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Friday, June 5, 2015

U.S. renewable energy accounted for 9.8% of total domestic energy consumption in 2014

According to U.S. EIA  this is the highest renewable energy share since the 1930s,. Average annual growth rate for renewables for the last 14 years was quite  impressive - 5%, while wind, solar, and bio-fuels were growth leaders.
Over  half of all renewable energy was used in 2014  to generate electricity, about quarter - in the industrial sector, and 13% - n the transportation sector, which was a fastest growing consumer of renewable energy.