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Investments in and development of wind power in the US are very unevenly distributed. That is shown in four animated maps at Vox in their article, the stunningly lopsided growth of wind power in the US, in 4 maps. They explore why a huge swath of the country has almost no wind turbines at all.
[...] The major driver to invest in wind in many states is renewable portfolio standards, which mandate a minimum amount of electricity to come from renewable sources, like hydroelectric, wind, solar, and geothermal power plants. While federal incentives like the production tax credit, which benefits wind energy installations, apply across the country, state-level programs make a major difference on the ground.
“The states that have stronger RPSs are the places where you see renewables being deployed more actively,” said Ian Baring-Gould, a technology deployment manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. “In places that don’t have RPSs, the utilities don’t have as much motivation to develop renewables.”
Take a wild guess which states don’t have RPSs
Wind speeds are not even around the country, so turbine distribution is not expected to be either. However, there is a long way to go before the turbine distribution reaches parity with the potential.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 07 2018, @12:58AM (3 children)
Your basic premise that tornadoes aren't very large is correct. But, I think you exaggerate with the "few miles". A storm front developed into multiple tornadoes several years ago, north of me. At least six tornadoes followed more or less parallel paths across three counties. Their combined footprint was just about a mile wide. Luckily, that footprint stayed out in the forest, so all that was destroyed were Weyerhauser trees, and very few homes suffered some damage.
It would take a helluva monster tornado to produce a footprint even 1 mile in width.
Not saying it can't happen, but it's not something we see all the time.
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Monday May 07 2018, @01:35AM (2 children)
So, that means that only the super huge ones get bigger than that. Right?
(Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Monday May 07 2018, @05:22PM (1 child)
My units of measurement must be off. Which is bigger, helluva monster or super huge?
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday May 07 2018, @07:00PM
Plaid.