A cikin 2019, makamashin kwal har yanzu muhimmin nau'in wutar lantarki ne a Amurka, wanda ya kai kashi 23.5%, wanda ke ba da ababen more rayuwa don samar da wutar lantarki ta hanyar kwal. Samar da wutar lantarki na halittu kawai yana da ƙasa da 1%, kuma wani kashi 0.44% na sharar gida da samar da wutar lantarki a wasu lokutan ana haɗa su cikin samar da wutar lantarki.

A cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata, makamashin kwal na Amurka ya ragu sosai, daga 1.85 kWh a shekarar 2010 zuwa tiriliyan 0.996 kWh a shekarar 2019. An rage yawan makamashin kwal da kusan rabin, kuma adadin yawan wutar lantarkin ya karu daga 44.8. . % Rage zuwa 23.5%.

{Asar Amirka ta fara bincike da ayyukan nunawa don samar da wutar lantarki mai hade da kwayoyin halitta a cikin 1990s. Nau'o'in tukunyar jirgi don konewa guda biyu sun haɗa da murhun wuta, tanderun guguwa, tangential boilers, masu adawa da tukunyar jirgi, gadaje masu ruwa da sauran nau'ikan. Bayan haka, kusan kashi ɗaya bisa goma na fiye da 500 da ke amfani da wutar lantarkin da ake amfani da gawayi sun aiwatar da aikace-aikacen samar da wutar lantarki mai haɗaɗɗiyar halitta, amma gabaɗaya rabon yana tsakanin kashi 10%. Ainihin aiki na konewa-haɗe-haɗe-haɗe-haɗe kuma baya ci gaba da gyarawa.

Babban dalilin samar da wutar lantarki mai hade da kwayoyin halitta a cikin Amurka shi ne cewa babu wata manufa iri daya kuma bayyanannen karfafa gwiwa. Tashoshin wutar lantarki na kwal na ɗan lokaci suna cinye wasu albarkatun biomass masu rahusa kamar guntun itace, layin dogo, kumfa mai gani, da sauransu, sannan suna ƙone biomass. Man fetur ba tattalin arziki ba ne. Tare da haɓakar haɓakar haɓakar samar da wutar lantarki mai haɗaɗɗiyar halitta a cikin Turai, masu alaƙa masu samar da sarkar masana'antar biomass a Amurka suma sun mayar da kasuwannin da suke so zuwa Turai.