Recharge Texas
Wind generation briefly topped the 15,000-megawatt mark this month, achieving a new record for total instantaneous wind power output in Texas.
Wind turbines cranked out 15,033 MW of electricity at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday, reported ERCOT, the operator of the state’s main power grid. That output represented about 45 percent of all electricity consumed on the ERCOT grid at that time.
More than 8,800 MW of the wind power came from generators in West and North Texas, another 3,800 MW came from the …