 19.0 9.5 1.1 0.4 0.5 0.0
 		 0.1
1991 51.7 3.9 12.4 0.4 19.9 9.3 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.1
 
1992 52.6 3.2 13.1 0.4 20.1 8.1 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.0
 		 0.1
 
1993 52.9 3.5 13.0 0.4 19.1 8.6 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.0
 		 0.1
 
1994 52.1 3.3 14.2 0.4 19.7 7.9 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.0
 		 0.1
 
1995 51.0
 		 2.2 14.8 0.4 20.1 9.2 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
1996 52.1
 		 2.4 13.2 0.4 19.6 10.0 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
1997 52.8
 		 2.7  13.7 0.4 18.0 10.1 1.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
1998 51.8
 		 3.6 14.7 0.4 18.6 8.8 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
1999 50.9
 		 3.2 15.1 0.4  19.7 8.5 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
2000 51.7
 		 2.9 15.8 0.4 19.8 7.1 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1
2001 51.0
 		 3.3 17.1 0.2 20.6 5.6 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2
2002 50.1
 		 2.5 17.9 0.3 20.2 6.6 1.0 0.4 0.4  0.0 0.3
2003 50.8
 		 3.1 16.7 0.4 19.7  6.9 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.3
2004 49.8
 		 3.1  17.9 0.4 19.9 6.5 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4
2005 49.6
 		 3.0 18.8 0.3 19.3 6.5 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.4
2006  49.0
 		 1.6 20.1 0.3 19.4 7.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.7
2007 48.5
 		 1.6 21.6 0.3 19.4 5.8 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.8
2008 48.2
 		 1.1  21.4 0.3 19.6 6.0 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 1.3
2009 44.4
 		 1.0 23.3 0.3 20.2 6.8 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 1.9
2010 44.8
 		 0.9 23.9 0.3 19.6 6.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 2.3
2011 42.3
 		  0.7 24.7 0.3 19.3 7.6 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 2.9
2012 37.4
 		 0.6 30.3 0.3 19.0 6.7 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.1 3.5
2013 38.9
 		 0.7  27.7 0.3 19.4 6.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.2 4.1
2014 38.6
 		  0.7 27.5 0.3 19.5 6.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.4 4.4
2015 33.2
 		 0.7 32.7 0.3 19.5 6.2 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.6 4.7
2016 30.4
 		 0.6 33.8 0.3 19.8 6.7 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.9 5.6
2017 30.1
 		 0.5 31.7  0.4 20.0 7.6 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.3 6.3
2018
 		 27.4 0.6 35.0 0.3 19.3 7.1 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.6 6.6
2019 23.5 0.5 38.4 0.3 19.7 6.5 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.8 7.3
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration                        
Updated: March 2020

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