EIA says renewable energy now 10 percent of US energy production; biomass supplies 50 percent of renewable energy

In Colorado, the Energy Information Administration reported in the latest issue of Monthly Energy Review, that renewable energy now accounts for 10 percent of domestic energy production, and increased by 8 percent between January and October of last year. More than 50 percent of renewable energy in the US is derived from biomass, according to the report.

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