Comparison of Number of Power Plants to Estimated Generation in Brazil, in 2017

#1

Summary:

This is the visualisation that I have created to compare the number of Power Plants to the Estimated Generation of Each Fuel Type in 2017, in Brazil.

Image:

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Name of Tool:

Tableau

Country:

Brazil

Year:

2017

Visual Mappings:

Colour - Represents the Primary Fuel Type

Size - Represents the Estimated Generation of Fuel, in GwH and represents the Number of Power Plants, per fuel.

Unique Observation:

Brazil has 627 Oil Power Plants, yet only produces 35,423 GwH. This is significantly less than Biomass power generation (45,994 GwH) and Gas power generation (81,075 GwH). However, both Biomass and Gas generation is more than Oil generation despite having a lot less power plants for each fuel generation. There are only 118 gas power plants and only 444 Biomass power plants.

Data Preparation:

I filtered the data, to only hold the data for Brazil, and put that data into a separate database.

Source:

References:

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Questions:

Does my Visualisation make sense?

Does this design choice represent the data well enough?

Are there any other designs which suit what I am trying to visualise better?

Is the colour scheme suitable for this visualisation?

#2

Hi there, all in all I would say that this is a good visualisation. Contents are clear and understandable, the colour scheme is appropriate and clearly distinct.
I would say that in the number of power plants per fuel type, Hydro and Oil have only a small difference in size. I would recommend using a design which can differentiate between the two a bit easier.
Other than this, I’d be very happy with the result.
Well done.