Oregon renewable energy statistics

In the third quarter of 2010 Oregon was nation's leader in new wind energy projects.

Oregon currently has 2095 megawatts of installed wind power capacity, which means the No.4 spot in United States, behind Texas, Iowa and California.

Oregon is nation's solar manufacturing leader, followed by Ohio and Massachusetts.

Oregon currently accounts for 3% of nation's solar energy jobs.

Oregon currently has around 340 MW of installed solar power capacity.

In 2009 Oregon added 691 MW of new wind power capacity.

In 2009 wind power accounted for around 7% of total electricity generated in Oregon.

In first half of 2010 Oregon added 5MW of new solar power capacity.

Oregon currently gets around 42% of its energy from hydroelectric power.

Oregon currently accounts for more than 1000 nation's solar energy jobs.

According to American Wind Energy Association Oregon has potential to install over 27,000 megawatts of onshore wind power.

There are currently 15 active geothermal energy projects In Oregon with the total capacity of 473 megawatts.

Iowa renewable energy statistics

Wind power is the most important renewable energy source in Iowa, and at the end of 2009 Iowa had 3670 MW of installed wind energy capacity, enough to power around 900,000 homes.

Iowa is currently the second ranked US state in installed wind power capacity, behind the Texas.

Iowa is 7th ranked US state in available wind energy potential.

In 2009, Iowa became the first US state that has more than 10% of its total generated electricity coming from wind power.

Iowa is the current nation's leader in ethanol production, producing about 3.3 billion gallons of ethanol per year, this is around 26% of total US ethanol production.

Iowa is second largest biodiesel producer in United States, and in 2009 Iowa's biodiesel refineries produced 73 million gallons of biodiesel. The full capacity of Iowa's biodiesel refineries is 320 million gallons.

Wind power currently generates about 15% of total electricity in Iowa.

At the end of 2009 Iowa had 400 MW of wind energy capacity under construction.

Each 1,000 megawatts of wind generation installed in Iowa has resulted in about $6 million in property taxes for counties.

Wind power manufacturing industry currently employs close to 3,500 people in Iowa.

Canada renewable energy statistics

Renewable energy currently supplies around 16.5% of Canada's primary energy supply.

Canada is currently world's second largest producer of hydroelectricity (behind China), accounting for 11,7% of global hydroelectricity. Canada currently generates around 59% of its electricity from hydropower.

Most of Canada's hydropower capacity belongs to Hydro-Québec's extensive network of 59 hydroelectric dams with a combined capacity of 34,118 megawatts.

Robert-Bourassa hydroelectric power plant on the La Grande River is not only the largest hydroelectric power plant in Canada but also in North America, and has a capacity of 5,616 MW.

At the end of 2009 wind power supplied approximately 1,1% of Canada's demand for electricity.

In the January of 2010 Canada had approximately 3,249 MW of wind power capacity coming from 99 wind farms.

Ontario is the leading province in installed wind power capacity with the 1161.5 MW, followed by Quebec with 659 MW. This situation could change within the next five years because Quebec plans to add new 2671.5 MW of wind power capacity by 2015, and Ontario just 647.2.

Canadians are very supportive of new renewable energy projects, survey by Angus Reid Strategies in 2007 showed that 89% of Canadians support using renewable energy sources like wind or solar power.

The largest wind farm in Canada is the Wolfe Island Wind Farm, Ontario with the capacity of 198 MW.

In April 2010, Canada approved 184 large solar power projects with a total worth close to a $8 billion.

Canada's wind power industry currently employs around 4500 people.

Canada's average annual market growth for photovoltaics has been over 20% for the last ten years.

Canada currently has the only tidal power plant in North America, at Annapolis Royal, on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. This tidal power plant has the capacity of 20 MW.

Australia renewable energy statistics

Renewable energy currently provides around 4% of Australia's electricity, with solar and wind power being the most important renewable energy sources.

Australia currently has around 150 MW of installed solar power capacity.

Australia has the highest average solar radiation of any continent but yet despite this only around 50,000 Australian homes had solar PV installed.

Australia invested a $1.02 billion in the first quarter of 2010 in new renewable energy projects, this looks like a decent sum but on the global level it accounts for only 0.8 percent of total global investment in renewable energy sector.

The 2009 Australian budget delivers 1.35 billion dollars, over 6 years, for solar power.

Biomass currently satisfies less than 5% of Australian energy needs, with wood representing around 2,5& of Australia's primary energy consumption.

Around $31 billion worth of renewable energy investments are underway or are planned for Australia, which should create close to 26,000 jobs.

In the end of 2009 Australia had 33 operational wind farms with a total capacity of 1877 MW providing 1.3% of Australia's national electricity demand.

The largest wind farm in Australia is Lake Bonney Wind Farm in South Australia with the capacity of 239.5 MW.

If Australia would use only 1% of the geothermal heat resource within the top 5 kms of the Earth’s crust it could provide 26,000 times its annual energy consumption.

Germany renewable energy statistics

Germany is one of the global leaders in renewable energy, in only ten years time, the share of electricity from renewable energy sources in Germany has increased by almost ten percent, from 6.3 percent in 2000 to about 16.1 percent in 2009.

Renewable energy sector in Germany is currently employing around 220,000 people.

In 2009, renewable energy sources contributed with 10,1 % in Germany's total energy consumption.

Wind power produced 6.5% and bioenergy 5.2% of the total electricity consumption in Germany in 2009.

Germany is the world's second largest (behind United States) user of wind power with the installed wind power capacity of 23,903 MW in the end of 2008.

Wind power industry in Germany currently employs over 70,000 people.

Germany currently has around 9,800 MW of installed solar power capacity. German photovoltaic (PV) industry currently employs close to 50,000 people. In 2009, Germany installed 3,800 MW of solar PV.

Total geothermal capacity installed in Germany is very small, only 8.4 MW in 2007.

Hydropower currently satisfies around 3,5% of the electricity demand in Germany.

The largest photovoltaic power plant in Germany is Strasskirchen Solar Park with the capacity of 54 MW.

US renewable energy statistics

Renewable energy currently accounts for 10,1% of domestically produced electricity.

Hydropower is the most important renewable energy in United States, accounting for 66.8% of the total renewable power in the U.S. in 2008, and 6% of nation's electricity.

Currently installed wind power capacity in United States of around 35,200 MW is enough to satisfy energy needs of more than 9,7 million households.

California is leading US state when it comes to renewable energy, with 31 percent of California's electricity coming from renewable sources (most from hydropower).

In the 2008 US became world leader in installed wind power capacity.

Geothermal energy currently meets less than 1% of U.S. power needs.

United States is world leader in generation of electricity from geothermal energy, and geothermal energy generates an average of 15 billion kilowatt hours of geothermal power per year, around 30% of the world total.

The largest photovoltaic power plant in United States is the 25 MW DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Florida.

Solar water heating capacity in US is bigger than 1,000 megawatts (MW, enough for around 1.5 million homes and businesses.

Solar power currently provides less than 1% of U.S. energy needs.

In 2009, US solar energy industry experienced growth of 37%, despite the financial crisis.

United States is world's leading ethanol fuel producer with 9 billion U.S. liquid gallons of ethanol fuel produced in 2008.

U.S. ethanol industry currently employs more than 200,000 people.

In 2009, US wind power industry accounted for more than 85,000 jobs.

Current biomass power capacity in the United States is around 11,000 MW.

The largest biomass power plant in United States is New Hope Power Partnership biomass power plant located in Florida with the capacity of 140 megawatts.

U.S. currently produces around 5% of world's solar cells.