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Texas certainly does have a good environment for solar
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Typical solar-to-electric power plants require 5 to 10 acres for every megawatt (MW) of generating capacity. A 200 MW solar plant in West Texas would need about 1,300 acres of land.
more...http://www.seco.cpa.state.tx.us/re_solar.htm

...but you need lots of area and lots of equipment.
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