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Quick Facts
- Alabama reached an historic number of wells producing natural gas and ranked 15th among the 31 reporting States in 2010.
- Mobile was the fourth largest seaport for exporting U.S. coal in 2011; coking coal used in the steelmaking process accounted for more than 90 percent of the total.
- The three reactors at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Limestone County have a combined generating capacity of 3,310 megawatts, second only to Arizona’s Palo Verde plant in capacity among nuclear power plants in the United States.
- Alabama ranked sixth among the States in 2010 in net electricity generation from renewable energy resources; conventional hydroelectric power supplied 79 percent of generation from renewable resources.
- Alabama ranked fifth in the United States in net electricity generation from wood waste, landfill gas, and other biomass in 2011; virtually all of that electricity was generated by nonutility power producers.
Last updated in July 2012.
More Data & Analysis in Alabama
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Alabama, U.S. Rankings
| Consumption | |
| Total Energy per Capita | 12 |
| Production | |
| Total Energy | 13 |
| Crude Oil | 15 |
| Natural Gas | 14 |
| Coal | 14 |
| Electricity | 6 |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions | 9 |
| Prices | |
| Natural Gas | 5 |
| Electricity | 29 |
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Other Resources
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ADECA, Energy Division, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program
ADECA, Energy Division, Renewable Energy Program
Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), Energy Division
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10/15/2012 - Maryland, United States
this is great
10/11/2012 - Washington, United States
I liked the old website where we could view maps of each type of energy production and distribution networks on the Profiles of US States page as soon as we pulled it up. Very useful for my Geography class. Now it is much more difficult to find these maps.
10/11/2012 - Maine, United States
I've been using EIA state data since 2006 and have to say that this latest change in format has made things more difficult to navigate. I'm mainly interested in accessing state csv files and it's almost impossible to find them now. And why, when finally finding a state, is that map presented with all the meaningless symbols? Finally, I hope in your reworking of the state data you don't change the codes - such as ESTCB, etc. They may seem arcane to users at first, but work very well after one becomes accustomed to them. I hope I'm not being too critical and this helps. Sincerely, Hans N.
10/11/2012 - California, United States
Hi, great website. But, the Ameresco Ox Mountain Plant (Code: 56895) in Half Moon bay has the wrong coordinates listed. The following are the correct coordinates: 37.3, -122.2 Thanks!
10/11/2012 - United States
the map is hard to navigate. the select and zoom in/out functions are a little strange (and where is the reset button??). it is not clear that the users can click on the individual plants to see their details. and it is not clear either what different levels of color shading means (resource abundance??)