Table 2.6. Capacity Additions, Retirements…

Table 2.6.                          Capacity Additions, Retirements and Changes by Energy Source, 2006
                                    (Count, Megawatts)
                                               Generator Additions                                  Generator Retirements                                  Updates and Revisions1
                                    Number                                          Number
Energy Source                               Generator        Net                            Generator   Net      Net                                Generator             Net          Net Winter
                                       of                                Net Winter    of
                                            Nameplate      Summer                           Nameplate Summer Winter                                 Nameplate           Summer          Capacity
                                     Gene-                                Capacity   Gene-
                                             Capacity      Capacity                          Capacity Capacity Capacity                              Capacity           Capacity         (MW)
                                     rators                                          rators
Coal2 ...........................         5         603           542             543            20              751          735           747                  87             -232            -189
Petroleum3 ..................            54         184           177             177            78              243          214           225                -467             -414            -557
Natural Gas4 ...............             86       9,491         8,563           9,011            68            2,710        2,418         2,522                -828             -912          -1,985
Other Gases5...............               --          --            --              --            1                4            4             4                 274              197             188
Nuclear.......................            --          --            --              --            --               --           --            --                  --             346             194
Hydroelectric .............               1           2             1               1             6                3            1             1                  67              395             384
Other Renewables6 .....                 129       2,872         2,847           2,855            12               54           49            51                 157              111              50
Other7 .........................          --          --            --              --             1              38           37            37                  29               33              36
    Total ....................          275      13,152        12,129          12,587           186            3,804        3,458         3,588                -681             -476          -1,879
1
  Generator re-ratings, re-powering, and revisions/corrections to previously reported data.
2
  Anthracite, bituminous coal, subbituminous coal, lignite, waste coal, and synthetic coal.
3
  Distillate fuel oil (all diesel and No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 fuel oils), residual fuel oil (No. 5 and No. 6 fuel oils and bunker C fuel oil), jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum coke (converted to liquid
petroleum, see Technical Notes for conversion methodology), and waste oil.
4
  Includes a small number of generators for which waste heat is the primary energy source.
5
  Blast furnace gas, propane gas, and other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels.
6
  Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
7
  Batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuels and miscellaneous technologies.
  Notes: · Capacity by energy source is based on the capacity associated with the energy source reported as the most predominant (primary) one, where more than one energy source is
associated with a generator. · Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
  Source: Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report."




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