I understood the article as "renewables gave us a brand new 13GW in about 1 year", being about 1 year the key (actually, 3/4 or the energy installed in the firs

I understood the article as "renewables gave us a brand new 13GW in about 1 year", being about 1 year the key (actually, 3/4 or the energy installed in the first three months of 2023). There's no way you can get that amount of energy so quickly with any other energy source that is not photovoltaics. The time to build a gas/coal power plant is around 4 years, and a nuclear power plant is around 7 years. Texas had huge problems demanding 69GW in 2021, yet in 2023 they demand 81GW and the grid provides. So yes, from 2020 to 2025 at least, renewables are "saving" Texas.