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rior Secretary Sally Jewell said in a statement.
• The wind turbine map was created by combining publicly available data sets from the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, as well as other federal, state and local sources. USGS researchers also identified additional turbines that weren't in those pre-existing databases and added them to the dataset and map. The locations of all turbines were visually verified.
• "Having wind turbine-level data available in this new format will improve scientists' ability to study a number of factors associated with renewable energy development, including air wakes caused by the turbines, interactions between wind turbines and ground-based radar, and how wind facilities overlap with migratory bird flyways," said USGS Energy Resources Program Coordinator Brenda Pierce, who led the two-year project.
• Wind turbines are prevalent throughout the Dakotas -- South Dakota has 474 turbines and North Dakota 994, according to the American Wind Energy Association. South Dakota ranks 19th in the nation and North Dakota ranks 11th.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
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• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
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• 1. THAI PROTESTS TURN DEADLY
• Hundreds of riot police attempt to clear out anti-government protest sites around Bangkok, triggering clashes that leave at least three people dead and 57 injured.
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• 2. TWO SIDES PLANNING DUELING DEMONSTRATIONS IN VENEZUELA
• Pro- and anti-government activists will march in Caracas. Opposition group changes its route, which may prevent violence.
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• 3. JIMMY FALLON BRINGS "TONIGHT SHOW" BACK TO NEW YORK
• AP TV columnist Frazier Moore calls the comedian funny, gracious, bubbly and, above all, comfortable presiding over his first show.
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• 4. TINA MAZE SOLVES GIANT SLALOM
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