Sentences with phrase «texas wind capacity»

The project was completed with little public input, bypassing the Texas Public Utility Commission's Competitive Energy Renewable Zones (CREZ) process in which the PUC designated new transmission routes and assigned companies to add more than 2,300 miles to the grid in a $ 5 billion plan to reduce congestion and allow Texas wind capacity to swell to 18,500 MW by late 2013.

Not exact matches

Secretary Perry, for instance, who presided over the greatest expansion of wind capacity in the country during his 14 years as governor of Texas, acknowledged in his confirmation hearing that climate change is real, and that «man - made activity» is at least partly to blame.

Wind's rise in Texas has been aided by the expansion of transmission capacity and market reforms.

China solidified its standing as the world's wind energy behemoth in 2015, adding almost as much wind power capacity in one year as the total installed capacity of the three largest U.S. wind - producing states: Texas, Iowa and California.

At the end of 2009, the capacity of Texas wind turbines, reaching to the horizons of farm and prairie land, totaled 9,410 megawatts, well more than the combined total of the next three largest wind - power states, Iowa, California and Washington.

When all of these wind farms are completed, Texas will have 53,000 megawatts of wind generating capacity — the equivalent of 53 coal - fired power plants.

Texas now has 9,700 megawatts of wind generating capacity online, 370 more in the construction stage, and a huge amount in the development stage.

Wind generation capacity already is on par with coal - fired power output in Texas, due to a proliferation of wind projects at the same time coal plants are closWind generation capacity already is on par with coal - fired power output in Texas, due to a proliferation of wind projects at the same time coal plants are closwind projects at the same time coal plants are closing.

Because of intermittency and seasonal variability, the Texas grid (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) rates wind generation only at 8.7 percent of wind's installed capacity.

Texas is number one in the nation for wind energy production with over 20 gigawatts of installed capacity.

The Texas A&M Energy Institute's Wind Energy Center will lead the Texas Offshore Wind Farm Innovation team as part of the Gulf Offshore Wind (GoWind) Project, which will be the most innovative wind farm built to date and will generate power at peak demand and a high capacity facWind Energy Center will lead the Texas Offshore Wind Farm Innovation team as part of the Gulf Offshore Wind (GoWind) Project, which will be the most innovative wind farm built to date and will generate power at peak demand and a high capacity facWind Farm Innovation team as part of the Gulf Offshore Wind (GoWind) Project, which will be the most innovative wind farm built to date and will generate power at peak demand and a high capacity facWind (GoWind) Project, which will be the most innovative wind farm built to date and will generate power at peak demand and a high capacity facwind farm built to date and will generate power at peak demand and a high capacity factor.

Texas leads the United states with 9,528 mw of installed wind power capacity — a level exceeded by only four countries.

California, for example, increased its utility - scale solar capacity by 3,500 MW in just two years — nearly the growth needed in New England over the next 14 years.2 Texas increased its onshore wind capacity by 7,300 MW in five years, which is more than both New England and New York would need to add by 2030.3 For offshore wind, Europe has exceeded the growth rate needed in the Northeast, increasing capacity roughly 16-fold in just 10 years.4

Note that Texas has the largest wind capacity in the nation at over 15.6 gigawatts, followed by California with 6 gigawatts, and Iowa with 5.7 gigawatts.

In the U.S.'s largest wind area, Texas, there is 6 GW of wind capacity but only 0.5 GW of hydroelectric capacity (with no ability to store electricity).

Texas now has nearly 6,000 megawatts of wind - generating capacity online and a staggering 39,000 megawatts in the construction and planning stages.

In the United States only, GE Renewable Energy has commissioned 38 GW of wind capacity over 15 years of presence in the sector and provided turbines for some of the largest sites in the country, including the 845 MW Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm in Oregon and the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center and Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm in Texas, among othwind capacity over 15 years of presence in the sector and provided turbines for some of the largest sites in the country, including the 845 MW Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm in Oregon and the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center and Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm in Texas, among othWind Farm in Oregon and the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center and Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm in Texas, among othWind Energy Center and Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm in Texas, among othWind Farm in Texas, among others.

In Texas, the state government is coordinating a vast expansion of wind power that could yield 23,000 megawatts of new generating capacity, an amount equal to 23 coal - fired power plants.

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«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 ApriCapacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apricapacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

The legislation is essentially symbolic, because Texas already has more than 12,000 megawatts in installed wind capacity.

While Texas remains king for total wind farm capacity installations at over 20,000 megawatts, Iowa generated nearly 37 % of its electricity from wind energy in 2016, making it the top wind energy performer.

About 50 % of the total December wind capacity additions were installed in three states: Texas (1,120 MW), Oklahoma (794 MW), and California (730 MW).

For 2012 as a whole, the four leading states for wind capacity installations were California (1,789 MW), Kansas (1,447 MW), Texas (1,504 MW), and Oklahoma (1,382 MW).

By way of comparison, the installed capacity of Texas wind power just five years ago, in 2007, was only 4,296 MW.

Wind power was once confined to California, but during the last three years, wind farms coming online in Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have boosted U.S. capacity by half from 1,680 megawatts to 2,550 megawaWind power was once confined to California, but during the last three years, wind farms coming online in Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have boosted U.S. capacity by half from 1,680 megawatts to 2,550 megawawind farms coming online in Minnesota, Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oregon, and Pennsylvania have boosted U.S. capacity by half from 1,680 megawatts to 2,550 megawatts.

Texas has the most wind capacity in the country — over 9,500 megawatts.

And Texas has a surplus of wind generating capacity.

The Texas renewable portfolio standard requires that utilities have 5,880 megawatts of renewable capacity by 2015, including a target of 500 megawatts of renewable - energy capacity from resources other than wind.

[5] Texas also has an RPS that was instituted during George W. Bush's governorship and that pushed Texas ahead of California in wind capacity during 2006.

Oklahoma recently became second in the country for wind power capacity, after Texas.

This is particularly true in the regions with the most rapid increases in wind capacity, such as Texas (see chart), the Midwest / Plains States, and the Pacific Northwest.

Pickens» wind farm may be one of many wind farms in Texas, but with a 4,000 megawatt generating capacity, it'll be the biggest.

Since Texas has its own grid, known as the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas or ERCOT, and has installed more wind capacity than the next three wind - leading states combined, the Texas experience shows what variable renewables like wind power do to the grid.

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Texas currently has more than 12,000 MW of operational utility - scale wind capacity (see graph below)-- about one - fifth of the total wind capacity in the United States.

Trade association reports estimate that there were more than 7,000 MW of wind projects under construction in Texas at the end of 2013; however, exactly how much of that capacity will actually be completed and by when remains to be seen.

That's still a long way from the 8,797 megawatts of wind - energy capacity now operating in Texas, by far the leading wind - energy producer in the United States, the paper reported.

WInd power capacity in Texas has been more than 20,000 MW for more than a year.

Wind power capacity edged out coal for the first time in the Texas history last week after a new 155 - megawatt wind farm in Scurry County came onlWind power capacity edged out coal for the first time in the Texas history last week after a new 155 - megawatt wind farm in Scurry County came onlwind farm in Scurry County came online.

Texas easily boasts the most wind capacity among U.S. states, about 21 gigawatts, or one - quarter of national capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Associatwind capacity among U.S. states, about 21 gigawatts, or one - quarter of national capacity, according to the American Wind Energy AssociatWind Energy Association.

Texas still holds its lead in installed wind power capacity, with 7,118 megawatts, but according to the latest industry data, Iowa has edged pass California as the United States» number two wind power: Iowa now has 2,791

We have about 9GW nameplate capacity of wind turbines sticking out of the ground here in Texas and solar is cropping up like mad.

Texas has by far the most wind power capacity in the US.

Indeed, last month the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said that the latest data on wind turbine performance and costs suggests that wind power is likely to be more cost - effective than natural gas over the next 20 years, and it could account for the majority of new generating capacity added over that that time in Texas.

ERCOT, the main electric grid in Texas, received 9.9 percent of its electrical generation from wind energy during 2013 and is on track to top 10 percent in the coming years considering the 7,000 MW of new capacity now under construction in Texas.

Texas, the state with the largest electricity load and the most installed wind capacity, also generated the most electricity from wind energy — over 35.9 million megawatt - hours, or enough to power 3.3 million homes.

It plans to build a web of power lines that would be able to deliver the wind energy from congested West Texas, home to 89 percent of the wind capacity on the state's main grid, to power - hungry cities.

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