Figure 23. U.S. Lands With the Potential for Wind Energy Development

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  • Note: Apparent Offshore extensions of shaded blocks are artifacts of the mapping software.
    Source: Map generated at EIA's request by the National Renwable Energy Laboratory, using data from the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (wind power resources and land-use and environmental restrictions) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (transmission lines).

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