Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Where Wind Power is Generated

From Scientific American:

Texas. We’re known for big hats, presidents, and oil and gas. So it might suprise you that when the Energy Information Administration asks “how much #windpower is produced in each state?” the Lone Star State comes out on top.
Earlier this week, ERCOT, the grid operator for most of Texas, announced that wind supplied nearly 10 percent of the state’s energy in 2013, up from 9 percent in 2012 and 5 percent in 2008.


Considering how much electricity is generated in Texas, 10% is pretty impressive.  And here this is all I thought came from Texas:

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