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"Texas On Track To Add Record Solar Power Capacity By End Of 2022" [1]

"Texas, already the U.S. state with the most wind energy capacity, is catching up to California in utility-scale solar capacity, according to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday.

California currently has the most installed utility-scale solar capacity of any state - about 16 gigawatts (GW).

One gigawatt can power about 1 million U.S. homes. But since solar power is on only about a third of the time, a gigawatt of solar can only power about 330,000 homes."

Scott DiSavino reports for Reuters April 21, 2021. [2]

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Source: Reuters [2], 04/22/2021
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/texas-track-add-record-solar-power-capacity-end-2022 [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-solar-power/texas-on-track-to-add-record-solar-power-capacity-by-end-of-2022-idUSKBN2C81UZ [3] https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/19/texas-renewable-energy-oil-gas/ [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [8] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [9] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81