The Grid
16 Jun 2009This interactive map provides obscene amount of information on the structure and composition of the United States electrical grid, including breakdowns by type of power (wind, solar, etc), info roll-overs, potential alternative capacity, and proposed upgrades. Related article(s).
Comment Form
What is Chart Porn?
An addictive collection of beautiful charts, graphs, maps, and interactive data visualization toys -- on topics from around the world.
Categories
- Bailout (115)
- Chartporn Related (18)
- Commentary (21)
- Culture (586)
- Emerging Markets (64)
- Employment (218)
- Environment/weather (107)
- Finance (287)
- Food (73)
- Global Economy (349)
- Graphic Design (bad) (12)
- Graphic Design (general) (140)
- Graphic Tools (8)
- History (98)
- Housing (147)
- Humor (177)
- Innovative (165)
- Interactive (488)
- Internet/tech (69)
- iPad (1)
- Maps (467)
- News Media (32)
- Politics (281)
- Reference (90)
- Science (264)
- Source: Economist (95)
- Source: FT (89)
- Source: NYT (133)
- Source: Ritholtz (69)
- Source: USA Today (26)
- Source: Washington Post (68)
- Source: WSJ (129)
- Sports (37)
- Stock Market (71)
- Updated regularly (71)
- US Economy (524)
- Video (4)
- Matt: Totally misleading. The recent spending cuts were not an Obama policy; Afghanistan was overwhelmingl [...]
- Mike Liveright: Two comments, though I do like the look and results... 1) Since $'s are linear, I think that a 2 [...]
- fatmike182: just a note concerning the photo of the car: it's an actual sculpture by the artist Erwin Wurm. Defi [...]
- Aussie Betting: nikihit, no you're not reading the chart correctly. The outer ring is 2009, the inner rings are irre [...]
- Dustin: Fight! Fight! The problem I have is the rollercoaster I mentioned. If I have a bagel for breakfast, [...]