The U.S. state of Texas has an offshore wind potential in the Gulf of Mexico that could provide the state with 166 per cent of its electricity needs, according to the recently published Offshore Wind for America report , which found that offshore wind could meet 90 per cent of the U.S. projected 2050 electricity demand.

Environment Texas Research & Policy Center, a state branch of Environment America Research & Policy Center which issued the report, has called on the state of Texas to form a task force to begin siting offshore wind after the federal government last year identified Port Isabel and Port Arthur as viable sites for offshore wind and selected the two Texas towns for more detailed cost analysis.