Renewable energy generates 20% of all energy production in the United States as of 2024.
Department of Energy
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Renewable energy generates 20% of all energy production in the United States as of 2024.
Department of Energy
Sources of renewable energy include wind, hydropower, solar, biomass, and geothermal.
Department of Energy
Ten states are leading the renewable energy transition in the United States: California, Washington, New York, Vermont, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Maine, and two states traditionally associated with fossil fuel production: Texas and South Dakota.
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
There are five types of hydroelectric,
or power generated by water,
being used or developed
in the United States.
Source: Department of Energy
These Montana power lines are an example of photographer Amanda Breitbach's work documenting America's Great Plains.
She was born in Montana
and is currently based in Texas.
Laura McPhee's photograph of
Salmon Creek Falls
Dam is part of her project "Desert Chronicle."
She is based in Massachusetts
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