Invenergy LLC broke ground this year on a $1.6 billion solar farm northeast of Dallas that is expected to be the largest in the country upon completion in 2023. AT&T Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are among the large corporations that have contracted to purchase power from the project, which will span more than 13,000 football fields and supply enough electricity to power 300,000 homes.
It is part of a growing number of solar projects in sunny, land-rich Texas, where experts long predicted solar farms would bloom. Solar-farm development in Texas is expected to accelerate in the coming years as generation costs fall and power demand grows. That growth puts it on track to claim a much larger share of a power market dominated by wind farms and natural-gas power plants.
Invenergy has developed wind farms in west and central Texas, but the solar project is its first one in the state. Ted Romaine, the company’s senior vice president of origination, said that unlike wind, which often peaks at night, Texas solar has the potential to boost electricity supplies when daytime demand is highest.
Wasted land. Too big of a footprint. Too high of a cost. Very low return. But it sounds good to the tree huggers... until they have blackouts and are left not understanding why. I guess woodburning stoves and flashlights would be the backup (wonder how batteries are made 🤔)
Some was offended by my previous comment. So I’ll amend it by saying Solar is an incredibly wasteful energy source. It is wasteful interns of land area and the toxic waste it seethes into the env. through mining and disposal of spent panels. Very Gross. Natural Gas is best
oh but Texas = oil, so Texas evil evil evil (oh, and Texas voted for orange-haired man)
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I wish more people are known to this.
Gross
The objections to solar/renewables continue to look sillier as time passes.
Trump was defending gas n oil Renewable is cheaper Texas n Arizona have got lots of sunlight
Exactly!
13000 football fields for 300k homes is Waste of land... inefficient. Just use neuclear power if you want best efficiency and lowest carbon emissions per unit energy
Jobs!! Jobs!! Jobs!!!
And oil is still 1 in Texas.
good
The transition in Texas is also delivering economic benefits for rural counties.
Good for them. It is time for all states to stand up to do better with our entergy.
Subsidies create false results. 'Equal treatment under the law' has been trending for individuals rights, but not when the government can skew business models.
Nice clean Wind and Solar power generation jobs and revenue. Donald Grifterman Trump wants to force people back down Dirting Deadly Coal Mines and Roll back EPA Standards for Transportation Fuel Mileage and types of Fuel permitted- Back to 1960's Air Pollution Standards.
Seriously, stick it right under the GOP's noses and they still can't see. So the great Oil State leads the U.S. in wind and solar. Now, look forward one or maybe 2 terms (cos you only think in terms). What's the graph look like Except how much funding do they get from fossils
Nature's infinite energy
So once again, red states benefit from science and tech developed and nurtured in blue states. DiaperDonald
Texas, not California, though the later makes the loudest noises about renewable energy
I guess this explains why cases of windmill cancer have spiked in Texas
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No thanks to that old toad JohnCornyn.
I need to get a new roof. How does solar panel roof hold up against a hail storm?
I’m cool with alt energy , but it isn’t enough . It simply can’t keep up .
That Lone Star can make a helluva lot of energy & jobs.
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