The table shows renewable energy consumption & major sources between 1949 to 2008
The table is showing the comparison of consumption of major renewable sources of energy from 1949 to 2008 in the United States
Overall, the major energy demand is fulfiled by the wood and Hydroelectric Power. While the remaining minor protion is fulfilled by_using wind power and biofuels.
The total energy supplied by using renewable sources was about 3 Quadrillion BTU in 1949 and it had increased to about 7 quadrillion BTU in 2008. Firstly, Hydropower has fulfilled the major portion in renewable sources. Its trends had increased between1949 to1975 from about 1.75 to 2.5 but after 1975, the trends were stable to 2.5 and didn’t showed any steep growth. The second major portion is_fulfilled by wood and remained stable throughout 1949 to 2008.
The minor portion is fulfilled by biofuels and wind power. Both were introduced in about 1980. The trends of biofuels were stable from 1980 to 2000 and showed a steep growth from 2000 to . The wind has to other sources but showed some growth from about
