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Top US coal producer Wyoming just approved a $1.2B solar farm

Baua Electric

Cowboy Solar will be a massive bump in renewables for a state that’s produced more coal than any other state since 1986. According to the US Energy Information Administration, Wyoming produces almost 12 times more energy – generated mainly by fossil fuels – than it consumes, making it the second-biggest net energy supplier after Texas.

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Solar to displace natural gas in the daytime + in summer on the Texas grid

Baua Electric

Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Texas’s electricity mix of energy sources managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity grid operator changed noticeably in 2023.

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Watch the solar eclipse impact the US grid in real time

Baua Electric

As the eclipse cuts a path from Texas to Maine, they expect a 71% peak power reduction in the East, 45% in the West, and 93% in the Texas grid, ERCOT. Read more: Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe’s largest solar farm

Baua Electric

It sits on over 500 hectares (1230 acres) of the former Witznitz II open-cast brown coal mine. Read more: Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. From that point the solar farm will feature more than 1.1

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

Wind generation in Texas, with the US’s largest wind generation fleet at 40.7 Texas’s installed wind capacity account for 28% of the national total. Read more: Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 tonnes of CO 2 per person), followed by North Dakota (80.4 tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 tonnes/person). million tonnes CO 2 ), followed by Texas (194.9 million tonnes CO 2 ), followed by Texas (194.9 million tonnes in Texas (8.3%).

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Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March

Baua Electric

Photo: Primergy Solar Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the grid vs. coal’s 2.96 ERCOT’s generation data also revealed that coal’s market share fell below 10% for the first time ever to just over 9%. million MWh in March.

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