In Europe wind power peaks in the winter so with batteries and hydro to smooth out the gaps you can get a combination of solar and wind to match your demand with relative ease. This does depend on location though, Texas wind peaks in Spring apparently.

A parallel and necessary step (one that has, suspiciously, suddenly become a culture war for the far right in europe) is electrification of heating with heat pumps, which lets you use your existing gas infrastructure to meet winter generation needs.

Since we're talking about Texas, you could just come up with a way to store all the natural gas we flare each year. Which is a huge amount. Or you could just sell it to places that could use it.

We're getting there. https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/06/15/sand-batteries-cou...