Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables

Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables

Texas’ independent grid is meeting a large portion of the state’s rising electricity demand through its growing fleet of solar facilities, wind power generators and batteries, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

HOUSTON, TEXAS – APRIL 24: Solar panels run down the line to the next manufacturing process at Elin Energy’s solar panel manufacturing facility on Thursday, The company is beginning by making residential solar panels branded as Sirius PV and currently has the ability to manufacture 1,000 megawatts annually at the Texas complex, with plans to scale up to 2,000 megawatts. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

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