Source: Canary Media

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The Texas clean energy juggernaut hit a new milestone as the state’s solar production outpaced coal-fired generation over an entire month for the first time.

For years, coal and fossil gas ruled the competitive ERCOT market, which supplies power to almost all of Texas. A decade ago, in 2014, gas produced about 41% of Texas generation, followed by coal at 36%, with nuclear and wind roughly splitting the remainder, per ERCOT data.

Gas still delivers the lion’s share of electricity, but wind and solar have surged over the last ten years, and coal has plummeted. Last year, it only managed to supply 14% of ERCOT generation, according to data from the grid operator. Now the numbers are in from March, and coal’s share slipped below 10%, while solar surged above 10%, as noted last week by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

Read more: Texas got more electricity from solar than coal last month