California vs. Texas - Solar Smackdown

CALIFORNIA VS. TEXAS. SOLAR SMACKDOWN **** Which State Has Created More Solar Jobs? **** brought to you by BLE ENERG TEXAS CALIFORNIA ROUND Most Solar NATIONAL RANKING 1 | Jobs 43,700 SOLAR JOBS 1ST 3200 SOLAR JOBS 8TH TEXAS CALIFORNIA WINNER: CALIFORNIA With the world's 9th largest economy, it's no surprise that Cali has created almost 14x as many jobs as Texas. ROUND Total Solar ROUND Solar Jobs 2 Companies 3 per Capita CALIFORNIA 3RD CALIFORNIA 1703 163, 696 SQ MILES TEXAS 30TH TEXAS 278 268,820 SQ MILES WINNER: CALIFORNIA California comes third in this category only behind Hawaii (#2) and Arizona (#1). WINNER: CALIFORNIA Whilst being more than 100k sq. miles larger in geographical size, California is home to 1425 more solar companies than Texas. ROUND Number of Solar Homes WINNER: CALIFORNIA 4 While no slouch at 12,858 homes, Texas is simply no match for California's fury of combos and 500,000+ homes that have CALIFORNIA 1ST 547,084 HOMES TEXAS 12,858 HOMES 12TH implemented solar. ROUND State Maximum 5 Solar Exposure ROUND Electricity Price Rank 6 CALIFORNIA 2ND 6.78 KWH/M2/DAY TEXAS 32ND TEXAS 6TH CALIFORNIA 9TH 6.64 KWH/M2/DAY WINNER: CALIFORNIA Let there be light! For a close matchup has ensued, both states boast extremely high solar exposure, making this a close round. WINNER: TEXAS With a wild haymaker, Texas edges out California in this round with cheaper electric rates. Is it enough? WINNER BY WAY OF KNOCKOUT: CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA CHAMPION Sources: thesolarfoundation.org google.com/publicdata CORPOR %24