Supercharging in Texas

[EVer Hopeful]

75% of electricity in Texas is produced by natural gas

pedantic I know, but I'm going to dispute this figure. This is what the Comptroller's Office said (albeit for 2019)

...and I was surprised at that because I thought wind at somewhere around 28% was the largest source of electricity generation in Texas


I still shake my head when I see that Solar is a mere 1.1% ... in TEXAS ffs

 

[DblOSmith]

pedantic I know, but I'm going to dispute this figure. This is what the Comptroller's Office said (albeit for 2019)

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...and I was surprised at that because I thought wind at somewhere around 28% was the largest source of electricity generation in Texas


I still shake my head when I see that Solar is a mere 1.1% ... in TEXAS ffs

Thanks for the chart. I'm surprised wind is so high and equal to coal. I've lived in Texas most of my life and I've never seen a single windmill. I'm also confounded about solar only being 1.1% also. I know PV is getting better, but still struggles, but I wonder what would happen if some insane billionnaire spent a billion setting up an entire city-sized solar solar/battery farm and just sold it.

 

[Munky.]

I've lived in Texas most of my life and I've never seen a single windmill.

They are mostly in north and west Texas. Here's where they are.

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I wonder what would happen if some insane billionnaire spent a billion setting up an entire city-sized solar solar/battery farm and just sold it.

The fossil fuel industry would probably send an army of lobbyists to Austin to get it banned

 

[DblOSmith]

They are mostly in north and west Texas. Here's where they are.

ah, no wonder. I rarely went west of San Antonion or South of Galveston

 

[AustinM3LR]

They are mostly in north and west Texas. Here's where they are.

Also quite few northeast of Waco near Hubbard. If you drive up highway 31 you can't miss them. I think they were installed within the last year. Industry seems to be growing.