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There Will Be Sun: Texas’ $50 Billion Solar Land Boom | pv Magazine USA

A study backed by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and others said solar, batteries, and wind is expected to contribute over $20 billion in tax revenue and nearly $30 billion in payments to landowners.

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Existing and under-development utility-scale solar, wind and battery energy storage projects are expected to generate a boom of economic benefits for the state of Texas.

Over the lifetime of the state’s renewables projects, Texas landowners are expected to collect $29.5 billion in lease payments, and Texas counties are expected to generate $20 billion in tax revenue, according to data from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI), Advanced Power Alliance (APA), and the Texas Solar + Storage Association (TSSA). The analysis is found in a report “The Economic Impact of Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Investments Across Texas”…

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https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/01/22/there-will-be-sun-texas-50-billion-solar-land-boom/

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Jobs in Wind, Solar, and Energy Storage Are Booming. Is Your State Keeping Up? | Yale Climate Connections

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Clean energy jobs grew more than twice the rate of the overall economy in 2023 – and every state has its own piece of the story to tell.

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