Monday, October 28, 2013

Stunning Fact: Wind In Texas Produces More Electricity Than Gas Does In 40 States

A look at how wind power generation in Texas compares to natural gas and coal electric generation in other states underlines just how big wind power production has become.

The amount of electricity produced in Texas is greater than the amount of electricity generated in 40 states by natural gas. Wind power's future has arrived.
http://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.cfm?t=epmt_1_17_b.

Here is another comparison that drives home how big wind production in Texas is already. Texas is producing more power from wind than 32 states produce from coal--the nation's still leading source of electric power.

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