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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. Ables Springs is Enel’s 17th renewables project in the state, where it has installed 3.8 GW of wind and solar plus over 1 GW of grid-scale storage.

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This old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines

Baua Electric

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW. An old Texas wind farm gets a second wind The Brazos Wind Farm is in Fluvanna, in Borden and Scurry counties, in West Texas. But… thirty-eight wind turbines x 5 MW = 180 MW.

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EGEB: Texas wind power smashes records in March

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas wind power topped 10.4 UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. more… The post EGEB: Texas wind power smashes records in March appeared first on Electrek.

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These 10 U.S. states have the most battery storage capacity installed

Teslarati

Installation of large-scale energy storage systems is expected to continue increasing in the U.S. states have installed substantially more energy storage systems than others, making up the vast majority of battery capacity available. GW (7,302 MW) of battery capacity installed. Texas follows in second with nearly 3.2

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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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EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%

Baua Electric

Washington State’s energy board cut the size of what would have been the state’s largest wind farm in half yesterday – here’s why. Wind farm controversy in Washington State The $1.7 billion, 1,150-megawatt (MW) Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center combines wind, solar, and battery storage.