Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Schnurman: Wind power is a blowing force in Texas via The Dallas Morning News

The wind is blowing Texas' way.

While shale gas gets the most credit for the state's cheap, abundant energy, wind power has become a force, too. One evening this month, wind generated nearly 28 percent of electricity in the state grid, enough to power more than 4 million homes.

That’s a record high, the result of strong winds and steady growth in wind farms and transmission lines. In the last five years, wind generation has more than tripled in Texas, while natural gas grew 5 percent, and coal and nuclear declined.

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