AUSTIN, Texas -- Feb. 28, 2010, was a banner day for Texas wind to
set the clouds -- and electrons -- flying.
In the Panhandle, gusts reached 47 miles per hour and wind generators delivered a record 6,242 megawatts of power to Dallas, Austin and other population centers. At 1 p.m., 22 percent of all the electricity consumed in the Texas grid was coming from wind.
To proud Texans like Public Utility Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman, such records document the state's position as the "epicenter of land-based wind production" in the United States, if not the world, as the chairman put it.
To read the full, original article click on this link: How Texas Lassoed the Wind: Scientific American
Author: Peter Behr and Climatewire
