crupshaw.bsky.social @crupshaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Oh hey, IdeaSmiths CTO @joshdr83.bsky.social did this analysis! The short version: voting to attack wind and solar is a vote to raise electricity prices and escalate chances of outages and shortfalls. 031
Reposted by @crupshaw.bsky.socialJoshua D. Rhodes @joshdr83.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Rhodes: “And that can make a big difference for a rancher or a landholder to have that revenue. … A lot of landowners talked about wind and solar being like a drought-proof crop. It doesn’t have to rain to still get paid.” yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/03/Clea...yaleclimateconnections.orgClean energy is powering local economies in Texas » Yale Climate ConnectionsWind, solar, and battery storage projects are generating billions in tax revenue for communities, a University of Texas study finds. 22614
Reposted by @crupshaw.bsky.socialDoug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Today, solar crossed 26,000 megawatts for the first time ever, meeting >56% (!) of demand (also a record). Previous solar record was exceeded by 1,316 megawatts. Earlier this week wind & solar combined for 39,946 megawatts,, nearly 1,000 megawatts more than the previous record. 0284
Reposted by @crupshaw.bsky.socialDoug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 10/03/2025There's a new solar record in ERCOT. A few minutes ago, solar exceeded 25,000 megawatts of production for the first time, equaling 52% of demand. Emission free sources (wind, solar, and nuclear) are producing about 75% of power demand today. 1427
Reposted by @crupshaw.bsky.socialDoug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025To the surprise of no one in Texas rn, wind power hit a record last night at 28,470 megawatts. (It's *very* windy here today.) Another day of nearly 75% of demand met by renewables and 85% emission free. 05914
Reposted by @crupshaw.bsky.socialJoshua D. Rhodes @joshdr83.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Hey y'all! Check out our latest report on the impact of renewables & storage in TX! tl;dr - The current & expected fleet of renewable & energy storage projects is expected to pay almost $50B in lifetime landowner payments & local taxes! 👇 static1.squarespace.com/static/652f1... 02812