In the United States, electricity derived from coal has decreased over the past two decades, with the annual output declining by almost 65 percent between 2010 and 2024. In contrast, there has been a rise in natural gas and renewable sources within the energy mix. How is electricity generated in the U.S.? Most electricity in the U.S. is generated from steam turbines, which can be powered by fossil and nuclear fuels, biomass, geothermal, and solar thermal energy. Other systems such as gas turbines, hydro turbines, wind turbines, and solar photovoltaics are also major generation technologies. Electric utilities in the U.S. generated more than 2,241 terawatt hours in 2024, accounting for just over half of the power output in the country that year. Growing renewable capacity Renewable sources have become more prominent in the U.S. over the past years, particularly wind, hydro, and solar energy. The former has overtaken conventional hydropower, becoming the leading renewable energy source in the U.S. since 2019. Wind and solar power have also accounted for the largest share of electricity capacity additions in the country in recent years.

The electricity production in the United States peaks in the summer and winter months, the latter season being when the electricity demand of the country is at its highest. The U.S. produced ****** terawatt-hours of electricity in October 2025. By comparison, in the same month the previous year, the U.S. produced ****** terawatt-hours of electricity.

Graph and download economic data for Electric Power Production for United States (M0128AUSM247NNBR) from Jan 1936 to Jan 1957 about electricity, production, and USA.

United States US: Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources: % of Total data was reported at 31.942 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 26.888 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 17.344 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 31.942 % in 2015 and a record low of 9.464 % in 1988. United States US: Electricity Production From Natural Gas Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data was reported at 34.233 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 39.651 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 51.846 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.679 % in 1988 and a record low of 34.233 % in 2015. United States US: Electricity Production From Coal Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Throughout the past decade, the United States has been notably decreasing its use of coal, and increasing the use of natural gas and renewable energy sources for electricity generation. In 2024, natural gas was by far the largest source of electricity in the North American country, with a generation share of 43 percent. Renewable energy's share amounted to 24 percent that year.

United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data was reported at 0.904 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.923 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 4.834 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.167 % in 1977 and a record low of 0.774 % in 2012. United States US: Electricity Production From Oil Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

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United States US: Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption: % of Total data was reported at 82.776 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 82.935 % for 2014. United States US: Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 87.236 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 95.982 % in 1967 and a record low of 82.776 % in 2015. United States US: Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Fossil fuel comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

The United States generated ***** terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, one of the largest figures recorded in the indicated period. In comparison to the previous year, power generation decreased by *** terawatt-hours. U.S. electricity market and the role of renewables Unlike the use of fossil fuels, U.S. renewable electricity generation has increased in recent years, amounting to more than *** terawatt-hours in 2023. Wind power has become the main renewable source of electricity generation in the North American country, having surpassed conventional hydroelectric power in 2019. Who are the main consumers of electricity? The residential sector was ranked as the largest consumer of electricity in the United States in 2023. Electricity retail sales to residential users have grown by almost *** terawatt-hours since the beginning of the century.

This deposit combines data from https://doi.org/10.3886/E146782V1 and https://doi.org/10.3886/E146801V1 to produce files containing the hourly generation, costs, and capacities of virtually all power plants in the lower 48 United States between 1999-2012 for their use in "Data and Code for: Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation" (https://doi.org/10.3886/E115467V1).

US energy production measures total energy production by nuclear, coal, crude oil and natural gas plant liquids, renewables and dry natural gas. Total energy production includes direct-use energy, energy derived from refined products and electricity generated from nuclear, coal, renewables and gas power plants. Data is sourced from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) and is measured in quadrillions of British thermal units (BTUs).

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The data was collected from the website of the International Energy Agency (IEA), specifically from their Monthly Electricity Statistics tool available at iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/monthly-electricity-statistics

If you're interested in how the data was collected, you can check: github.com/ccan23/iea_electricity_generation_data_scraper

The data includes information about energy production in various countries on a monthly basis from 2010 to 2022. The energy production is measured in gigawatt-hours (GWh) and covers a range of energy products including hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear, fossil fuels, and others.

Countries: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, IEA Total, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, OECD Americas, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Europe, OECD Total, People's Republic of China, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Turkiye, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Products: Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Other renewables, Nuclear, Total combustible fuels, Coal, Oil, Natural gas, Combustible renewables, Other combustible non-renewables, Not specified, Net electricity production, Total imports, Total exports, Electricity supplied, Used for pumped storage, Distribution losses, Final consumption, Electricity trade, Renewables, Non-renewables, Others, Other renewables aggregated, Low carbon, Fossil fuels

The dataset columns include: * COUNTRY: Name of the country * CODE_TIME: A code that represents the month and year (e.g., JAN2010 for January 2010) * TIME: The month and year in a more human-readable format (e.g., January 2010) * YEAR: The year of the data point * MONTH: The month of the data point as a number (1-12) * MONTH_NAME: The month of the data point as a string (e.g., January) * PRODUCT: The type of energy product (e.g., Hydro, Wind, Solar) * VALUE: The amount of electricity generated in gigawatt-hours (GWh) * DISPLAY_ORDER: The order in which the products should be displayed * yearToDate: The amount of electricity generated for the current year up to the current month in GWh * previousYearToDate: The amount of electricity generated for the previous year up to the current month in GWh * share: The share of the product in the total electricity generation for the country in decimal format

United States US: Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources: % of Total data was reported at 19.346 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 19.230 % for 2014. United States US: Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources: % of Total data is updated yearly, averaging 17.851 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 56 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.647 % in 2001 and a record low of 0.069 % in 1960. United States US: Electricity Production From Nuclear Sources: % of Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Energy Production and Consumption. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted average; Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

Gas and solar power accounted for the largest year-on-year increase in electricity generation in the United States between 2022 and 2023. Electricity production from natural gas increased almost *** terawatt-hours that year. By comparison, power production from coal decreased by some *** terawatt-hours. In 2022, the share of electricity generated from renewables in the United States reached **** percent.

Description

This dataset, provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in the Electric Power Monthly report, contains monthly data on wind energy production and other renewables in the United States.

Usage / Content

The dataset is a simple .csv file that could be read thanks to pandas python package : - Data Format: CSV - Data Volume: ~1 MB per month

import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('/kaggle/working/wind-power-production-us/wind-power-production-us.csv')

Here is some other informations about the variables available : - Time Range: January 2001 to the latest month available - Geographic Coverage: United States - Granularity: Monthly - Variables: - "date": Month and year - "wind_state_name" : wind power production for the current state - "other_state_name" : production for all other renewables sources for the current state

Potential Uses

• Conducting time series analysis to forecast wind energy production and capacity factors
• Performing exploratory data analysis to identify trends and patterns in wind energy production
• Comparing wind energy production to other electricity generation sources to inform policy decisions
• Modeling wind energy production and capacity factors for forecasting and planning purposes
• Evaluating the impact of policy changes on wind energy production in the United States

This dataset provides values for ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

United States US: Renewable Electricity Output: % of Total Electricity Output data was reported at 13.229 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.954 % for 2014. United States US: Renewable Electricity Output: % of Total Electricity Output data is updated yearly, averaging 10.018 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.229 % in 2015 and a record low of 6.784 % in 2001. United States US: Renewable Electricity Output: % of Total Electricity Output data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.World Bank: Energy Production and Consumption. Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.; ; IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2018 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/; Weighted Average; Restricted use: Please contact the International Energy Agency for third-party use of these data.

This scatter chart displays electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) against individuals using the Internet (% of population) in the United States. The data is about countries per year.