On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 09:40:38PM +0000, Lux, Jim (337C) wrote: > In the US, electricity comes mostly from coal and natural gas, with the > latter rapidly replacing the former. France is somewhat unusual in having > significant nuclear generation, but in the US, nuclear has been roughly > constant at about 20%.
It doesn't have to be nuclear, coal or gas http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/10/german-coal-fired-generation-of-electricity-falls-while-renewable-generation-rises > > In PetaWattHr > Coal 1.517 > Gas 1.231 (natural) > Nuc 0.769 > Hydro 0.277 > Renew 0.219 (wind, tidal, solar) > Oil 0.013 > Other 0.012 (no idea what this is, biomass?) > Gas 0.011 (other, blast furnace gas, e.g.) > Coke 0.010 (from oil) > > Over the last few years, Coal is decreasing by about 200 TeraWh/yr, Nat gas > increasing by about the same. Oil is decreasing by about 3-4 TWh/yr, > renewable is increasing about 20-25 TWh/yr. > > http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_1 _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
