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The United States of America
Flag of USA			USA Location
Capital			Washington D.C 38°53'N 77°01'W
Official Languages(s)			None at federal level
Government			Federal presidential constitutional republic
President			Barack Obama
Prime Minister
Total Area '( km²)'			9,826,675 ^[1]
Population			313,206,000 (2012)^[2]
Rural Population			55,700,625 (2011)^[3]
GDP (Nominal)			$15.065 trillion (2011)^[4]
GDP Per Capita			$48,147 (2011)^[5]
Currency			United States Dollar $ USD
Time Zone			(UTC- 5 to -10) Summer (DST) (UTC - 4 to -10)
Calling Code
Electricity Generation			4,253.3 TWh/year (2009)^[6]
Access to Electricity			100%
Wind energy (installed capacity)			43,635 MW (2011)^[7]
Solar Energy (installed capacity)			3,954 MW (2011)^[8]

Overview

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.^[9]

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U.S energy consumption by source

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Renewable Energy Sources

Government source for in-depth information about renewable energy in the united States of America.

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Hydropower

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Existing hydroelectric plants and high head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States.^[10]

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Low head/low power water energy sites in the conterminous United States^[11]

Interactive map of existing hydropower sites

"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%)."^[12]

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	Developed power potential by hydrologic region.
	Summary of results of water energy recourse assesment of the United States
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Solar Power

Interactive map of U.S solar potential

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Biomass

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Total Biomass Resources of the United States by county.

Wind Power

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	Progressive installed capacity animation.

Geothermal Power

Policy Framework, Laws and Regulations

Institutional Set-up in the Energy Sector

Further Information

References

↑ "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers)
↑ U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically.
↑ http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html
↑ United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
↑ United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
↑ http://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html
↑ http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp
↑ http://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-YIR-2011-ES.pdf
↑ http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1
↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 47)
↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 29)
↑ http://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (4.4 pg. 33)

[0] "United States". The World Factbook. CIA. 2009-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-05 (area given in square kilometers)

[1] U.S. POPClock Projection". U.S. Census Bureau. Figure updated automatically.

[2] ttp://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/rural-population-percent-of-total-population-wb-data.html

[3] United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

[4] United States". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2011-10-09.

[5] ttp://www.energy.eu/stats/energy-electricity-production.html

[6] ttp://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_installed_capacity.asp

[7] ttp://www.seia.org/galleries/pdf/SMI-YIR-2011-ES.pdf

[8] ttp://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1

[9] ttp://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 47)

[10] ttp://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (pg. 29)

[U.S_DOE:_Water_Energy_Resources_of_the_United_States_with_Emphasis_on_Low_Head.2FLow_Power_Resources-11] ttp://hydropower.inel.gov/resourceassessment/pdfs/03-11111.pdf (4.4 pg. 33)

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