TEXAS: Wind Power Output Passes Coal For First Time

NPR reports:

For the first time ever, wind has surpassed coal as an energy source in Texas. Data released this month by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows wind created 22 percent of the electricity used in the first half of the year, edging out coal by 1%.

Texas is the largest consumer of coal in the country, according to the Energy Information Administration. But cheap natural gas and renewable energy prices are biting into coal’s market share.

Natural gas still continues to produce more electricity than any other source, at 38%. Solar energy accounts for about 1% of electricity here.

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