United States: six sources of electricity
Compare six non-overlapping generation categories through time using one zero-based TWh scale.
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Stack reported coal, gas, hydro, wind, solar and nuclear generation in that fixed order. These six categories share TWh units and are not overlapping aggregates. Oil, bioenergy and other sources are omitted: the sum is explicitly a selected-source total, not the country’s full electricity mix. A year with any missing or negative component breaks every band, so no incomplete total is drawn. Straight band edges connect adjacent complete annual observations; no smoothing or replacement of missing values is applied. The vertical axis starts at zero. Each source observation, flag and note is retained separately.
Annual electricity generation from coal.
Generation is electricity produced, distinct from installed capacity and final energy consumption. Source estimates and historical years may be revised.
Values, source flags and notes retain the reviewed snapshot. No new observations are acquired or interpolated.
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66 data rows · Reporting period 2015–2025 · Unit: TWh. Numeric strings below retain snapshot precision.
| Reporting entity | Measure / role | Period | Value | Unit | Graphic selection | Calculated cell / rank | Source status / note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 1352.4 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2015 · original row 99254 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 1239.15 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2016 · original row 99271 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 1205.84 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2017 · original row 99288 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 1149.49 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2018 · original row 99305 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 964.96 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2019 · original row 99322 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 773.39 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2020 · original row 99339 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 898.0 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2021 · original row 99356 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 831.51 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2022 · original row 99373 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 675.11 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2023 · original row 99390 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 652.16 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2024 · original row 99407 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Coal electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 737.15 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-coal.json · USA/2025 · original row 99424 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 1333.48 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2015 · original row 99255 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 1378.31 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2016 · original row 99272 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 1296.44 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2017 · original row 99289 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 1469.13 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2018 · original row 99306 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 1585.81 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2019 · original row 99323 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 1624.17 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2020 · original row 99340 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 1579.19 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2021 · original row 99357 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 1687.06 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2022 · original row 99374 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 1806.06 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2023 · original row 99391 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 1869.9 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2024 · original row 99408 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Gas electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 1807.34 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-gas.json · USA/2025 · original row 99425 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 243.99 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2015 · original row 99250 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 261.13 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2016 · original row 99267 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 293.84 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2017 · original row 99284 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 286.62 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2018 · original row 99301 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 282.61 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2019 · original row 99318 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 279.95 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2020 · original row 99335 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 246.47 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2021 · original row 99352 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 248.76 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2022 · original row 99369 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 239.01 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2023 · original row 99386 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 237.04 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2024 · original row 99403 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Hydro electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 241.7 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-hydro.json · USA/2025 · original row 99420 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 190.72 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2015 · original row 99249 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 226.99 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2016 · original row 99266 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 254.3 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2017 · original row 99283 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 272.67 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2018 · original row 99300 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 295.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2019 · original row 99317 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 337.94 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2020 · original row 99334 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 378.2 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2021 · original row 99351 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 434.3 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2022 · original row 99368 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 421.14 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2023 · original row 99385 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 451.9 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2024 · original row 99402 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Wind electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 464.39 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-wind.json · USA/2025 · original row 99419 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 39.03 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2015 · original row 99248 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 54.87 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2016 · original row 99265 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 77.28 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2017 · original row 99282 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 93.36 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2018 · original row 99299 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 106.89 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2019 · original row 99316 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 130.72 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2020 · original row 99333 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 164.42 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2021 · original row 99350 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 205.07 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2022 · original row 99367 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 238.94 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2023 · original row 99384 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 303.75 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2024 · original row 99401 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Solar electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 388.82 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-solar.json · USA/2025 · original row 99418 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2015 | 797.18 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2015 · original row 99253 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2016 | 805.69 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2016 · original row 99270 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2017 | 804.95 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2017 · original row 99287 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2018 | 807.08 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2018 · original row 99304 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2019 | 809.41 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2019 · original row 99321 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2020 | 789.88 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2020 · original row 99338 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2021 | 779.65 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2021 · original row 99355 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2022 | 771.54 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2022 · original row 99372 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2023 | 774.87 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2023 · original row 99389 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2024 | 781.86 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2024 · original row 99406 · Generation (TWh) |
| United States USA | Nuclear electricity generationvalue | 2025 | 784.78 | TWh | Selected | — | No flag supplied | Source · Retained data/global-data/ember-nuclear.json · USA/2025 · original row 99423 · Generation (TWh) |
Sources and attribution
Coal electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from coal.
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Gas electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from gas.
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Hydro electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from hydro.
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Wind electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from wind.
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Solar electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from solar.
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Nuclear electricity generation · TWh
Annual electricity generation from nuclear.
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