Usa Energy Maps

1) 34% of electricity — Coal, but it's declining fast

2) 30% of electricity - Natural gas, has surged

3) 20% of electricity - Nuclear power, has stagnated

4) 7% of electricity - Hydropower, the biggest renewable source

5) Wind power, surging in the Midwest and Great Plains

6) Solar, is also growing fast, though it's still pretty tiny

7) Transmission lines - All those power plants require a lot of

8) Coal mining - has shifted from Appalachia to out West

9) 62% of the oil - is produced in the USA

10) Refineries - But that oil first has to make it to refineries to be useful

11) Shale boom is upending the US energy landscape

08-01-2015 Source:  USA Energy Maps