Energy by the Numbers: SOUTH CAROLINA

The document reports that fossil fuels accounted for 71% of South Carolina's energy consumption as of 2006, driven by demand in transportation, industry, and electricity generation. Between 1990 and 2005, the state's greenhouse gas emissions grew by 42%, a rate more than double the U.S. average, with 90% of those emissions resulting from energy consumption, primarily the combustion of coal and petroleum.

• Fossil fuels represented 71% of South Carolina's energy consumption in 2006, an increase from 64% in 1990. This growth is attributed to higher demand for petroleum in industry and transportation, as well as coal and natural gas for electricity generation, which is the state's largest energy-consuming sector. Fossil fuels specifically account for about 46% of electricity generation.
• South Carolina's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 42% between 1990 and 2005, growing more than twice as fast as the average rate in the United States. These emissions were largely driven by the transportation and electric generation sectors.
• As of 2005, energy consumption was responsible for approximately 90% of total GHG emissions in South Carolina, with the majority of these emissions coming from the combustion of petroleum and coal.

APA

World Resources Institute (2009). Energy by the Numbers: SOUTH CAROLINA. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/southeast_energy_numbers_sc.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Energy by the Numbers: SOUTH CAROLINA. 2009. https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/southeast_energy_numbers_sc.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitute2009energy, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Energy by the Numbers: SOUTH CAROLINA}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2009}, month = apr, url = {https://wriorg.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/pdf/southeast_energy_numbers_sc.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }