WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will still rely on oil, natural gas and coal for its main energy supplies through 2030, but ethanol and other renewable energy sources will double during the period, the government’s top energy forecasting agency said on Wednesday.
“The higher level of renewable energy consumption is partially a result of higher energy prices…but it also reflects a revised presentation of state renewable portfolio standards,” the Energy Information Administration said in its annual long-term forecast.
U.S. ethanol consumption is forecast to grow from 5.6 billion gallons last year to 13.5 billion gallons in 2012, far more than the 7.5 billion gallons in 2012 required by Congress, the EIA said. Ethanol use grows to 17 billion gallons in 2030.
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