11/03/11: Texas generates 20% of its electricity from wind power

[txlibdem]

"Wind Integration % 20.86%" from: http://www.ercot.com/content/gridinfo/generation/windintegration/2011/11/ERCOT%20Wind%20Integration%20Report%2011-03-11.pdf

And on 11/1/11, wind generated 24% of our power here in Texas.

Here's the link to all the wind integration reports:
http://www.ercot.com/gridinfo/generation/windintegration

PS, ERCOT does not handle 100% of the power generation for Texas:

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the flow of electric power to 23 million Texas customers - representing 85 percent of the state's electric load and 75 percent of the Texas land area."

http://www.ercot.com/about /

Which means that there is probably more wind generation out there than is documented by ERCOT.

[Uben]

1. I spent the weekend on a wind farm in Texas

My brother has a party each year on the day before deer season opens. I don't hunt, but I go to see some friends I have known for 50 yrs and have a good time. They hunt on this wind farm, which has had no effect on the wildlife as far as I can tell.
There's about 50 turbines along a ridge that's about ten miles long. They are located on what was an oilfield years ago, but the oil has since been harvested and the land is now providing a new energy source. There is also a golf course adjacent to the property, and golfers say it has no effect on their game.

[ellenfl]

2. that must be an onion story. couldn't possibly be texas!

don't those good ole boys totally oppose alternative energy?

ellen fl

[txlibdem]

3. Not when all the turbines are made by and owned by Billionaires!

Hehe. I'm not really sure if that's true. I just like wind power and hope we can expand it across the nation even more effectively than has the state of Texas.

Look at all the potential in these wind maps:

Onshore:
http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/pdfs/wind_maps/us_windmap_80meters.pdf
http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps_none.asp - quick web page version

Offshore:
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy10osti/45889.pdf - page 17 of 104
http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/windmaps/offshore.asp - same map, quick web page version