{"id":9503,"date":"2017-10-10T20:18:53","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T01:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2017-12-06T08:26:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:26:22","slug":"the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best US Electricity Generation Graphic Ever, No Kidding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Brief has produced a US based (sorry, rest of the world) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/mapped-how-the-us-generates-electricity\">interactive graphic that accesses an extensive underlying database that shows everything about the electricity generation that there is to know.<\/a> Each generation plant, each type of electricty, capacity, etc. and you can view the information by state, by type of energy, and with some other toggles. <\/p>\n<p>Here is an example. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p> This is Solar power across the US (a screen grab of part of the graphic):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/carbonbriefmapexample01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?fit=742%2C464&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"742,464\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CarbonBriefMapExample01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?fit=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?fit=604%2C377&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01-650x406.png?resize=604%2C377\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"377\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?resize=650%2C406&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?resize=500%2C313&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?resize=668%2C418&amp;ssl=1 668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefMapExample01.png?w=742&amp;ssl=1 742w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHere is Nuclear across the US, and I&#8217;ve chosen a different background map:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/carbonbriefgraphic_02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?fit=763%2C517&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"763,517\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CarbonBriefGraphic_02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?fit=604%2C409&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02-650x440.png?resize=604%2C409\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"409\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?resize=650%2C440&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?resize=500%2C339&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?resize=668%2C453&amp;ssl=1 668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphic_02.png?w=763&amp;ssl=1 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is Minnesota, all tyhpes of energy with a greyscale map. The graphic on the left is on all of the views, I just didn&#8217;t include it on the screen grabs above.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/carbonbriefgraphicexample_03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?fit=838%2C669&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"838,669\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?fit=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?fit=604%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03-650x519.png?resize=604%2C482\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"482\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?resize=650%2C519&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?resize=500%2C399&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?resize=300%2C239&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?resize=768%2C613&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?resize=668%2C533&amp;ssl=1 668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_03.png?w=838&amp;ssl=1 838w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minnesota is cool. Look at all that wind. I wonder what West Virginia is up to?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/carbonbriefgraphicexample_last\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?fit=885%2C609&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"885,609\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?fit=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?fit=604%2C415&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last-650x447.png?resize=604%2C415\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"415\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?resize=650%2C447&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?resize=500%2C344&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?resize=768%2C528&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?resize=668%2C460&amp;ssl=1 668w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefGraphicExample_Last.png?w=885&amp;ssl=1 885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bad West Virginia!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbonbrief.org\/mapped-how-the-us-generates-electricity\">Go check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Brief has produced a US based (sorry, rest of the world) interactive graphic that accesses an extensive underlying database that shows everything about the electricity generation that there is to know. Each generation plant, each type of electricty, capacity, etc. and you can view the information by state, by type of energy, and with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/the-best-us-electricity-generation-graphic-ever-no-kidding\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Best US Electricity Generation Graphic Ever, No Kidding<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5034],"tags":[1058,1060,708,1056,1055,1057,719,5020,1059,720],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/CarbonBriefCloseUp.png?fit=607%2C242&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-2th","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9511,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions\/9511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}