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Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 6% of energy production in the US.
Washington's Grand Coulee Dam, seen here, is the largest hydroelectric producing dam in the country.
Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 6% of energy production in the US.
Alaksa's Cook Straight is one area experimenting with using tides to produce electricity.
Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 6% of energy production in the US.
As of 2024, Virgnia's Bath County Pumping station is the largest in the world to use gravity to produce hydroelectricity.
Hydroelectric power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 6% of energy production in the US.
Along the Pacific Coast, like here in Oregon, scientists are experimenting harnessing the power of waves to create electricity.
Solar power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 4% of energy production in the US.
Solar farms like the Copper Mountain Solar Facility outside of Las Vegas provide one way to harness the power of the sun and as of 2024, solar was the largest source for new energy capacity.
Biofuels like ethanol are renewable energy resources that usecrops like corn or biodegrable waste to produce fuel.
Biomass accounts for about 5% of energy consumption in the US.
Geothermal Energyy is a renewable energy resource that taps heat from within the earth to produce electricity.
Development is concentrated in Western states like California, and it makes up less than one percent of the nation's energy production.
Wind power is a renewable energy resource that accounts for about 10% of energy production in the US.
More than half of that energy comes from five states in the center of the country: Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, and Illinois.
Coal power is a non-renewable energy resource that accounts for about 9% of energy production in the US.
While traditionally associated with Eastern states like West Virginia, the majority of coal in the 2020s came from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
Nuclear power is a non-renewable but "clean" energy resource that accounts for about 9% of energy production in the US.
The largest plant in the country as of 2024 is Georgia's Vogtle NPP. Its two newest of four reactors went online in 2023 and 2024, becoming the first new nuclear reactors in the country in nearly a decade.