You know electricity demand is high in Texas when the biomass plant is running!
It’s high heat rate makes it expensive to operate, so it doesn’t run that often.
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Contrary to most people’s belief that Texas is all desert and cowboys, the East Texas climate is subtropical humid and very green. Forestry makes up a large portion of the local economy.