The analysis ignores the fact that current technology limits solar and wind to 20% of the load given the need to maintain the 60 cycle frequency within the required tolerance before the smoke in electronics get out and base load power plants trip off line to protect plant equipment.
Texas generated 169,442 gigawatt-hours from wind, utility-scale solar and
small-scale solar in 2024, which is significantly more than the runner-up,
California, which generated 92,316 gigawatt-hours from those resources.
Iowa ranks a distant third, as it did in 2023, thanks almost entirely to
wind power.Mar 6, 2025