coal power plants Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:10:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Wind Power Knocks Out Coal in Texas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-power-knocks-coal-texas-20171130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wind-power-knocks-coal-texas-20171130/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:10:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=64813 The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90 percent of the state’s power grid and the majority of its power is sourced from natural gas and coal. Ten years ago, its wind power accounted for only two percent of its power mix. With the expansion of transmission capacity and market reforms, the current power […]

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