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Data Visualization: Electric Japan

Categories: East Asia, Japan, Citizen Media, Economics & Business, Media & Journalism, Science, Technology

Electrical Japan [1] [ja], a website by researcher Asanobu Kitamoto [2] [ja] lets you explore electric power plants and energy consumption in Japan through data-visualization.

screenshot of power plant database compiled by researchers at Electrical Japan [1]

Screenshot of power plant database compiled by researchers at Electrical Japan

The color of the dots represents the type of power plant, for example fossil-fuel plants are red and hydroelectric plants are blue. The size of the dot represents the amount of power generated. Users can also explore real-time energy consumption [3] [ja] on a regional basis through this map.