Share of Electricity Production from Wind
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Provided by: Our World in Data|Published on: July 20, 2021
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Synopsis
- In this resource from Our World in Data, students can see an interactive map, graph, and table to explore the percentage of electricity that each country produces from wind energy.
- The data goes back as far as 1985 and is updated regularly.
Subjects: Science, Geography, Mathematics
Authors: Hannah Ritchie, Max Roser
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- Students can easily find and isolate the data relevant to their needs.
- This resource also shows other charts that use the same data, helping teachers and students with extending and expanding their research.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand how wind energy is produced.
- It may also benefit students to understand that wind is renewable energy and what that means in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and health impacts.
Differentiation & Implementation
- The video lecture Danish Wind and Ions can help students understand the challenges of implementing wind energy and energy storage.
- Teachers can combine this graph with the lesson plan Wind, Solar, and Climate Change, also using the Share of Electricity Production from Solar resource from Our World in Data.
- To make career connections, students can watch the video Climbing Wind Turbines for a Living to see a day in the life of a wind turbine technician.
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