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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

 

 

 

You Know the Basics About in Renewable Energy

 

Head on over to our interactive documentary to learn more about fracking in North Dakota and Texas.

 

Or  play the game again in Coloradao and Pennsylvania to see how fracking works with different options!.

 

Click on the "Exit" button if you're done!