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| − | Overview
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| | + | |CES Country Name=United States of America |
| | + | |CES Country Capital=Washington D.C |
| | + | |CES Country Region North America=North America |
| | + | |CES Country Coordinates=38.8833° N, 77.0167° W |
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| − | = '''The United States of America''' =
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| | + | = Introduction = |
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| | + | Energy in the United States of America are produced from a variety of sources. The primary source of energy in the United States is coal at 42% in 2011.<ref>http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1</ref> |
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| − | | [[File:The Flag of The United States of America.png|left|200px|The Flag of The United States of America.png]]<br/> | + | | style="width: 682px" | [[File:Energy supply for u.s.png|thumb|left|300pxpx|U.S energy consumption by source]]<br/> |
| − | | [[File:The United States of America-location.png|left|150x150px|The United States of America-location.png]]<br/> | + | | style="width: 682px" | [[File:United states renewable energy consumption.jpg|thumb|left|300pxpx|United states renewable energy consumption.jpg]] |
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| − | ''' Capital'''
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| − | Washington D.C
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| − | 38°53'N 77°01'W | + | *[http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/sep_prod/pdf/PT1_us.pdf Energy Production Estimates in Physical Units, United States, 1960 - 2009]<br/> |
| | + | *[http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_use/total/use_tot_usa.html&mstate=United States Energy Consumption Estimates for Major Energy Sources in Physical Units, 1960-2009]<br/> |
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| − | ''' Official language(s)'''
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| + | == Renewable Energy Sources<br/> == |
| − | <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"> None at federal level <sup>[a]</sup></span>
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| + | *[http://205.254.135.7/renewable/ Government source for in-depth information about renewable energy in the united States of America.]<br/> |
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| − | ''' Government'''
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| − | Federal presidential constitutional republic
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| − | ''' President'''
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| − | | | + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
| − | Barack Obama
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| | + | === Hydropower === |
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| − | ''' Total area'''
| + | [[File:Energy hydromap lrg.gif|thumb|left|300px|Energy hydromap lrg.gif|alt=Energy hydromap lrg.gif]] |
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| − | <span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><sup> </sup>9,826,675 </span>km<sup>2<ref>"United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers).</ref></sup>
| + | [[File:Low head-low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.png|thumb|left|300px|Low head-low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.png|alt=Low head-low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.png]]<br/> |
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| − | ''' Population'''
| + | Existing hydroelectric plants and high head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.<ref>http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 47)</ref> |
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| − | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left;"> 313,206,000 </span>(2012)<ref>U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically.</ref>
| + | Low head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States<ref>http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 29)</ref><br/> |
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| − | ''' Rural population''' | + | '''[http://energy.gov/maps/us-hydropower-potential-existing-non-powered-dams Interactive map of existing hydropower sites]''' |
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| − | <sub>3 </sub>55,700,625 (2011)<ref>http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html</ref>
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| + | "The Alaska Region contains the largest total potential with its slightly less than 90,000 MW of potential, which is approximately 30% of the total power potential of the United States. The Pacific Northwest Region has the second highest amount of total potential with slightly more than 76,000 MW of potential. Together these two regions contain over half (55%) of the U.S. power potential. From the perspective of the largest percentage of total power potential that has been developed, the Great Lakes Region (66%) and the Tennessee Region (37%) are particularly noteworthy with the next highest regions being the Lower Colorado (23%), Pacific Northwest (22%), South Atlantic-Gulf (21%), and California (17%)."<ref name="U.S DOE: Water Energy Resources of the United States with Emphasis on Low Head/Low Power Resources">http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (4.4 pg. 33)</ref> |
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| − | ''' GDP (nominal)'''
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| − | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left;">$15.065 trillion </span>(2011)<ref>United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.</ref>
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| − | ''' GDP Per capita'''
| + | | [[File:Existing hydroelectric plants and high head-low power water energy sites in Alaska.png|thumb|left|300px|Existing hydroelectric plants and high head-low power water energy sites in Alaska|alt=Existing hydroelectric plants and high head-low power water energy sites in Alaska.png]] |
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| − | <span style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; text-align: left;">$48,147 </span>(2011)<ref>United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.</ref>
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| − | | | + | | colspan="2" | [[File:Developed power potential by hydrologic region.png|thumb|left|492px|Developed power potential by hydrologic region|alt=Developed power potential by hydrologic region.png]]<br/> |
| − | ''' Currency'''
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| | + | | colspan="2" | [[File:Summary of results of water energy resource assessment of the United States.png|thumb|left|570px|Summary of results of water energy recourse assessment of the United States]]<br/> |
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| | + | | style="width: 50%;" | [[File:Total capacity of hydroelectric plants in the united states by sizes.png|thumb|left|300px|Total capacity of hydroelectric plants in the united states by size.|alt=Total capacity of hydroelectric plants in the united states by sizes.png]] |
| | + | | style="width: 50%;" | [[File:Total number of hydroelectric plants in the united states.png|thumb|left|300px|Total number of hydroelectric plants in the united states]] |
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| + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
| − | United States Dollar $ USD | + | |
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| − | ''' Time zone'''
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| + | === Solar Power<br/> === |
| − | (UTC- 5 to -10)
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| − | Summer (DST) (UTC - 4 to -10)
| + | *[http://energy.gov/maps/solar-energy-potential Interactive map of U.S solar potential] |
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| − | ''' Electricity generation'''
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| − | | 4,253.3 TWh/year (2009)<ref>http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html</ref>
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| − | | ''' Access to Electricity'''
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| − | ''' Wind energy (installed capacity)'''
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| − | ''' Solar Energy (installed capacity)'''
| + | [[File:Solar Growth.jpg|border|left|500px|alt=Solar Growth.jpg]] |
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| | + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
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| − | {| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" width="350" align="left" border="0" | + | === Biomass === |
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| | + | [[File:Map biomass total us.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Total Biomass Resources of the United States by county|alt=Map biomass total us.jpg]] |
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| − | <div style="clear: both"></div>
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| − | = Energy situation =
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| − | == Renewable energy sources<br/> ==
| + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
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| − | === Hydropower ===
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| − | === Solar power === | + | === Wind Power === |
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| − | === Biomass === | + | {| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width: 100%" |
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| | + | | [[File:Windpotential.gif|thumb|left|555px|Wind Resource Potential in the United States.]]<br/> |
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| | + | [[File:Installed wind capacity anime.gif|thumb|left|561px|Progressive installed capacity animation|alt=Installed wind capacity anime.gif]] |
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| − | === Wind power ===
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| − | | + | <div><br/></div> |
| − | = Policy framework, laws and regulations =
| + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
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| − | = Institutional set up in the energy sector =
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| − | = Activities of other donors<br/> =
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| − | = References:<br/> = | + | = References<br/> = |
| | + | <references /><br/> |
| | + | [[United States of America Energy Situation#toc|►Go To Top]] |
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| + | [[Category:North_America]] |
| | + | [[Category:United_States_of_America]] |
Energy in the United States of America are produced from a variety of sources. The primary source of energy in the United States is coal at 42% in 2011.[1]
"The Alaska Region contains the largest total potential with its slightly less than 90,000 MW of potential, which is approximately 30% of the total power potential of the United States. The Pacific Northwest Region has the second highest amount of total potential with slightly more than 76,000 MW of potential. Together these two regions contain over half (55%) of the U.S. power potential. From the perspective of the largest percentage of total power potential that has been developed, the Great Lakes Region (66%) and the Tennessee Region (37%) are particularly noteworthy with the next highest regions being the Lower Colorado (23%), Pacific Northwest (22%), South Atlantic-Gulf (21%), and California (17%)."[4]
