USA: Increase of 3.2% Year-on-Year for Geothermal Electricity Generation

Electric Power Monthly with Data for August 2019 ( U.S. Energy Information Administration)

Some interesting statistics for geothermal energy from the latest Electric Power Monthly from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

In the year to date through August 2019, the USA generated 10,926 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity from geothermal resources, an increase of 3.2% on last year, from 2,454.9 MW of net summer capacity.

For individual states year-to-date net generation through August 2019:

• California - 7,865 GWh (+1.3%) from 1,744.1 MW
• Nevada - 2,496 GWh (+9.9%) from 556.7 MW
• Utah - 289 GWh (-2.4%) from 73.0 MW
• Hawaii - 90 GWh (+22.5%) from 43.0 MW
• Oregon - 98 GWh (-16.1%) from 19.5 MW
• Idaho - 49 GWh (-12.1%) from 10.0 MW
• New Mexico - 39 GWh (+381.8%) from 8.6 MW

The average capacity factors for utility scale generators in 2018:

• Nuclear - 92.5%
• Geothermal - 76.0%
• Hydroelectric - 41.9%
• Other Biomass - 61.8%
• Wind - 34.6%
• Solar Photovoltaic - 25.1%
• Solar Thermal - 23.6%
• Wood - 60.6%

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