{"id":4108,"date":"2015-08-28T20:13:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4108"},"modified":"2015-08-28T20:13:57","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T20:13:57","slug":"texas-leads-nation-in-wind-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=4108","title":{"rendered":"Texas Leads Nation in Wind Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Eric Galatas\/TNS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas leads the nation in total output of wind energy, according to two new reports from the federal Department of Energy.<\/p>\n

The Lone Star State has installed more than 14,000 megawatts of power – more than twice as much as California, the next-highest state. The studies also show Texas has more wind capacity than all but five countries worldwide.<\/p>\n

Luke Metzger, director of Environment Texas, said wind energy is not only good for the environment but also good for business.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut also potentially export that clean power to other states that are looking for ways to reduce their carbon emissions as well,\u201d he said, \u201cand really could help position Texas as an exporter of wind power.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Two new reports show Texas leads the nation in producing wind energy \u2013 in locations such as the Green Mountain Energy Wind Farm (pictured) near Fluvanna. The reports found the Lone Star State produces more than twice the output of California, the next-highest state. Photo: Leaflet\/Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the Energy Department, the continued growth in wind power solidifies the United States as a global leader in the sector. The reports conclude that with increased output, growing demand and the lowest price points the nation has ever seen, the domestic wind-energy market remains strong.<\/p>\n

Metzger said Texas is not only number one in wind energy, but the Lone Star State also leads the nation in climate pollution. Wind power is a key component of the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s recently announced Clean Power Plan to reduce carbon emissions. Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders have called the plan an overreach and have vowed to fight the new rules in court.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolls show that Texans believe we need to take action to reduce global-warming pollution from power plants,\u201d Metzger said. \u201cThey\u2019re excited about wind and solar power. The public supports action on climate; it\u2019s our leaders are the ones on the wrong side of this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Metzger referred to a 2014 Yale University poll, which showed 61 percent of Texans favor strict limits on carbon emissions from existing power plants.<\/p>\n

The reports are online at energy.gov. The poll is at environment.yale.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Eric Galatas\/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – Texas leads the nation in total output of wind energy, according to two new reports from the federal Department of Energy. The Lone Star State has installed more than 14,000 megawatts of power – more than twice as much as California, the next-highest state. The studies also show Texas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-web-exclusive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4108"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4110,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4108\/revisions\/4110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}