The United States consumed approximately 93.58 quadrillion British thermal units of primary energy in 2023. This was a decrease in comparison to the previous year of roughly one quadrillion British thermal units. Primary energy refers to energy harvested directly from natural resources and includes both fossil fuels and renewable sources.
U.S. has one of the highest energy consumptions in the world
Fluctuations since the global financial crisis and energy crisis have resulted in part from destabilized fossil fuel markets. A surge and crash in international oil prices led the United States to invest more in domestic shale oil and natural gas production, as well as clean energy technologies. Renewable investments surged to 141 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023
(in quadrillion British thermal units)
The source includes the following energy sources in the primary energy consumption category: coal, coal coke imports, petroleum products supplied, including natural gas plant liquids and crude oil burned as fuel, dry natural gas, excluding supplemental gaseous fuels, nuclear electricity, conventional hydroelectricity, geothermal electricity, geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct use energy, solar thermal and PV electricity, solar thermal direct use energy, wind electricity, wood and wood-derived fuels, fuel ethanol and biodiesel, losses and co-products from the production of fuel ethanol and biodiesel, electricity imports.
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EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (July 27, 2024). Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023 (in quadrillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023 (in quadrillion British thermal units)." Chart. July 27, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). (2024). Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023 (in quadrillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration). "Total Primary Energy Consumption in The United States from 1995 to 2023 (in Quadrillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/
EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023 (in quadrillion British thermal units) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Total primary energy consumption in the United States from 1995 to 2023 (in quadrillion British thermal units) [Graph], EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), July 27, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/183774/total-primary-energy-consumption-in-the-united-states-since-1995/
