Nebraska - QUICK FACTS

QUICK FACTS

• Nebraska ranked second, after Iowa, in corn-based ethanol production in 2011.
• In 2011, Nebraska ranked 20th among the 50 States in crude oil production; most production came from small oil reserves in the western part of the State.
• The Niobrara shale formation is an emerging oil play that includes southwest Nebraska, northeast Colorado, and northwest Kansas.
• Nebraska's net electricity generation from its two nuclear reactors declined 37 percent from 2010 to 2011, due primarily to plant closures as a result of Missouri River flooding.
• The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that almost 92 percent of Nebraska has suitable conditions for wind-powered electricity generation.

Last updated in July 2012.

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