Energy Production By State in

the Contiguous United States

August 2015
Bradley Bean
 Purpose and Goals of this Study
o Analyze the energy production data from each state in
relation to the rest of the country in terms of:
Quantity of energy produced
Type of energy produced
Reliability of reported data

o Observe which states have the highest outputs of renewable

energy as compared to nonrenewable to determine which
states would provide the best markets for new
improvements to renewable energy technology
 Individual Maps by Energy Type
o The following maps will represent U.S. production of each
respective energy type
o Some states lacked data for certain types of energy
production due to this data being non meaningful due to
large standard error or excessive percentage change
o Information on which states were lacking data is found in
the metadata of the individual maps
 Combining the Energy Types
o The following maps will stack energy types on each other
one by one to give a clearer visual breakdown of the main
energy production types of each state

o As mentioned in an earlier slide, some states are lacking data

for certain types of energy. The following is a breakdown of
which states are missing data
Coal: CT, ID
Natural Gas: DC
Nuclear: No states missing data
Geothermal: ID, NM
Hydroelectric: CT, FL, IL, IA, KS, MA, MN, NJ, NM, OH,
RI, UT, VT
Wind: DE, NM, RI
Solar: CT, KS, MN, MO, OR, RI, SC, UT, WI
 Results of Analysis
o The majority of the states that are currently producing high
levels of cleaner, renewable energy are located on the West
Coast, with California being the leader in renewable energy
production
o Through the flatter and less densely populated Great Plains
area there are many states with a high amount of energy
generated by wind power
o These would be the main areas of focus for launch of new
improvements in renewable energy technology