The December Short Term Energy Output report from the EIA contains lots of good news and a few surprises for those living in Texas.
for December this week. It contains news that is heartening to renewable energy advocates. It expects the share of unnatural gas used to power generating plants to fall from 39% this year to 37% in 2023. It also predicts coal will fall to 19% while renewables will increase from 20% in 2021 and 22% this year to 24% in 2023.It predicts solar and wind will provide 37% of the electricity generated in Texas, up from 30% this year.
reported that Texas installed 7,325 megawatts of new wind, solar, and energy storage projects versus 2,697 megawatts in the next highest state, California.Inside Climate News “Texas leaders, lawmakers, and regulators are “putting their thumbs on the scale to reward fossil fuels at the expense of renewable energy, which is hardly surprising given the chummy relationship state officials have with oil and gas,” thesays in an editorial. “That’s bad news for residential consumers, particularly since wind and solar are often the most reliable energy sources during times of peak demand.
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