{
  "id": 45614,
  "title": "This Texas coal mine will soon be home to a 1.2GW solar farm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/this-texas-coal-mine-will-soon-be-home-to-a-1-2gw-solar-farm",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-02T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Grist",
    "slug": "grist",
    "url": "https://grist.org/energy/this-texas-coal-mine-will-soon-be-home-to-a-1-2gw-solar-farm/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Panamint Capital has broken ground on a $1.7 billion solar farm in Bremond, Texas, that will be built on the site of a former coal mine and power plant. The 1.2-gigawatt Big Rooter Power solar farm will utilize existing assets from the Twin Oaks coal-fired power plant and Calvert surface coal mine, which will continue operating alongside the solar installation. The project is expected to be the largest solar array built at a brownfield site in North America and will help bolster Texas' thriving solar sector, which is anticipated to surpass coal generation in the state.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}