Mapping The Grid

The Esri Story Maps squad has released a comprehensive lead to the American ability grid. An Atlas of Electricity explores where the USA gets its electricity from in addition to how it distributes this ability across the country.

At the midpoint of An Atlas of Electricity is an interactive map plotting the place in addition to size of the grid's ability plants in addition to transmission cables. This map allows you lot to explore the place in addition to capacity of the country's electricity producing ability plants in addition to how they connect to the national grid.

As good every mo mapping the physical infrastructure of the electricity grid this floor map examines the principal unloosen energy sources used to generate electricity inwards the USA. It maps the size in addition to capacity of coal-fired ability plants, natural gas ability plants in addition to fossil oil ability plants. Alongside these fossil-fuel sources of ability An Atlas of Electricity plots the size in addition to capacity of the U.S.'s nuclear ability plants, hydroelectric ability plants in addition to solar & current of air ability plants.