Further Exploration
Our World in Data: Renewable Energy
Explore the percentage of primary energy that comes from renewables for various countries around the world.
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Interactive World Map: Global Green Energy
Explore this interactive world map showing which energy sources are used to produce green energy in various countries.
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Wärtsilä: How to get to 100% Renewable Energy
Explore how to get to 100% renewable electricity in countries around the world. Select your country or state to find out the cost-optimal way of producing electricity using only renewable energy sources.
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NREL: Eastern Renewable Generation Integration Study
Watch this video explaining the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Eastern Renewable Generation Integration Study and watch the simulation (enlarge and click on gear symbol to get high definition) of how electricity production shifts between resources and the complex interchanges between different independent system operators through a 24-hour day.
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Who Killed the Supergrid?
Read about how analysis of the Western grid has been kept from publication for political reasons and how Trump appointees suppressed the Interconnections Seam Study to help the coal industry. This article is a collaboration between Investigate West and The Atlantic.
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