Wedoany.com Report-Oct 10，Renewables are currently expected to account for 25% of U.S. electricity generation in 2025, up from 23% in 2024, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Oct. 8. Renewables accounted for 21% of U.S. electricity generation last year.

Biomass is expected to account for 2.18% of U.S. renewable electricity generation this year, falling to 1.98% in 2025. Biomass accounted for 2.44% of renewable electricity generation last year.

The EIA currently predicts biomass electricity generation will reach 20.6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) this year, increasing to 21 billion kWh in 2025. Biomass generation was at 21.1 billion kWh in 2023.

The electric power sector that 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of waste biomass capacity and 2.3 GW of wood biomass capacity in place at the end of 2023. Those levels of capacity are expected to be maintained through 2024 and 2025.

The industrial and commercial sectors had 5.4 GW of biomass power capacity in place last year, with that level of capacity expected to be unchanged this year and next year. Waste biomass capacity was at 1.4 GW last year and is expected to fall to 1.3 GW this year and remain at that level in 2025.

Across all sectors, waste biomass consumption is expected to reach 0.398 quadrillion Btu (quad) this year, falling to 0.392 quad in 2025. Waste biomass consumption was at 0.398 quad in 2023. Wood biomass consumption was at 1.918 quad in 2023 and is expected to increase to 1.925 quad this year and 2.043 quad next year.

The electric power sector is expected to consume 0.161 quad of waste biomass in both 2024 and 2025, down from 0.167 quad in 2023. The sector consumed 0.162 quad of wood biomass last year. That level of consumption is expected to continue through 2024 and increase to 0.169 quad in 2025.