San Antonio is the fifth-largest producer of solar energy among U.S. cities, with solar panels here generating more power than in any other municipality in Texas, according to a new report.San Antonio has about 355 megawatts of solar energy capacity installed within the city, enough to power more than 70,000 homes on a hot summer day, according to the Environment Texas Research & Policy Center, which authored the “Shining Cities” report.
San Antonio’s solar capacity includes solar farms that city-owned CPS Energy operates in South Bexar County, as well as rooftop solar arrays on homes, businesses and parking lots.
CPS has increased its reliance on solar power over the last decade to reduce emissions and because solar panels produce the most power when San Antonians need it — when they’re cranking up the air conditioning on hot, sunny…