Global
US
Energy Transition
kW/MW
Miscellaneous
100
The country with the most installed renewable energy capacity at 1,161 GW
What is China?
100
The largest regional electric grid in North America at 149 GW peak coincident load (ever)
What is PJM?
100
The year the US has committed to getting to net zero by
2050
100
The average US home power consumption
What is 1200 kW?
100
The height of the world's largest wind turbine, developed by Vestas and capable of producing 15.0 MW
280 meters (918 feet)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10382023/Wind_turbine_heights.jpg)
200
A scientist, currently in the popular eye for his eponymous movie, who did not contribute towards nuclear power plants
Who is Robert Oppenheimer?
200
The drop in US energy imports in 2008, as seen in this chart, is associated with the widespread adoption of this energy-production method
What is fracking?
200
This person
Who is Jennifer Granholm?
200
The power consumption of a charging iPhone
What is 5 W?
200
The amount of enriched uranium needed to release 1 MW of energy, which is the equivalent of 3 tons of coal
What is 1 g?
300
The country that is the world's largest exporter of coal with 35% of total coal exports
What is Australia?
300
The % of US emissions from the power sector in 2022
What is 31%?
300
Percentage of US electricity generated by renewables (including hydro) in 2022
What is 21.5%?
300
The power consumption of a refrigerator
What is 300 - 800 W?
300
The number of double-A batteries equivalent to one Tesla Model S battery
What is 25,000?
400
The country that hosted the UN's 27th climate change conference in November, 2022
What is Egypt?
400
The total US installed power capacity
What is 1300 GW?
400
The amount (in GW) of wind, solar, and storage currently in the interconnection queue backlog
What is >2000 GW?
400
The power consumption of a mid-sized air conditioner
What is 2 kW?
400
The name of the unit defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree celsius
What is a calorie?
500
The name of the biannual UN climate change conference, with the first one being hosted in Kyoto, Japan in 1997
What is the Conference of Parties (COP)?
500
The US President who had solar panels installed on the White House in the 1970s
Jimmy Carter
500
Location/name of the first operating offshore wind turbines in the US
What is Block Island, RI?
500
The power consumption of an elevator
What is 55 kW?
500
The most recent year a nuclear plant began commercial operations in the US before Vogtle 3 did in July 2023
What is 1974?