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Coal electrical generation (black line), compared to other sources, 1949–2016 Coal power generation in 2011 by state. Coal generated about 19.5% of the electricity at utility-scale facilities in the United States in 2022, down from 38.6% in 2014 [2] and 51% in 2001. [3]
US energy consumption in 2023 [1]. Energy in the United States is obtained from a diverse portfolio of sources, although the majority came from fossil fuels in 2023, as 43.1% of the nation's energy originated from natural gas, 16.2% from coal, and 0.8% from petroleum.
A National Maximum Speed Limit of 55 mph (88 km/h) was imposed in 1974 (and repealed in 1995) to help reduce energy consumption. Corporate Average Fuel Economy (aka CAFE) standards were enacted in 1975 and progressively tightened over time to compel manufacturers to improve vehicle mileage. [24]
Coal power generation is declining in Kentucky, but it still made up a majority of all generation in the state in 2022, per U.S. Energy Information Association. That year, about 68% of Kentucky ...
Coal regions of the United States Coal production by basin 2014–2018 Coal production trends in the top 5 US coal states, 1985–2015, data from US Energy Information Administration. The three regions producing the largest amount of coal are Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, the Appalachian Basin and the Illinois Basin. In the United ...
Truck Parking Club mapped data from the Energy Information Administration to identify where Americans purchase the most and least gasoline. As Americans use less gas, these states are still ...
The United States Department of Energy projects that domestic consumption of synthetic fuel made from coal and natural gas will rise to 3.7 million barrels (590,000 m 3) per day in 2030 based on a price of $57 per barrel of high sulfur crude (Annual Energy Outlook 2006, Table 14, pg52).
Global coal consumption reached an all-time high in 2024, climbing to 8.77 billion metric tons as global electricity demand outpaced the expansion of renewable energy. Despite its contribution to ...