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

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] Aerosolcb@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Woke liberal nonsense! How do you get electricity from the sun?!

One of my friend's fathers keeps telling everyone about how solar panels do more damage to the environment than coal because of how they are made. I asked him how they're made. No clue, he said.

On another note, Florida was attempting to pass a bill to start using solar energy. The opposition mounted a campaign that claimed that solar panels would block out the Florida sun, chase away tourists, and be twice as expensive as other power sources. I cant remember if the bill passed or not.

Unfortunately, we have a long way to go when it comes to breaking people's programming on renewable energy.