Wind remains on target to set generation records this year within the main Texas electric grid, after it gained an 17.3% share of that market through August, versus 15.1% for all of 2016, latest Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) data shows.

ERCOT serves about 90% of the electric load in Texas, by far the number one US state for wind power capacity – 21GW, three times the amount installed in runner-up Iowa.