Petroleum is the primary source of energy in the United States, with a consumption of 35.35 quadrillion British thermal units in 2024. Closely following, the U.S. had 34.2 quadrillion British thermal units of energy derived from natural gas. Energy consumption by sector in the United States Petroleum is predominantly utilized as a fuel in the transportation sector, which is also the second-largest consumer of energy in the U.S. with almost 30 percent of the country’s total energy consumption in 2024. This figure is topped only by the energy-guzzling industrial sector, a major consumer of fossil fuels such as petroleum and natural gas. Renewable energy in the United States Despite the prevalence of fossil fuels in the U.S. energy mix, the use of renewable energy consumption has grown immensely in the last decades to approximately 6.7 exajoules in 2024. Most of the renewable energy produced in the U.S. is derived from biomass, hydro, and wind sources. In 2024, renewable electricity accounted for approximately 24 percent of the nation’s total electricity generation.

Industrial activities are the greatest energy end-user sector in the United States, reaching a consumption of some 31 quadrillion British thermal units in 2024, followed by the transportation sector. The U.S. is the second-largest energy consumer in the world, after China. Energy source in the United States Consumption of fossil fuels still accounts for the majority of U.S. primary energy consumption. The transportation and industrial sectors are the sectors with the largest fossil fuel consumption in the country, the former relying on oil-based motor fuels. Electricity generation in the United States Although around 60 percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. is derived from natural gas and coal, the use of renewable sources is becoming more common in electricity production, with the largest increase in wind and solar power. These two clean energy resources are projected to generate as much power as natural gas by 2030.

In 2023, the residential sector consumed an estimated 1,450 terawatt-hours of electricity in the United States, the largest consuming sector in the country. It was closely followed by the commercial sector. In contrast, the transportation sector was the least power-demanding sector, with some 6.9 terawatt-hours consumed.

The transportation sector is the largest consumer of primary fossil fuel energy in the United States. Largely due to reliance on petroleum-based motor fuels, the transportation sector consumed over 26.2 quadrillion British thermal units of fossil fuel energy in 2024. By comparison, fossil fuel consumption within the electric power sector has experienced an overall declining tendency in recent years, following a decline in U.S. electricity generation from coal. Consumption of fossil fuels in the U.S. Historically, the transportation sector and electric power sector consumed more than half of the fossil fuel-produced energy in the country. Being some of the cheapest energy sources on the market, the U.S. came to rely heavily on natural gas and coal in order to power its ever-growing economy, while gasoline and diesel remain the most common motor fuels. Petroleum is the greatest source of primary energy consumption in the U.S. Energy transition Despite the role fossil fuels continue to play in every day life for the U.S. resident, many within the country have urged the U.S. government to adopt more stringent targets to reducing the country's carbon footprint in order to mitigate climate change. An outlook from April 2025 suggest that renewable energy consumption in the U.S. is on track to increase to 19.43 quadrillion British thermal units by 2050. However, this amount is still far lower than the energy needed to offset fossil fuel use.

The electric power sector is the greatest consumer of primary energy in the United States, ahead of the transportation sector. In 2024, power utilities used almost 33 quadrillion British thermal units of primary energy, an increase compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, the transportation sector used 28 quadrillion British thermal units worth of primary energy, such as oil used for motor fuels.

This API provides data on U.S. total electricity consumption by fuel type, i.e., coal, petroleum liquids, petroleum coke, and natural gas. Data also organized by sector, i.e., electric power, electric utility, commerical and industrial. Annual, quarterly, and monthly data available. Based on Form EIA-906, Form EIA-920, and Form EIA-923 data. Users of the EIA API are required to obtain an API Key via this registration form: http://www.eia.gov/beta/api/register.cfm

The yearly data is the sum of the monthly data for all indicators.Energy consumption data by different sector are developed from a group of energy-related surveys, typically called "supply surveys," conducted by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Supply surveys are directed to suppliers and marketers of specific energy sources. They measure the quantities of specific energy sources produced, or the quantities supplied to the market, or both. The data obtained from EIA's supply surveys are integrated to yield the summary consumption statistics.

This dataset is the United States Renewable Energy Consumption by Sector and Source, part of the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA's) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) that highlights changes in the AEO Reference case projections for key energy topics. The Annual Energy Outlook presents a projection and analysis of US energy supply, demand, and prices several decades into the future. The projections are based on results from the EIA's National Energy Modeling System.

Petroleum is the most used fuel source in the United States, with a consumption level of 35.35 quadrillion British thermal units in 2024. Natural gas is the second-most common fuel source, with consumption levels rising closer to that of petroleum over recent years. Petroleum use post-financial crisis Petroleum in the United States is primarily used for fueling the transportation sector, generating heat and electricity, as well as in the production of plastics. U.S. consumption of petroleum was at its highest before the 2008 global financial crisis, when the price of crude oil rose dramatically. Petroleum consumption began to increase again in 2013, before dropping significantly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rise of natural gas While petroleum consumption has been lower in the last decade than in the early 2000s, the use of natural gas has risen significantly. Natural gas consumption in the United States has seen record highs in recent years, in part due to lower costs and its growing popularity. The U.S. currently produces more natural gas than any country in the world, followed by Russia.

United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data was reported at 8.717 % in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.754 % for 2014. United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption data is updated yearly, averaging 5.454 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 26 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.754 % in 2014 and a record low of 4.089 % in 1994. United States US: Renewable Energy Consumption: % of Total Final Energy Consumption 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 energy consumption is the share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption.; ; World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.; Weighted Average;

This dataset is the 2009 United States Energy Consumption by Sector and Source, part of the Annual Energy Outlook that highlights changes in the AEO Reference case projections for key energy topics. The Annual Energy Outlook presents a projection and analysis of US energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035. The projections are based on results from the Energy Information Administration's National Energy Modeling System.

Monthly data since January 1973 and annual data since 1949 on U.S. primary and total energy consumption by end-use sector (residential, commercial, industrial, transportation) and electric power sector.

After years of stagnant growth, U.S. electricity demand recently surged. This increase was driven in part by the commercial sector, particularly the rapid expansion of data centers and the adoption of artificial intelligence. The surge is expected to continue, signaling a shift toward a more electrified economy, with significant implications for economic competitiveness and energy infrastructure.

This dataset includes U.S. low-temperature heating and cooling demand at the county level in major end-use sectors: residential, commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, and data centers. Census division-level end-use energy consumption, expenditure, and commissioned power database were dis-aggregated to the county level. The county-level database was incorporated with climate zone, numbers of housing units and farms, farm size, and coefficient of performance (COP) for heating and cooling demand analysis. This dataset also includes a paper containing a full explanation of the methodologies used and maps. Residential data were updated from the latest Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) dataset (2015) using 2020 census data. Commercial data were baselined off the latest Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) dataset (2012). Manufacturing data were baselined off the latest Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) dataset (2021).

This dataset displays figures on energy consumption by source and total consumption per Capita. This information is available by state for the year 2005. This information is provided by the Energy Information Administration. Alaska tops the list of total consumption per capita, while Texas ranks highest in consumption for all other categories. Included is figures regarding coal, natural gas, petroleum, and retail electricity sales.

All data made available in bulk through the EIA Open Data API, including:

• the Annual Energy Outlook, the International Energy Outlook and the Short Term Energy Outlook;
• aggregate national, state, and mine-level coal production statistics, including imports and exports, reciepts of coal at electric power plants, consumption and quality, market sales, reserves, and productive capacity;
• U.S. electric system operating data;
• aggregate national, state, and plant-level electricity generation statistics, including fuel quality and consumption, for grid-connectedplants with nameplate capacity of 1 megawatt or greater;
• CO2 emissions aggregates, CO2 emissions and carbon coefficients by fuel, state, and sector;
• International Energy System (IES) data containing production, reserves, consumption, capacity, storage, imports, exports, and emissions time series by country for electricity, petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewable energy;
• statistics of U.S. natural gas production, imports, exploration, pipelines, exports, prices, consumption, stocks, and reserves;
• statistics of U.S. petroleum and other liquid fuel production, imports, refining, exports, prices, consumption, stocks, and reserves;
• aggregate national, PADD, state, city, port, and refinery petroleum imports data for various grades of crude oil and country of origin;
• state and national energy production and consumption, using survey and estimates to create comprehensive state energy statistics and flows;
• U.S. total energy production, prices, carbon dioxide emissions, and consumption of energy from all sources by sector.

Archived from https://www.eia.gov/opendata/bulkfiles.php. The Annual Energy Outlook data is also archived separately here.

This archive contains raw input data for the Public Utility Data Liberation (PUDL) software developed by Catalyst Cooperative. At present, PUDL integrates only a few specific data series related to fuel receipts and costs figures from the Bulk Electricity API. It is organized into Frictionless Data Packages. For additional information about this data and PUDL, see the following resources:

• The PUDL Repository on GitHub
• PUDL Documentation
• Other Catalyst Cooperative data archives

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This dataset lists the total energy sources (in TWh) consumed for each country in Europe, by source over time from 1980 to 2016.Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, via theshiftdataportal.org, accessed April 7 2021.US EIA Historical Statistics for 1980-2016Energy Information Administration, accessed on 2019-06-05GPD Data: World Bank, accessed on 2019-05-02Population data: Free data from Gapminder.org, accessed on 2019-09-10