Dive Summary:
- The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) recently announced the state's renewable energy capacity increased by 16% from 2011. Texas now has 13,108 MW of total renewable power capacity.
- Wind power makes up 12,667 MW of Texas' the total renewable energy capacity in the state.
- Solar only makes of 81MW of renewables power generation but saw the largest percentage from 2011 and 2012.
From the article:
"The second-largest amount of capacity is 232 MW, produced by biomass-fueled power plants. Biomass-fueled power plants created 132 MW of capacity in 2011 in the state."
