🚨🚨New report out from
@ideasmithsLLC today on the Economic Impact of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage in Rural Texas!

Report funded by @cnsrvtxns4nrg, @APowerAlliance, & @txbiz. Check it out! πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡
https://www.ideasmiths.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Economic-Impact-of-Renewable-Energy_JAN2023.pdf

tl;dr - existing & planned (IA signed) utility-scale wind, solar, & energy storage projects will pay between $12.5–$15.9 billion in total tax revenue & $7.1–$11.3 billion in landowner payments over their lifetimes, with 60% of those revenues going to rural areas in the state.
Wind, solar, and energy storage projects are generally located over a large part of the state.
This wide distribution of projects means that the billions of dollars in local taxes and landowner payments are also spread across the state!

We also deployed the data in an interactive website that allows you to change the geographical boundaries beyond counties for how the projects are grouped and allows one to take a quick look at the area.

http://cleanpowerpays.org

Texas Renewables

You can also click on any location and download the project specific estimates for taxes and landowner payments in each location.

http://cleanpowerpays.org

Texas Renewables