Capacity and Generation |
Reference case |
Annual Growth 2000-2020(percent) |
1999 |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2020 |
Electric Generators1 |
(excluding cogenerators) |
Net Summer Capability |
Conventional Hydropower・・・ |
79.30 |
79.29 |
79.78 |
79.90 |
79.90 |
79.90 |
0.0% |
Geothemal2・・・ |
2.79 |
2.85 |
3.05 |
3.57 |
4.52 |
5.32 |
3.2% |
Municipal Solid Waste3・・・ |
2.75 |
2.84 |
3.50 |
3.88 |
4.18 |
4.30 |
2.1% |
Wood and Other Biomass4・・・ |
1.37 |
1.39 |
1.61 |
1.73 |
1.82 |
1.97 |
1.8% |
Solar Thermal・・・ |
0.33 |
0.33 |
0.34 |
0.36 |
0.39 |
0.41 |
1.0% |
Solar Photovoltaic5・・・ |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
0.11 |
0.19 |
0.27 |
19.8% |
Wind・・・ |
2.33 |
2.42 |
6.82 |
7.65 |
8.46 |
9.06 |
6.8% |
Total・・・ |
88.87 |
89.13 |
95.16 |
97.19 |
99.46 |
101.22 |
0.6% |
Generation (billion kilowatthours) |
Conventional Hydropower・・・ |
310.30 |
272.33 |
301.26 |
301.14 |
300.54 |
300.00 |
0.5% |
Geothermal2・・・ |
15.27 |
13.52 |
15.67 |
20.20 |
28.06 |
34.71 |
4.8% |
Municipal Solid Waste3・・・ |
17.96 |
20.15 |
24.90 |
27.78 |
30.05 |
30.98 |
2.2% |
Wood and Other Biomass4・・・ |
7.51 |
8.37 |
14.96 |
20.86 |
18.84 |
15.32 |
3.1% |
Dedicated Plants・・・ |
7.01 |
7.46 |
8.94 |
9.72 |
10.32 |
11.25 |
2.1% |
Cofiring・・・ |
0.51 |
0.91 |
6.03 |
11.14 |
8.52 |
4.07 |
7.8% |
Solar Thermal・・・ |
0.87 |
0.87 |
0.90 |
0.96 |
1.05 |
1.12 |
1.3% |
Solar Photovoltaic・・・ |
0.00 |
0.01 |
0.11 |
0.26 |
0.46 |
0.68 |
22.8% |
Wind・・・ |
4.17 |
5.30 |
16.74 |
19.45 |
21.95 |
24.07 |
7.9% |
Total・・・ |
356.09 |
320.54 |
374.55 |
390.65 |
400.95 |
406.87 |
1.2% |
Cogenerators6 |
Net Summer Capability |
Municipal Solid Waste・・・ |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
0.51 |
-0.0% |
Biomass・・・ |
5.26 |
5.26 |
5.92 |
6.64 |
7.62 |
8.43 |
2.4% |
Total・・・ |
5.77 |
5.77 |
6.43 |
7.15 |
8.13 |
8.94 |
2.2% |
Generation (billion kilowatthours) |
Municipal Solid Waste・・・ |
3.23 |
3.29 |
3.29 |
3.29 |
3.29 |
3.29 |
0.0% |
Biomass・・・ |
29.97 |
29.63 |
33.72 |
38.04 |
44.04 |
48.99 |
2.5% |
Total・・・ |
33.20 |
32.93 |
37.02 |
41.34 |
47.33 |
52.28 |
2.3% |
Other End-Use Generators7 |
Net Summer Capability |
Conventional Hydropower8・・・ |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.98 |
0.0% |
Geothermal・・・ |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
N/A |
Solar Photovoltaic5・・・ |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.11 |
0.39 |
0.42 |
0.46 |
17.6% |
Total・・・ |
0.99 |
0.99 |
1.09 |
1.36 |
1.40 |
1.44 |
1.9% |
Generation (billion kilowatthours) |
Conventional Hydropower8・・・ |
5.45 |
3.98 |
4.33 |
4.32 |
4.32 |
4.31 |
0.4% |
Geothermal・・・ |
0.15 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
N/A |
Solar Photovoltaic・・・ |
0.01 |
0.04 |
0.23 |
0.81 |
0.89 |
0.98 |
17.6% |
Total・・・ |
5.60 |
4.02 |
4.56 |
5.14 |
5.21 |
5.29 |
1.4% |