{
  "retrieved": "2026-09-28",
  "note": "Average power per unit = nameplate x capacity factor. A watt of electricity is counted as a watt of power, the same way K counts watts. Solar uses the US utility-scale capacity factor, which is higher than the global average, so the solar count is a floor.",
  "sources": {
    "wind": {
      "unit_mw": 6.16,
      "unit_label": "average new onshore turbine, 2025",
      "unit_source": "https://www.gwec.net/reports/globalwindreport",
      "capacity_factor": 0.342,
      "fleet_gw": 1291
    },
    "solar": {
      "unit_mw": 1000,
      "unit_label": "1 GW solar farm",
      "capacity_factor": 0.244,
      "fleet_gw": 2392
    },
    "nuclear": {
      "unit_mw": 1110,
      "unit_label": "AP1000 reactor (Vogtle 3 and 4)",
      "unit_source": "https://westinghousenuclear.com/energy-systems/ap1000-pwr/overview/",
      "capacity_factor": 0.91,
      "fleet_reactors_low": 404,
      "fleet_reactors_high": 413
    }
  },
  "capacity_factor_source": "https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_07_b",
  "fleet_source_renewables": "https://www.irena.org/Publications/2026/Mar/Renewable-capacity-statistics-2026",
  "fleet_source_nuclear": [
    "https://www.worldnuclearreport.org/Number-of-Operating-Reactors-Drops-Taiwan-Completes-Nuclear-Phaseout",
    "https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/WorldStatistics/OperationalReactorsByType.aspx"
  ],
  "solar_land": {
    "acres_per_mwac": 8.9,
    "basis": "total site area, capacity-weighted average of US utility-scale PV and CSP plants",
    "source": "https://docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/56290.pdf"
  },
  "texas_area_km2": {
    "value": 695662,
    "basis": "total area, land plus water",
    "source": "https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/2010/geo/state-area.html"
  },
  "home_battery": {
    "kwh": 39.2,
    "label": "Base Core, smaller size (a 78.4 kWh version also exists)",
    "source": "https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/08/04/base-power-launches-39-2-kwh-u-s-made-base-core-home-battery-secures-1-billion-in-new-funding/",
    "storage_hours_assumption": 12,
    "storage_note": "Estimate: assumes half a day (12 hours) of the new power has to come out of storage, for example solar power used at night."
  }
}