In Newsweek
From my article in Newsweek, published Jan. 11, 2024
….Texas is the only state in the U.S. that generates more than a third of its electricity from wind and solar energy—energy that’s unaffected by the high temperatures. Even when solar panels fizzle out at night, the state’s solar farms keep the energy flowing, thanks to its investments in massive banks of batteries that soak up energy by day and release them in the dark.
As most states struggle to get to substantial generation of green energy, big wind and solar numbers are almost old news in Texas. Driven by a combination of huge power demands, copious sun and wind, a love of frictionless free-market enterprise, and surprisingly visionary leadership from past Republican politicians, Texas has steadily plowed so far ahead in big solar and wind projects that its green energy output could well surge past those of fossil-fuel plants in the state….Read more
David H. Freedman 