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Texas goes big on solar + storage that can power 41,000+ homes

Baua Electric

Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas. Cypress Creek says that ERCOT, Texas’s grid, has already used Zier to ease supply strain. Zier can produce enough energy annually to power 41,600 homes.

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CSIRO joins US sCO2-based power generation project STEP demo

Green Car Congress

CSIRO’s contributions will improve understanding of how sCO 2 power plants can enable lower and zero emission technology solutions, and how those plants might be used in remote mining and community locations as a low-cost alternative to diesel fuel power generation. Operational start-up is anticipated next year.

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