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Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in—of all places—Texas (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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For the first time ever, solar is set to generate more electricity than coal in the power market managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Nobody is building new coal power plants in the state, but developers are adding more solar there than anywhere else in the country. As a result of those diverging trajectories, the federal government expects ERCOT will receive 78 billion kilowatt-hours from solar in 2026, and just 60 from coal.

This trend does have seasonal variations. Last year, solar output beat coal on a monthly basis from March through August, and this year it is expected to do so from March through December, per the US Energy Information Administration at the Department of Energy.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 46 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Makes sense, lots of open land and lots of sun. Just don't tell MAGAs.

[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Solar energy needs to rebrand to space coal or solar oil

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

space-based fusion technology

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Jesus would have loved solar, I'm pretty sure.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago

"I am the way, the truth, and the LIGHT"

Every photovoltaic cell is actually doing the job of a priest blessing communion. By the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, all that copper wire is actually transubstantiated into the Body and Blood of Christ.

This is the WAY. And that's God's Honest Truth, yep 👍

[–] towerful@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's fusion energy, without the water boiling

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or the trillion dollars sitting in France that might work in 30 years.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's already working because it's a research reactor, it never had any goal to be profitable.

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

SkyFuel™

[–] tburkhol@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

The Radiance of God.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

"Woke libtards are STEALING all the sunlight from Texas to power their satanic abortion machines!"

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

uhh...solar panels give me a headache!

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The infra noise!

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile, coal plants go Wirrrrrr!