Green Car Reports

AUGUST 27, 2023

Texas is launching a "virtual power plant" pilot program that will reward Tesla Powerwall owners for using their in-home battery packs to support the grid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

in close collaboration with GTI and The University of Texas at Austin, has launched a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond. Frontier Energy, Inc., It is first time that both sources of renewable hydrogen will be used in the same project.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

Image: Base Power Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required. Texas is No. This is why Base Power has been set up to operate as a virtual power plant.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

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. Solar + storage developers Cypress Creek Renewables brought Zier Solar + Storage online in Brackettville, Texas, on May 2, 2024. Texas is No 1 in the US for solar capacity.

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Electrek

JUNE 15, 2023

Tesla has confirmed that it will soon launch virtual power plants using Powerwalls in Texas and Puerto Rico. The company even confirmed it already has some significant power capacity in Puerto Rico. more… The post Tesla confirms Powerwall-backed virtual power plants in Texas and Puerto Rico soon appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Topsoe will deliver technology to HIF Global’s (HIF) planned eFuels facility in Texas. eFuels are produced by combining green hydrogen made from renewable power and recycled carbon dioxide. HIF’s facility in Texas will help remove 2 million tonnes of CO2 from the air every year. Earlier post.)

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Electrek

APRIL 5, 2024

An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW.

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Electrek

MARCH 22, 2024

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The first zero-emissions electric school buses in the state of Texas were recently received by Everman Independent School District. Their performance is comparable to a bus powered by a combustion engine, and their quiet performance allows the driver to better hear the passengers they are transporting.

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Electrek

AUGUST 24, 2023

Tesla has received approval from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to launch two virtual power plants for Powerwall owners in Texas. more… The post Tesla receives approval for 2 virtual power plants in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JUNE 13, 2022

Tesla is operating a virtual power plant demonstration in Texas to show the grid authorities the potential of such a product. The post Tesla is operating a virtual power plant demonstration in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 23, 2023

A recent press release from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has revealed that Tesla will be providing Virtual Power Plant (VPP) services to the state’s grid. The participants of the program have agreed to sell their surplus power in the ERCOT market, and will be compensated for doing so.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2022

As per recent reports, Blockstream and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s Block are breaking ground on a solar and battery-powered bitcoin mine in Texas. The Texas-based renewable bitcoin mine would feature a 3.8 The project would be utilizing solar panels and battery storage systems from Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Air Products and The AES Corporation plan to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

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. Repurposing it makes sense – the infrastructure is already there to transmit the clean power.

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Electrek

JULY 26, 2023

Wind, solar, and nuclear generated up to 55% of total power in Texas in the record-breaking end-of-June heat – keeping the natural gas share below 50%. more… The post Thanks to wind and solar, Texas has kept the power on and the costs down appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

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. When it’s complete, Grant says, the system will be the world’s largest solar rooftop installation, with roughly 30 megawatts of power. “We

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Electrek

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Tesla has been approved to create a “statewide market design pilot” for a virtual power plant (VPP) in Texas. The post Tesla to create ‘statewide market design pilot’ virtual power plant in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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Electrek

JUNE 15, 2021

Texas has been hit by a heatwave, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents to reduce electricity use until Friday because demand is up, but power supply is down. more… The post Texas is sweltering, and majority of power plants down produce natural gas appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

McDermott International, a premier, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions (ECS) to the energy industry, has joined a consortium of public, private and academic partners collaborating on a US Department of Energy (DOE) project—Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Texas saw a tripling in employee headcount in 2022 compared to the year prior, the company reported in an annual compliance report it files with Travis County, Texas, the location of its newest U.S. The post Tesla Gigafactory Texas employee headcount triples in 2022 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2023

Lightbridge Corporation, an advanced nuclear fuel technology company, announced that Texas A&M University (TAMU) has been awarded approximately $1,000,000 by the US Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy University Program R&D Awards to study the deployment of advanced nuclear fuels in Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).

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Electrek

APRIL 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas wind power topped 10.4 The UK’s power grid emissions fell to a record low on Monday. more… The post EGEB: Texas wind power smashes records in March appeared first on Electrek. million MWh in March – 2 million MWh above its previous high.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 27, 2023

It looks like Austin, Texas, is going to get a bit cleaner thanks to its CapMetro regional public transportation provider, which is making progress toward a zero-emissions future for Austin. A big one. […]

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

UK-based battery manufacturer AMTE Power and Faradion Ltd. , a leader in non-aqueous sodium-ion battery technolog ( earlier post ), announced a collaboration which combines Faradion’s IP with AMTE Power’s design and manufacturing capabilities. Cell Infrastructure. Safety and Transportation.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A year on from the big Texas freeze that knocked out the state’s power system and caused at least 246 deaths , new research released yesterday found that rooftop solar could have supplied more than enough electricity to meet the shortfall on all but two of the 13 days when power production fell short of forecasted demand.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 13, 2022

EOS Linx, an EV charging company known for its solar-assisted EV charging stations, is about to majorly expand at Texas convenience stores by partnering with the Lone Star Business Association Cooperative (LSBAC), a network of gas/convenience stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and north-central Texas.

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Energy Institute at HAAS

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

state has built as many new homes as Texas over the last decade and most of them use electric heat. There is plenty of blame to go around … Continue Reading The Texas Power Crisis, New Home Construction, and Electric Heating.

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Teslarati

JULY 10, 2023

Recent photos from Gigafactory Texas suggest that the buildout of the facility’s Megapack farm is well underway. The photos were shared by longtime Gigafactory Texas watcher Jeff Roberts , who has been capturing the developments at the complex since its early days. Happy Sunday from Giga Texas!

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Tesla just launched Tesla Electric for Texas. Energy Markets Policy Lead, Arushi Sharma Frank, and her team, worked tirelessly with the Texas utility and the Texas Public Utility Commission (PUC) to make this happen. “The pathway for VPP in Texas starts here. Tesla’s U.S. Credit: Alex Guichet/Tesla.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Tesla’s Gigafactories are always evolving and expanding, and one structure at the automaker’s Austin, Texas facility has drawn some attention this week. Drone pilot and regular Giga Texas observer Joe Tegtmeyer noted to Teslarati that he’s not familiar with any permits or plans to build a Dojo center at the facility.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

PowerCell Sweden AB and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed an agreement regarding an in-depth collaboration around fuel cell based stationary power solutions. In June last year, PowerCell Sweden and Hitachi ABB Power Grids signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a collaboration around fuel cell-based stationary power solutions.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Over 25 Tesla Cybertrucks have been spotted at the automaker’s Gigafactory in Texas, ahead of the delivery event later this week. Drone pilot and Giga Texas observer Jeff Roberts spotted the Cybertrucks on Monday ahead of the Thursday delivery event.

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Teslarati

APRIL 30, 2024

Hyundai Motor will use solar energy to power its Georgia Metaplant, which is still under construction. South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Group signed a 15-year power agreement with Spain’s Matrix Renewables to power the electric vehicle (EV) plant. The agreement will run from 2025 through 2040.

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Electrek

AUGUST 11, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Microsoft signs a power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy solar energy in Texas. more… The post EGEB: Microsoft to buy 430MW of solar power from Ørsted in Texas appeared first on Electrek. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Electrofuels innovator Infinium ( earlier post ) has entered into a strategic alliance with US independent energy company Denbury to collaborate on developing ultra-low carbon electrofuels projects in the state of Texas. —Chris Kendall, Denbury’s President and CEO.

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