Texas has enough wind and solar power to phase out coal entirely. There’s just one huge catch

Wind and solar power are growing fast in Texas.

So fast, in fact, that it would take only one-third of the solar and wind energy projects that have already been proposed to almost entirely phase out coal in the state, according to a new study by researchers at Houston’s Rice University.

That’s huge news, considering President Joe Biden’s goal for the U.S. to have a carbon-free power sector by 2035.

But there is a big catch: …