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North America > United States > Energy

AMERICAN ENERGY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Coal > Production 531,822,000 ton Time series [2nd of 65]
Coal consumption 1,060,000,000 [2nd of 41]
Commercial energy use 8,148.38 [8th of 119]
Electric power consumption > kWh 3,920,613,000,000 kWh Time series [1st of 132]
Electricity > Consumption 3,892,000,000,000 kWh Time series [1st of 210]
Gasoline prices 0.77 [102nd of 141]
Geothermal power use 5,640 [2nd of 53]
Natural gas > Consumption 652,900,000,000 cu m Time series [1st of 206]
Natural Gasoline > Production 12,275,000 ton Time series [1st of 21]
Nuclear electricity generation 780.1 terawatt-hours [2nd of 29]
Nuclear energy consumption 821.1 terawatt-hours [1st of 28]
Nuclear reactors operable 104 [2nd of 29]
Oil > Consumption 20,680,000 bbl/day Time series [1st of 212]
Oil > Exports 1,165,000 bbl/day Time series [16th of 184]
Oil > Production 8,457,000 bbl/day Time series [3rd of 212]
Oil imports > Net 10,400,000 barrels per day [1st of 21]
Oil reserves 22,450,000,000 barrels [14th of 97]
Usage per person 8.35 TOE per person [1st of 18]
Wall plugs > Voltage 110 V [201st of 209]
Wind energy installation 6,740 MW [3rd of 53]

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SOURCES: Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy; ; World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org; Lund and Freeston; Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress 2000; ANSTO, IAEA, WNA; BP; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; lEA, Energy Balances of OECD Countries 1999-2000 (lEA, Paris, 2001); World Wind Energy Association

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: United States, United States of America, usa, America, The United States, u.s.

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2nd June 2009 		Is nuclear energy measured in terawatts over a day or a year?
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