America produces more than three times as much power from the sun, the wind and the earth as we did in 2014, with growth in all 50 states. Key technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage are also booming – helping to repower America with clean energy.
I’d be interested to see this compared with net consumption
So I’m not an expert in USA’s geography, but isn’t Iowa much much smaller than Texas? Kudos to them for being on third place.
1.5 fps. The most legendary frame speed for beautiful data
I feel like plotting this as a line graph with % of energy as renewable would be more informative, no?
Look, two of the biggest States have the most output. Strange.
Without comparison to energy usage this is meaningless.
The fact that Arizona isn’t on this list is criminal
This is mostly just a map of which states have the most wind (and to a lesser degree solar) potential.
Amazing that OK can take top 5 in anything. Let alone something positive.
Interesting to see red states as heavily represented as blue states. All that talk about republicans wanting dirty air and water is complete left wing propaganda.
LOL at all the Texan politicians hating on renewables while quietly rocketing ahead!
Massachusetts should get in there if we could just get these dang offshore windfarms online
I straight up don’t believe this. Grand Coulee damn alone in Washington generates 20,000 GWh per year.
Edit: whaaaa, it’s not even counting hydro at all
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This is awesome and I am proud of Texas’ renewable energy development. I would be interested in seeing this alongside a graphic showing % of energy generation.
You mean winning. The race is far from over.
As some one from Washington, essentially 75% of our energy is clean and/or renewable. 21% of the remainder is Natural Gas or Nuclear. 3.1% is coal. Of course ours is largely due to dams, but as a percentage of power, we’ve been killing it for a long time.
This obviously doesn’t count hydro. Most of the NW is powered by hydro and has been for a long time.
Washington hardly appears on this list but 75-ish% of its electricity comes from hydroelectricity on the Columbia River.
Iowa uses the highest percentage of renewable energy, with over 60% of its energy consumption coming from renewables.
Why does hydroelectric generation not count?
Cool now adjust for population (I figure that’s more useful than size)
Washington is 64% hydro and 8% wind. That should put them at the top.
The fact that NM is 8th and only a million people live here is awesome. Edit: and the poorest state in the country.
Hmm. Texas and California both suffered power blackouts. I wonder why
Iowa and Oklahoma the real underrated stars here…
It makes me sad that Arizona doesn’t invest more into solar.
When CO2 offset is added to the calculation California along with many other states are not even on the board.
Ironic that a Red state has
Data is much more beautiful when they cite their source and definitions.
Does this include hydro electricity?
Why isn’t Nevada or Arizona with its vast emptiness not our largest solar producer?
Too bad ERCOT is a disaster.
Texas already had/has a lot of wind, it’s stupid to let it go waste. It’s like saying Australia wants to throw away their solar. There is so much of scope of building solar in Australia that given the infrastructure to export solar energy, they could do that and become like the Saudi version of energy rich economies.
Not very surprising that Texas is up top. Drive through the panhandle and there are massive amounts of wind turbines
Hilarious that the “Sunshine” State isn’t even in the running. DeSantis and his cronies have made sure that no innovation takes place in Florida and that the state’s energy company keeps a stranglehold on its monopoly so that he can keep cashing their checks.
How about how much [CO2](http://www.electricitymaps.com) has been emitted per energy generated? Isn’t that what it’s supposed to be about?
Texas leading at something good? 👍
Iowa, Ok, and Kansas surprise me, what gives???
Edit: oh I see no hydro
Iowa has a thing for windmills.
This is cool, and important. But if you are feeling competitive, remember that China built more renewable energy sources LAST YEAR than the US has built in its entire history.
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America produces more than three times as much power from the sun, the wind and the earth as we did in 2014, with growth in all 50 states. Key technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage are also booming – helping to repower America with clean energy.
[https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/renewables-on-the-rise-dashboard/](https://environmentamerica.org/center/resources/renewables-on-the-rise-dashboard/)
I’d be interested to see this compared with net consumption
So I’m not an expert in USA’s geography, but isn’t Iowa much much smaller than Texas? Kudos to them for being on third place.
1.5 fps. The most legendary frame speed for beautiful data
I feel like plotting this as a line graph with % of energy as renewable would be more informative, no?
Look, two of the biggest States have the most output. Strange.
Without comparison to energy usage this is meaningless.
The fact that Arizona isn’t on this list is criminal
This is mostly just a map of which states have the most wind (and to a lesser degree solar) potential.
Amazing that OK can take top 5 in anything. Let alone something positive.
Interesting to see red states as heavily represented as blue states. All that talk about republicans wanting dirty air and water is complete left wing propaganda.
LOL at all the Texan politicians hating on renewables while quietly rocketing ahead!
Massachusetts should get in there if we could just get these dang offshore windfarms online
I straight up don’t believe this. Grand Coulee damn alone in Washington generates 20,000 GWh per year.
Edit: whaaaa, it’s not even counting hydro at all
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This is awesome and I am proud of Texas’ renewable energy development. I would be interested in seeing this alongside a graphic showing % of energy generation.
You mean winning. The race is far from over.
As some one from Washington, essentially 75% of our energy is clean and/or renewable. 21% of the remainder is Natural Gas or Nuclear. 3.1% is coal. Of course ours is largely due to dams, but as a percentage of power, we’ve been killing it for a long time.
This obviously doesn’t count hydro. Most of the NW is powered by hydro and has been for a long time.
Washington hardly appears on this list but 75-ish% of its electricity comes from hydroelectricity on the Columbia River.
Iowa uses the highest percentage of renewable energy, with over 60% of its energy consumption coming from renewables.
Why does hydroelectric generation not count?
Cool now adjust for population (I figure that’s more useful than size)
Washington is 64% hydro and 8% wind. That should put them at the top.
The fact that NM is 8th and only a million people live here is awesome.
Edit: and the poorest state in the country.
Hmm. Texas and California both suffered power blackouts. I wonder why
Iowa and Oklahoma the real underrated stars here…
It makes me sad that Arizona doesn’t invest more into solar.
When CO2 offset is added to the calculation California along with many other states are not even on the board.
Ironic that a Red state has
Data is much more beautiful when they cite their source and definitions.
Does this include hydro electricity?
Why isn’t Nevada or Arizona with its vast emptiness not our largest solar producer?
Too bad ERCOT is a disaster.
Texas already had/has a lot of wind, it’s stupid to let it go waste. It’s like saying Australia wants to throw away their solar. There is so much of scope of building solar in Australia that given the infrastructure to export solar energy, they could do that and become like the Saudi version of energy rich economies.
Not very surprising that Texas is up top. Drive through the panhandle and there are massive amounts of wind turbines
Hilarious that the “Sunshine” State isn’t even in the running. DeSantis and his cronies have made sure that no innovation takes place in Florida and that the state’s energy company keeps a stranglehold on its monopoly so that he can keep cashing their checks.
How about how much [CO2](http://www.electricitymaps.com) has been emitted per energy generated? Isn’t that what it’s supposed to be about?
Texas leading at something good? 👍
Iowa, Ok, and Kansas surprise me, what gives???
Edit: oh I see no hydro
Iowa has a thing for windmills.
This is cool, and important. But if you are feeling competitive, remember that China built more renewable energy sources LAST YEAR than the US has built in its entire history.
We got a lot of catching up to do.
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