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Joshua Rhodes Jan 17, 2023

Clean energy sources (wind, nuclear, solar) generated about 40% of electricity in
@ERCOT_ISO in 2022, natural gas once again took the top spot, holding steady at its 17-year average of 43%, and coal continued its decade plus long decline.

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

Full report: https://ideasmiths.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Economic-Impact-of-Renewable-Energy_JAN2023.pdf

Interactive website: http://cleanpowerpays.org

Press release: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/609489590/new-report-battery-storage-and-renewable-energy-projects-are-boon-to-texas-economy

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

We also talked to local folks to learn about how landowners feel about the projects that they lease their land to.

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

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

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

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

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

This wide distribution of projects means that the billions of dollars in local taxes and landowner payments are also spread across the state!

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

Wind, solar, and energy storage projects are generally located over a large part of the state.

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Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

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.

Joshua Rhodes Jan 5, 2023

🚨🚨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! 👇👇👇
https://www.ideasmiths.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Economic-Impact-of-Renewable-Energy_JAN2023.pdf

Joshua Rhodes Dec 19, 2022

Social networks >> social media
Great pod 👇🏼

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