Here is a look at the #Texas Wind (avg over all state) for each month for last 175 years. It's the average capacity factor for each month. Our climate data suggests events like that of the last few weeks will occur ~4 more times before 2050.
Here is the same analysis for #solar across #Texas. Please note that these plots assume uniform installations across all of the state.
Here are the same plots, but weekly rather than monthly. More noisy, but we think useful!
We will release wind, solar and temperature data for Texas averages as well as Climate data for the state soon. These will be available for all for free on our website.
Even noisier is the daily values for wind.
Daily solar production estimates for the whole state of Texas. Please note this is for the entire state covered homogeneously with solar panels (1-axis tracking).

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🚨⚡️FULL TECHNICAL REPORT RELEASED⚡️🚨

Today, we have released our full technical report on the "Why Local Solar and Storage Costs Less". Two weeks ago, we released the main findings: savings of $473 billion when co-optimizing distribution. This released provides more details!
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