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This is a list of U.S. states by total electricity generation, percent of generation that is renewable, total renewable generation, percent of total domestic renewable generation, [1] and carbon intensity in 2022.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired the reservoir in 1952 to provide a refuge for migratory waterfowl, a public fishing lake and a fish hatchery. It opened in 1955 as the Sheldon Wildlife Management Area. The hatchery closed in 1975, and the land began to revert naturally to forest, ponds and marshes.
Texas boasts one of the most extensive portfolios of ecosystems of any state in the country. With that, it also brings an impressive state park system of 89 locations covering more than 171 ...
Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park: Big Bend Ranch State Park: Presidio, Brewster 311,000 acres (125,857 ha) 1988 Big Bend Ranch State Park: Big Spring State Park: Howard 381.99 acres (154.59 ha) 1936 Big Spring State Park: Blanco State Park: Blanco 104.6 acres (42.3 ha) 1934 The Blanco River in Blanco State Park: Bonham State Park: Fannin ...
The known petroleum deposits of Texas are about 8 billion barrels (1.3 × 10 9 m 3), which makes up approximately one-third of the known U.S. supply. Texas has 4.6 billion barrels (730,000,000 m 3) of proven crude oil reserves. [15] As wells are depleted in the eastern portions of the state, drilling in state has moved westward. [16]
Wind power in Texas, a portion of total energy in Texas, consists of over 150 wind farms, which together have a total nameplate capacity of over 30,000 MW (as of 2020). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] If Texas were a country, it would rank fifth in the world; [ 1 ] the installed wind capacity in Texas exceeds installed wind capacity in all countries but China ...
When it opened in 1940, the park was 1,738 acres (703 ha). In 1967, the Texas Legislature transferred 700 acres (280 ha) to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center for use as a research facility, currently known as the Virginia Harris Cockrell Cancer Research Center at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Science Park ...