Powering the Next Wave of Renewables

This dashboard identifies where renewable energy grants can most effectively expand clean energy generation across the United States. By combining Data.gov data on consumption, production, and technical potential, it reveals where targeted investment can deliver the highest impact. Highest impact for this prototype refers to maximizing renewable energy production (TWh).

All data is presented in terawatt-hours (TWh), a standard unit for large-scale electricity production and consumption.
One TWh can power New York City for approximately one week.

National Renewable Callouts (2023)

Headline production, consumption, and untapped opportunity

2023 Renewable Production

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Renewables only (TWh)

2023 Renewable Consumption

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Renewables only (TWh)

2023 Total Production

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All sources (TWh)

2023 Total Consumption

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All sources (TWh)

Untapped Potential

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Technical potential (TWh)

Renewable Share

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Renewables / total production

Renewables vs Total Energy Mix (2023)

Production & consumption (TWh)

Total includes all sources; renewables overlay in green.

Actionable Insights

This section shows where renewable energy grants and transmission funding can make the biggest difference by 2035. It highlights states with the most unused renewable potential and the largest gaps between energy use and clean energy production, then combines these factors into a simple priority score to help guide funding decisions.

Largest Untapped Potential (Top 10)

States with the highest remaining renewable technical potential (TWh) after 2023 production.

Largest Energy Consumption Deficits (Top 10)

States where renewable consumption exceeds renewable production the most, signaling the largest renewable supply gaps.

Priority Score: Top 10 Prescriptive Recommendations

Priority Filter

Scale-now: fund near-term buildout where feasibility is strongest for fast 2035 gains.

Unlock-constraints: pair build + unblock (interconnection, permitting, corridor planning) where upside is high but frictions bind.

Monitor/maintain: smaller, targeted funding for incremental improvements and keeping pipelines warm.

Priority Score Formula

Score = (0.35 × Potential) + (0.25 × Demand Pull) + (0.20 × Feasibility) + (0.20 × Marginal Impact)

Each component is normalized to percentile scale before weighting.

State Focus

This section lets you focus on an individual state to compare current renewable energy production and consumption and explore how targeted grant funding could change outcomes by 2035. Adjusting funding levels updates projected generation and shows the potential incremental lift from investment.

Selected State

2023 Production

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2023 Consumption

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Remaining Potential

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Show Projection to 2035

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2035 Scenario Builder (By State)

Grant Funding $10B

Baseline 2035

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Scenario 2035

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Incremental Lift

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Decision Notes

This section outlines the key assumptions and methods used to ensure transparency and accurate interpretation of the results.

Technical potential sums GWh columns and converts to TWh.

Missing consumption data (for example, Wyoming in 2023) is displayed as N/A.

Production and consumption are converted from EIA SEDS Billion Btu to TWh using 0.000293071.

Total production and consumption use EIA 2023 U.S. electricity profile totals (MWh) converted to TWh.

Projections use a linear trend of the last 10 years (2014–2023) of production and consumption data when enabled.