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Texas produces 10,000 MW of wind power and breaks old record

Written by Industry News | Mar 31, 2014
According to the the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), wind turbines in Texas broke a record when they produced 10,296 megawatts of electricity on March 26. This happened at 8:48 p.m. that night. ERCOT has 11,000 MW of commercial wind power and so at 8:48 p.m. - when the record was broken, the state was using 94 percent of the total wind power available. Read more here.