Texas produces so much wind power that it would rank fifth in the world if it were its own country, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Texas had more than 12 gigawatts of wind power installed at the end of 2012 with 1,800 megawatts added over the past year. That’s twice as much as the nearest state, California. A storm that blew through West Texas set a new record for wind-power generation with power peaking at 9,481 MW on Feb. 9.
Looking at other countries, only China, all other U.S. states, Germany, Spain and India rank higher than Texas. The Lone Star State has more wind capacity than the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Canada and Portugal.
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