--- attributes: ~ caption: 'The figure shows illustrative projections for 2030 of the total land-use intensity associated with various electricity production methods. Estimates consider both the footprint of the power plant as well as land affected by energy extraction. There is a relatively large range in impacts across technologies. For example, a change from nuclear to wind power could mean a significant change in associated land use. For each electricity production method, the figure shows the average of a most-compact and least-compact estimate for how much land will be needed per unit of energy. The figure uses projections from the Energy Information Administration Reference scenario for the year 2030, based on energy consumption by fuel type and power plant “capacity factors” (the ratio of total power generation to maximum possible power generation). The most-compact and least-compact estimates of biofuel land-use intensities reflect differences between current yield and production efficiency levels and those that are projected for 2030 assuming technology improvements.62df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441 (Figure source: adapted from McDonald et al. 200962df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441).' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 10: Energy, Water, and Land Use' doi: 10.7930/J0JW8BSF identifier: water-energy-land-use number: 10 report_identifier: nca3 sort_key: 100 title: 'Energy, Water, and Land Use' url: http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/energy-water-and-land chapter_identifier: water-energy-land-use cited_by: [] contributors: [] create_dt: 2013-11-01T08:32:00 description: 'The figure shows illustrative projections for 2030 of the total land-use intensity associated with various electricity production methods. Estimates consider both the footprint of the power plant as well as land affected by energy extraction. There is a relatively large range in impacts across technologies. For example, a change from nuclear to wind power could mean a significant change in associated land use. For each electricity production method, the figure shows the average of a most-compact and least-compact estimate for how much land will be needed per unit of energy. The figure uses projections from the Energy Information Administration Reference scenario for the year 2030, based on energy consumption by fuel type and power plant “capacity factors” (the ratio of total power generation to maximum possible power generation). The most-compact and least-compact estimates of biofuel land-use intensities reflect differences between current yield and production efficiency levels and those that are projected for 2030 assuming technology improvements.62df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441 (Figure source: adapted from McDonald et al. 200962df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441).' display_name: '10.6: Projected Land-use Intensity in 2030' files: - display_name: WEL_land-use-intensity-in-2030_V3.png file: ab/04/0ac2f3aa61c8c9ff1b53b27df1f5/WEL_land-use-intensity-in-2030_V3.png href: http://data.globalchange.gov/assets/ab/04/0ac2f3aa61c8c9ff1b53b27df1f5/WEL_land-use-intensity-in-2030_V3.png identifier: 0069bcdd-fb4b-4219-834c-e9552ce43db8 landing_page: ~ location: ~ mime_type: image/png sha1: 9c13370ea54a45fc0d94d9024b98c203418834c7 size: 86437 thumbnail: ab/04/0ac2f3aa61c8c9ff1b53b27df1f5/.thumb-0069bcdd-fb4b-4219-834c-e9552ce43db8.png thumbnail_href: http://data.globalchange.gov/assets/ab/04/0ac2f3aa61c8c9ff1b53b27df1f5/.thumb-0069bcdd-fb4b-4219-834c-e9552ce43db8.png type: file uri: /file/0069bcdd-fb4b-4219-834c-e9552ce43db8 url: http://data.globalchange.gov/assets/ab/04/0ac2f3aa61c8c9ff1b53b27df1f5/WEL_land-use-intensity-in-2030_V3.png href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/report/nca3/chapter/water-energy-land-use/figure/projected-landuse-intensity-in-2030.yaml identifier: projected-landuse-intensity-in-2030 images: - attributes: ~ create_dt: 2013-11-01T08:32:00 description: ~ identifier: 933c10a5-f966-4411-827b-8a7ede328823 lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ position: ~ submission_dt: ~ time_end: 2030-12-31T23:59:59 time_start: 2030-01-01T00:00:00 title: Projected Land-use Intensity in 2030 url: ~ usage_limits: ~ kindred_figures: [] lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 6 parents: [] references: - href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/reference/62df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441.yaml uri: /reference/62df8fca-fcfe-41c4-8b33-85cc3f126441 report: display_name: 'Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment' report_identifier: nca3 source_citation: ~ submission_dt: ~ time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: Projected Land-use Intensity in 2030 type: figure uri: /report/nca3/chapter/water-energy-land-use/figure/projected-landuse-intensity-in-2030 url: http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/energy-water-and-land/graphics/projected-land-use-intensity-2030 usage_limits: Copyright protected. Obtain permission from the original figure source.