Texas refineries produce more than 4.7 million barrels of oil per day. Houston has more than 3,000 energy-related employers. Texas has about 200 chemical plants, which manufacture 14 percent of the nation’s value chemical output.
Texas is home to two major shale plays - Barnett Shale in North Texas and Eagle Ford in South Texas. Eagle Ford is a huge deposit of oil and natural gas in South Texas. The Barnett Shale, which lies under 17 North Texas counties, has generated more than $10.1 billion in increased annual economic activity and created nearly 100,000 jobs. They boost an already-abundant energy sector with a huge economic impact.
Texas is the top-ranked state for wind and solar power capacity and a growing number of companies in renewable energy manufacturing sector are moving in to take advantage of the state's vast natural resources.
America’s energy future is taking shape in Texas, and it looks like a wind turbine.
Texas is renowned as the center of the nation’s oil and gas industry, which along with abundant coal continues to supply the country with dependable energy. But the Lone Star State also leads the country and most of the world in wind energy, which is bringing clean, renewable power to homes, businesses and schools and creating jobs across the state.
When representatives of RRE Austin Solar say sunshine is hot in Texas, they don’t mean the temperature outside. They’re talking about the state’s fast-growing solar power industry and their company’s ability to turn sunshine into electricity.