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Gas power leapfrogs wind for first time in 10 years in Texas’ grid connection queue

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By Brandon Mulder Verified, Chris Essig Verified, Shelby Tauber
| Texas Standard Verified
From The Texas Tribune: Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. A decade ago, wind power was surging in popularity and attracting huge investments that made Texas a national leader in renewable energy. But today, gas generation is making a big comeback, driven by a wave of data centers flooding into the state.
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Gas power leapfrogs wind for first time in 10 years in Texas’ grid connection queue

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By Brandon Mulder Verified, Chris Essig Verified
| Aol Verified
Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. A decade ago, wind power was surging in popularity and attracting huge investments that made Texas a national leader in renewable energy. But today, gas generation is making a big comeback, driven by a wave of data centers flooding into the state.
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THE STORIES YOU NEED IN YOUR INBOX

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By Rob Reid, Chris Essig Verified
| The Waco Bridge Verified
The Texas Tribune’s newly relaunched Public Schools Explorer will help families and teachers understand school trends around the Waco area with more timely data and features. In all, Texas has 1,202 school districts and 9,113 public schools, including hundreds of charter schools and alternative campuses. About 5.5 million students attend public schools in Texas, and our explorer includes information on all of them.
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