The chart illustrates the changes in the United States electricity generation using renewable and non-renewable energy sources during 2009 and 2019.
Overall, the graph shows that the electricity produced in the US using non-renewable energy sources is higher than that produced by renewable energy sources, except for petroleum, over the years.
From the data, the electricity generated by coal was 1756 kilowatt-hour in 2009, but it was significantly reduced to 966 kilowatt in 2019. Likewise, in the case of petroleum, from 57 kilowatt it declined to 40 kilowatt. Moreover, the electricity produced from nuclear source shows a slight increase from 799 to 899 kilowatt. However, the energy produced by renewables and natural gas has increased drastically from 437 to 720 kilowatt, and 920 kilowatt to 1582 kilowatt over the years.
Subsequently, from the renewables data in 2009 and 2019. The solar and wind energy production has risen significantly, from 1KW to 73 KW, and 94 KW to 300KW over the given time period. In the contrast, the geothermal, plant/animal matter and hydroelectric energy production has shown a slight improvement or has remained same.
