Table 3 Energy structure of the U.S. from 2020 with projections to 2050, power generation data sources, and emissions generated from unit power usage
Reshored manufacturing scenarios | 2020 | 2025 | 2030 | 2035 | 2040 | 2045 | 2050 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U.S. power generation data source | U.S. Energy Information Administration8 | ||||||||
World Energy Projection System (2021)83 | |||||||||
U.S. Total Net Electricity Generation by Fuel (billion kWh), Reference case | Non-renewables | Natural gas | 1636 | 1551 | 1562 | 1584 | 1706 | 1840 | 1953 |
Nuclear | 785 | 745 | 630 | 609 | 595 | 599 | 594 | ||
Coal | 774 | 706 | 696 | 654 | 620 | 593 | 593 | ||
Liquid fuels | 16 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | ||
Renewables | Solar | 132 | 297 | 497 | 643 | 762 | 899 | 1,071 | |
Wind | 343 | 630 | 673 | 731 | 748 | 762 | 790 | ||
Hydro | 283 | 295 | 295 | 295 | 294 | 294 | 294 | ||
Geothermal | 16 | 19 | 25 | 32 | 40 | 45 | 50 | ||
Other | 76 | 83 | 87 | 94 | 99 | 104 | 108 | ||
Power mix compositions calculated from “U.S. Total Net Electricity Generation by Fuel (billion kWh), Reference case” | Non-renewables | Natural gas | 40% | 36% | 35% | 34% | 35% | 36% | 36% |
Nuclear | 19% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | ||
Coal | 19% | 16% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 12% | 11% | ||
Liquid fuels | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
Renewables | Solar | 3% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 20% | |
Wind | 8% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 14% | ||
Hydro | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 5% | ||
Geothermal | 0% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | ||
Other | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
Emissions generated from 1kWh usage of medium voltage power (kg CO2 eq) | 0.451 | 0.395 | 0.383 | 0.361 | 0.350 | 0.339 | 0.332 | ||
Emissions generated from 1kWh usage of high voltage power (kg CO2 eq) | 0.446 | 0.391 | 0.379 | 0.358 | 0.346 | 0.336 | 0.328 | ||
