Did wind provide more electricity than coal in Texas in 2020?
By Camila Rich
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In 2020, Texas generated more electricity from wind power than from coal.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas reported that in 2020, wind power generated 23% of Texas's electricity while coal generated 18%. The Texas Interconnection, managed by the council, oversees electricity distribution in 213 of the state's 254 counties.
The trend to wind began years ago. In 2007, the earliest year for which ERCOT has data, wind provided only 2.9% of the state's power supply, while coal supplied 37.4%.
Wind is now the second most important source of electricity in Texas, behind natural gas.
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