The Electric Reliability Council of Texas set a new wind output record of 19.2 GW in late Thursday, as a storm system was moving into the area with high wind. High wind generation was seen heading into the evening hours, starting with 18.4 GW at 9 pm CST Thursday and breaking the previous all-time high of 17.9 GW set in mid-November, and broke the record several hours in a row before topping out at 19.2 GW at 11:51 pm. At the time when the record was set, more than 51% of the total load was served by wind generation. Wind generation served over 54% of the total generation at one point in October 2017, the highest percentage on record. According to ERCOT data, wind generation capacity totaled 21.6 GW at the end of November and was expected to add another 1 GW by the end of this […]