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Still Iowa? > Iowa reached an impressive clean energy milestone in 2020, according to data recently released from the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
by throwup238 3y ago
Still Iowa?
> Iowa reached an impressive clean energy milestone in 2020, according to data recently released from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Iowa produced the highest percentage of electricity by wind of any state, at 59.6%. This figure represents a sharp increase from 2019, which had the state at 42% electricity from wind.
> Although Texas has the greatest installed wind turbine capacity of any state, it provided just under 20% of the state’s electricity in 2020. Iowa’s wind generation capacity of 11,660 megawatts in 2020 provided just shy of 60% of the state’s electricity. [1]
Iowa's grid is almost done changing. Texas is playing catch up.
[1] https://www.iaenvironment.org/newsroom/energy-news/iowa-nears-60-wind-energy-generation-milestone- https://www.iaenvironment.org/newsroom/energy-news/iowa-near...
- vel0city 3y agoYes, so one state. The next 9? If it's common there should be dozens of examples. There's 50 states, there should be plenty of examples.
- throwup238 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electricity_production_from_renewable_sources#List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_electri... There's literally several states with >80% renewables and one with 99.7%. More than a dozen way ahead of Texas. All you had to do was look up a single Wikipedia page to check your argument. Good luck with your goalposts.
- vel0city 3y agoMost of those have had a high renewable mix since electricity was a new thing due to natural hydro available. Hence my original question being scoped to the last 20 years. You still haven't answered it, and there were no goalposts moved. The challenge was "Name 10 other states with faster adoption of renewable energy in the past 20 years." Please point to where you've answered that.