Washington, August 2010

Summary data on energy production, consumption, imports, and exports: The Annual Energy Review 2009 (AER), released on August 19, 2010, provides EIA’s most comprehensive look at integrated energy statistics. Summary statistics from the report indicate the following:

• In 2009, U.S. primary energy production fell 0.6 percent to 73.0 quadrillion Btu, down from the record high of 73.4 quadrillion Btu the previous year.

• U.S. renewable energy production reached 8 quadrillion Btu in 2009, with wind energy registering the largest year-to-year percentage increase among renewable sources.

• U.S. primary energy consumption fell to 95 quadrillion Btu in 2009, down from the all-time high of 102 quadrillion Btu in 2007 and 5 percent below the 2008 level.

• From 2008 to 2009, U.S. energy net imports fell 12 percent to 23 quadrillion Btu; petroleum net imports totaled 21 quadrillion Btu.

• U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption fell 7 percent from 2008 to 2009, due primarily to a decrease in consumption of coal and petroleum.

The Annual Energy Review 2009 covers all major energy sources and all energy-consuming sectors of the U.S. economy from 1949 through 2009.  Key long-term trends are graphically illustrated in the introductory section “Energy Perspectives.”

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