One North Texas city will get all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020, and will become the largest city in America to accomplish that so far. And one place in East Texas has provided the incentive.
The first Texas power plant to use renewable wood waste to generate electricity is close to powering up. The Aspen Power plant on Lufkin's north side is the first of its kind in the state of Texas, and one of only a handful in the entire country.