Texas installed more solar capacity than any other state last year, report finds
In Texas, Houston Chronicle reported that Texas installed more solar capacity than any other state in 2023, surpassing California for the second time, according to a recent report. More than 6,500 megawatts of solar generation were installed in Texas last year, compared with California’s 6,171 megawatts, according to a report published by energy research firm Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Texas last beat California in 2021 and took second in 2022, according to the analysis. In the next decade, Texas is projected to add nearly 100 gigawatts of solar capacity, outpacing the next closest state by a 2-to-1 margin, according to Morgan Lyons, SEIA’s director of communications. Last year, Texas surpassed California in having the most solar capacity installed on its dominant power grid. The contribution of power to the ERCOT grid from solar farms has already set 10 records this year, according to the report.
