Utah has substantial fossil energy resources. Utah also has substantial renewable energy potential; areas with geothermal, wind, and solar power potential cover much of the State. Utah's population is low, as is its total energy consumption.
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- Utah contains three of the Nations 100 largest oil fields and two of its 100 largest natural gas fields.
- More than four-fifths of Utah households use natural gas for home heating.
- Coalbed methane accounts for more than one-fourth of Utah natural gas production.
- Utah is one of the few States with electricity generation from geothermal power sources.
- Utah has enormous deposits of oil shale rock, known as marlstone, which can be converted into crude oil through destructive distillation.