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States with the most clean energy

Texas has 121 gigawatts of solar energy capacity and 21 gigawatts of wind ready to be tested, with the possibility of producing much more. New York currently has the most wind power waiting to be studied with 67 gigawatts. New York’s solar and storage capacity, however, are much lower than other top clean energy states. All top 10 clean energy states besides New York have at least 40 gigawatts of solar capacity, whereas New York only has 17 gigawatts. Producing solar energy projects, particularly in New York City, has recently been met with bureaucratic hurdles, and the projects are usually smaller in scale than solar farms in open fields.

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California has the most storage capacity for clean power at 103 gigawatts, dwarfing other states that made the list like New York (22 gigawatts) and Arkansas (9 gigawatts). Arizona has about as much storage capacity as it has solar power, at 84 and 86 gigawatts respectively.

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