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AUSTIN, TX, Nov. 28, 2016 – Wind generation set a new milestone on Sunday afternoon, providing more than 15,000 megawatts (MW) of the electricity used in the ERCOT region for the first time ever.
Specifically, the ERCOT system used 15,033 MW of electricity from wind at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 27, representing about 45 percent of total demand for electric power at the time. Of the total, more than 8,800 MW was produced from wind generation facilities in West and North Texas, while nearly 3,800 MW came from the South region, mostly the Gulf Coast area, and about 2,300 MW came from the Panhandle region.
Wind power on Sunday accounted for 45 percent of all power generation in Texas.
Coal? Coal? We don't need your stinking coal.
Wind generation output tops 15,000 MW in ERCOT region