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by throwaway7679 852 days ago
> a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas [...] will generate enough electricity to power over 190,000 homes annually

452 MW nameplate * optimistic 0.3 capacity factor = 135.6 MW

8760 hours annually * 135.6 MW = 1187856 MWh

1187856 MWh / 14.112 MWh per Texas home = 84173 homes powered

190000 / 84173 = 2.257 lying factor