Biomass may not be electricity fuel king in Georgia, but the state definitely is peachy keen on the resource.
Last year, the state generated 5 million MWh (or 5 GWh) of electricity from biomass, according to a Tuesday report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This is about 10 percent of the nation’s biomass-fired total and more than any other state except California.
Five percent of Georgia’s electricity resource mix comes from biomass, mostly wood and wood-derived fuels. These accounted for nearly half of the state’s total renewable electricity generation last year, according to the EIA.
