Green Stack: Wind (Onshore and Offshore)

The tables below summarize the values used in calculating the United States per capita available wind energy.  The first section shows general numbers such as population and land area for the United States and Great Britain.  Britain's numbers were used as a basis of comparison.  The next section shows the values for onshore wind energy available.

The next two sections show the per capita energy available to the United States from shallow offshore wind and deep offshore wind respectively.  The deep offshore wind has a higher potential energy density because it tends to be windier further out into the ocean.

Sources:

http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=kf7tgg1uo9ude_&met_y=population&tdim=true&dl=en&hl=en&q=us+population#ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&met_y=population&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&rdim=state&ifdim=state&tdim=true&hl=en&dl=en

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps.asp

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgwind.html

https://icon.uiowa.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/main_frame.d2l?ou=1372240&tId=1925439

http://www.windenergyplanning.com/wind-turbine-efficiency/

http://www.pursuetheoutdoors.com/fishing/contour-maps/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_territory