In 2010, renewable energy accounted for 4.2% of U.S. electricity generation, with 1.4% of that energy from biomass.(1) The U.S. paper and forest products industry is the largest producer of renewable U.S. biomass energy, generating 77% of the nation’s
industrial biomass energy. The renewable energy generated by the forest products industry exceeds all of the nation’s solar, wind and geothermal energy
generation combined.