Observations

I find it interesting that in the first map for Illinois in 2018, in the Chicagoland area, the main power plants that are prevalent mainly have energy sources with coal, gas, and biomass.

Another interesting observation is that initially looking at both maps of Illinois in 2000 and 2018, the energy source with the most usage is nuclear. It looks to be in the rural areas of Illinois.

Looking at the split screen and comparing another state, I looked at Florida from 2010 and 2018, and it is interesting to see the major increase in power plants in general across the state. The energy sources that seemed to be the most prevalent were gas and nuclear.

I wanted to compare a more obscure state, so I compared Hawaii from 2000 and 2010. Based on what I know about Hawaii, I know that the main residential island people live in is Oahu. However, looking closely at the island, there seem to be only a couple power plants visible, which all produce oil.

For the US map, just looking at the overall map itself, there seem to be less power plants in general on the West coast than on the East coast. However for 2018, I noticed a big orange circle located in Arizona, which corresponds to the Palo Verde power plant which produces a nuclear generation capacity of about 31 million.

I saw another big circle marker located in Washington, which corresponds to the Grand Coulee power plant which produces a generation capacity of about 21 million in hydro.

For the two power plants above, even in 2000, the generation capacity for each of the power plants were about the same as they are now.