Texas is renowned for its ranching industry, but this oldest of American vocations is fast becoming entwined with icons of modern life: solar and wind farms. Among the cattle, Texas is also home to more than 15,300 wind turbines across 239 projects and 197 utility-scale solar farms.

“Solar and wind energy now frequently provide more than 45% of the state’s electricity needs,” says Dennis Wamsted of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

With such strong credentials in renewables, it is little wonder that proposals to build more than 100 new…

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