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The tables below present information renewable energy generation by state. This information comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.[1][2]
| Renewable energy generation, December 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Rank | Percent renewable | Renewable electricity (GWh) |
Total electricity (GWh) |
| Alabama | 25 | 9.20% | 12,979 | 140,963 |
| Alaska | 9 | 28.20% | 1,736 | 6,149 |
| Arizona | 27 | 8.90% | 9,976 | 112,379 |
| Arkansas | 31 | 6.70% | 4,132 | 61,581 |
| California | 7 | 30.20% | 59,632 | 197,705 |
| Colorado | 17 | 17.50% | 9,446 | 54,001 |
| Connecticut | 43 | 3.45% | 1,159 | 33,605 |
| Delaware | 50 | 1.60% | 122 | 7,627 |
| Florida | 47 | 2.35% | 5,427 | 231,062 |
| Georgia | 34 | 6% | 7,611 | 125,957 |
| Hawaii | 20 | 13.20% | 1,318 | 9,998 |
| Idaho | 1 | 82.90% | 12,586 | 15,176 |
| Illinois | 35 | 5.40% | 10,921 | 202,352 |
| Indiana | 40 | 3.79% | 4,385 | 115,634 |
| Iowa | 8 | 30.10% | 17,173 | 57,123 |
| Kansas | 13 | 21.80% | 10,902 | 50,043 |
| Kentucky | 39 | 3.91% | 3,551 | 90,737 |
| Louisiana | 42 | 3.65% | 3,801 | 103,992 |
| Maine | 5 | 60.20% | 7,925 | 13,154 |
| Maryland | 30 | 7% | 2,647 | 38,015 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | 9% | 2,799 | 31,124 |
| Michigan | 29 | 7.70% | 8,150 | 105,821 |
| Minnesota | 14 | 19.90% | 11,287 | 56,825 |
| Mississippi | 45 | 2.72% | 1,494 | 54,864 |
| Missouri | 48 | 2.21% | 1,945 | 88,074 |
| Montana | 6 | 43.60% | 13,181 | 30,243 |
| Nebraska | 22 | 10.10% | 4,008 | 39,610 |
| Nevada | 16 | 18.70% | 6,767 | 36,193 |
| New Hampshire | 18 | 17.10% | 3,356 | 19,584 |
| New Jersey | 46 | 2.54% | 1,712 | 67,465 |
| New Mexico | 24 | 9.30% | 2,984 | 32,125 |
| New York | 12 | 23.50% | 32,030 | 136,275 |
| North Carolina | 32 | 6.60% | 8,490 | 128,904 |
| North Dakota | 11 | 24.60% | 8,890 | 36,113 |
| Ohio | 49 | 1.80% | 2,420 | 134,602 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | 19.50% | 13,731 | 70,299 |
| Oregon | 3 | 73.40% | 43,814 | 59,719 |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | 3.98% | 8,823 | 221,709 |
| Rhode Island | 41 | 3.67% | 231 | 6,293 |
| South Carolina | 36 | 5.20% | 5,037 | 97,095 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 73% | 8,416 | 11,530 |
| Tennessee | 19 | 13.30% | 10,693 | 80,257 |
| Texas | 23 | 9.60% | 42,114 | 437,236 |
| Utah | 37 | 4.34% | 1,893 | 43,587 |
| Vermont | 10 | 27.90% | 1,923 | 6,885 |
| Virginia | 33 | 6.50% | 5,017 | 77,323 |
| Washington | 2 | 76% | 87,729 | 115,363 |
| West Virginia | 44 | 3.45% | 2,800 | 81,162 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | 8.80% | 5,346 | 60,767 |
| Wyoming | 21 | 10.60% | 5,258 | 49,458 |
| United States | -- | 13.20% | 539,809 | 4,092,935 |
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "Electric Power Monthly with Data for December 2013" | ||||
Energy in the 50 states
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