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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Electrek

Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering.

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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Baua Electric

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Get started here. –ad*

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas’ solar panel installation sees quick progress

Teslarati

Just days since reports emerged that the first solar panels in Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility were being set up, the number of solar panels that have already been installed at the roof of the massive electric vehicle production facility has grown significantly. .

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Tesla solar roof at Giga Texas to be world’s largest when complete

Teslarati

Tesla has been gradually deploying a massive set of solar panels on the roof of its Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, set to be the world’s largest upon completion, according to one person from the company. We finished phase 1, so we can pull roughly 10 megawatts.

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Tesla Giga Texas’ solar panel installation and start of operations imminent: report

Teslarati

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is looking more and more complete. This has become more evident in the past few days as shipments from Chinese solar panel giant Longi Green Energy were spotted on the roof of the Model Y and Cybertruck production facility. Solar panels spotted at Giga Texas, happy 2022 everyone!

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Texas awards $3.2M in EV infrastructure grants to Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers

Green Car Congress

Texas-based Universal EV Chargers has been awarded $3.2 million in grants to provision and install 105 electric vehicle (EV) charging ports in 21 locations around the state of Texas. The pressure on Texas EV charging infrastructure will be even higher, however, when estimates include non-Texans driving EVs in the state.

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Solar to displace natural gas in the daytime + in summer on the Texas grid

Baua Electric

Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Texas’s electricity mix of energy sources managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity grid operator changed noticeably in 2023.

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