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U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources is expected to reach 21% in 2020 and 23% in 2021, up from 17% in 2019, according to date released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. In the electric power sector, biomass is expected to be used to generate 26.9 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity this year, increasing to 28.8 billion kWh next year. Biomass was used to generate 28.8 billion kWh of electricity in 2019. That volume of consumption includes 15.2 billion kWh from waste biomass.
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