Sources: US National Park Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Wind Energy Association
Interactive: Peter D'Amato, The Hechinger Report & Jiachuan Wu, NBC News
Wind power
In 2000, there were just a handful of utility-scale turbines. Today, more than 52,000 generate about 6 percent of the nation’s electricity and wind turbine technician is one of America’s fastest-growing occupations. Check out our interactive map to see where wind turbines and wind manufacturing facilities have popped up.
Sources: US National Park Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Wind Energy Association
Interactive: Peter D'Amato, The Hechinger Report & Jiachuan Wu, NBC News