Day 6

Dimensions

Multi-Scale 3D Wind Energy

Explore wind energy across the U.S. in 3D. States and counties extrude by total megawatt capacity or turbine count. Zoom in to move from state-level to county-level detail, or switch between 3D and 2D views to see the data from a different angle.

43 States

690 Counties

75.6k Turbines

Dimensions

Height Represents:

MW Capacity Turbine Count

View Mode:

3D Extrusion 2D Choropleth

Map Layers

Total MW Capacity

0 GW 40+ GW

Height = Total MW Capacity

Zoom in to see county-level detail

Data Sources

Wind Turbines: U.S. Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) - U.S. Geological Survey, American Clean Power Association, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles (2025)

USWTDB

Technologies

Mapbox GL JS v3
3D Fill Extrusion
Dynamic zoom-based layers
GeoPandas spatial joins

State Level