COLORADO ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY GENERATION BY PRIMARY ENERGY SOURCE 2001-2009 (In Millions of Megawatt Hours)
| Year |
Coal |
% |
Natural Gas |
% |
Hydroelectric |
% |
Wind |
Percent |
Solar |
% |
Biomass |
% |
Petroleum |
% |
Otherb |
% |
Total |
| 2001 |
36.0 |
76.3 |
9.4 |
19.9 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0.064 |
0.14 |
0.176 |
0.37 |
0 |
0 |
47.2 |
| 2002 |
35.4 |
77.3 |
9.0 |
19.7 |
1.2 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0.030 |
0.07 |
0.023 |
0.05 |
0.003 |
0.01 |
45.8 |
| 2003 |
36.1 |
77.1 |
9.2 |
19.7 |
1.3 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0 |
0 |
0.031 |
0.07 |
0.034 |
0.07 |
0.004 |
0.01 |
46.8 |
| 2004 |
35.8 |
74.6 |
10.7 |
22.3 |
1.2 |
2.5 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0.035 |
0.07 |
0.014 |
0.03 |
0.002 |
0.00 |
48.0 |
| 2005 |
35.6 |
71.6 |
11.9 |
23.9 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
1.6 |
0 |
0 |
0.034 |
0.07 |
0.017 |
0.03 |
0.002 |
0.00 |
49.7 |
| 2006 |
36.3 |
71.3 |
11.9 |
23.4 |
1.8 |
3.5 |
0.9 |
1.7 |
0 |
0 |
0.031 |
0.06 |
0.021 |
0.04 |
0.003 |
0.00 |
50.9 |
| 2007 |
35.9 |
66.5 |
15.0 |
27.8 |
1.7 |
3.1 |
1.3 |
2.4 |
0.002 |
0.00 |
0.031 |
0.06 |
0.028 |
0.05 |
0.043 |
0.08 |
54.0 |
| 2008 |
34.8 |
64.9 |
13.5 |
25.2 |
2.0 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
6.0 |
0.018 |
0.03 |
0.045 |
0.08 |
0.019 |
0.04 |
0.033 |
0.06 |
53.6 |
| 2009a |
31.6 |
62.6 |
13.8 |
27.3 |
2.1 |
4.2 |
2.9 |
5.7 |
0.017 |
0.03 |
0.051 |
0.10 |
0.020 |
0.04 |
0.030 |
0.06 |
50.5 |
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| b"Other" includes blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels, and miscellaneous technologies. |
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