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Wind Energy
Graphs & Charts
By: Gaige Tucker
This graph shows the amount of energy that each state is capable of holding in wind energy being captured. Michigan and North Dakota have nowhere near the number of turbines, but are expanding to meet a higher capacity. Even with the large amounts seen in Texas and California a lot of energy is not captured because we do not have enough wind mills yet to capture all the wind produced.
This graph shows the percentage of uses for energy being used in the United States. The two biggest sources of energy use includes coal and natural gas. As can be seen there is a very small fraction of renewable sources being used, which needs to expand so that we have more renewable enrgy not permanent energy, as well as having a cleaner world.
By: Madison Rice
This graph shows the number of turbines certain states have. Michigan has near 1000, and although that may seem like a lot there much more in Texas and California. The number of turbines matters however the wind speed also affects how much is taken in by the turbines. If you consider the size of the states though there is a lot of room to put more wind turbines, one way they are putting them up more are in wind farms, or groups of turbines in large numbers.
By: Gaige Tucker
This last graph shows the average wind speed on average throughout the state. While Michigan may not have the most wind turbines we do have pretty good wind speeds, so if we increase the number of wind turbines we can become a major player in the wind energy department. North Dakota could become a huge state as well if they increase their output of turbines because they have the strongest winds out of this group yet have the least number of turbines which then makes it hard to get a large holding capacity even with strong winds.
By: Justin Gruden
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