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Pipeline giant Enbridge just lit up its first Texas solar farm

Electrek

JUNE 4, 2025

Canadian oil and gas pipeline giant Enbridge just launched its first solar farm in Texas, adding more clean energy to its all-of-the-aboveenergy mix, mainly fossil fuels.

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H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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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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Texas just shot its wind + solar boom in the foot on purpose [Update]

Electrek

MAY 28, 2025

Texas is No. 2 in the US for wind and solar capacity, but the Texas Senate passed a bill that aims to kneecap clean energy with an industry-killing review process. Heres what happened in the House.

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India’s Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory [update]

Electrek

MAY 15, 2025

Indias Waaree Energies doubled Texas production in April to counter US solar tariffs now its investing hundreds of millions more.

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Nacero awards 20-year wind power purchase agreement to NextEra for natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas. Renewable natural gas.

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

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JANUARY 6, 2023

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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Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

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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Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

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MARCH 3, 2025

Tesla is a part of a new energy partnership in Texas set to help expand the company’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program in the state, as announced by one energy provider this week. Along with Texas, Tesla currently has U.S. Storm Watch alone will save lives.

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Tesla lands in Texas for latest Megapack production facility

Teslarati

MARCH 5, 2025

Tesla has chosen the location of its latest manufacturing project, a facility that will churn out the Megapack, a large-scale energy storage system for solar energy projects. It has chosen Waller County, Texas, as the location of the new plant, according to a Commissioners Court meeting that occurred on Wednesday, March 5.

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Air Products and AES plan to invest ~$4B for mega-scale green hydrogen production facility in Texas; 200 metric tons per day

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. It is also expected to generate approximately $500 million in tax benefits to the state over the course of the project’s lifetime, while extending Texas’ energy leadership.

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Avangrid completes installation of its first solar farm in Texas

Electrek

AUGUST 26, 2024

True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio.

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Tesla Gigafactory Texas’ solar panel installation sees quick progress

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

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. . Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Enel is deploying 6,000+ sheep to 8 Texas solar farms

Electrek

AUGUST 15, 2024

Enel North America will deploy over 6,000 sheep at eight Texas solar farms in the US’s largest announced agrivoltaics agreement.

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

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. We finished phase 1, so we can pull roughly 10 megawatts.

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Chinese solar giant Trina sells its Texas factory a week after it opens

Electrek

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Trina Solar is selling its Texas solar panel factory as the US scrutinizes Chinese companies cashing in on Inflation Reduction Act tax breaks.

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

Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

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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This Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels

Electrek

JULY 26, 2024

Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas.

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A vast 600 MW Texas solar farm just hit a major milestone

Electrek

JANUARY 30, 2025

million solar panels covering six square miles at Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas. Renewable developer Vesper Energy has installed the last of more than 1.36

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Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1 billion solar farm in Texas

Electrek

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas. When it’s done, it’ll be one of the largest solar farms in North America. The project’s price tag is a hefty $1.1

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Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

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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Texas just became No 1 in the US for most utility-scale solar

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

For the first time, Texas has bumped California out of the No 1 spot for the most utility-scale solar capacity.

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University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Researchers from the University of Houston (UH) have developed a cobalt(II) oxide (CoO) nanocrystalline catalyst that can carry out overall water splitting with a solar-to-hydrogen efficiency of around 5%. Different sources of light were used, ranging from a laser to white light simulating the solar spectrum. Nature Nanotechnology.

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Texas just shot its wind + solar boom in the foot on purpose

Electrek

APRIL 15, 2025

Texas is No. 1 in the US for wind and solar capacity, but the Texas Senate just passed a bill that aims to kneecap clean energy with an industry-killing review process. Will the Texas House pass it, too?

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Huge Solar Canopy For Electric Buses Coming To Austin, Texas

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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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Texas just got an enormous 1.1-million-panel solar farm

Electrek

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Renewable developer Clearway Energy Group has completed a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas – and it’s huge.

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A vast 600 MW Texas solar farm just hit a major milestone [update]

Electrek

APRIL 10, 2025

Renewable developer Vesper Energy has cut the ribbon on Hornet Solar in Swisher County, Texas, one of the largest single-phase solar farms in the US.

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EGEB: Texas gets a new 250 MW solar farm near Dallas-Fort Worth

Electrek

JUNE 8, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions breaks ground on its largest solar project to date, in Texas. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Chinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

China’s Trina Solar, one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, has announced it will build a 5 gigawatt (GW) solar panel factory in Texas. more… The post Chinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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This 408-MW solar farm will be one of the largest in Texas

Electrek

MARCH 11, 2024

Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas.

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

Electrek

MAY 6, 2024

A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas.

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Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

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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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Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March

Electrek

APRIL 5, 2024

Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the grid vs. coal’s 2.96 million MWh in March.

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Tesla and Honda will buy power from this new 300 MW Texas solar farm

Electrek

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Tesla and Honda are set to purchase all the power from Delilah I, a new 300 MW solar farm in Texas.

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Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

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AUGUST 5, 2014

Volkswagen of America chose to include carbon reduction efforts in California and in Texas with projects geared towards forestry conservation and landfill gas capture. SunPower: residential solar with energy storage. VoA made the announcement at the Management Briefing Seminar, hosted by the Center for Automotive Research.

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One of Texas’ dirtiest coal plants will swap to solar with help from US grant

Electrek

DECEMBER 21, 2024

A coal plant in South Texas will shut down and convert to a solar + battery electricity generation facility, with the help of a $1.4 billion grant from the US Department of Agriculture meant to help clean energy while saving rural jobs.

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NERC report outlines potential electricity disruptions in US this summer

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JULY 1, 2021

While NERC’s risk scenario analysis shows adequate resources and energy for most of North America, Texas, New England, MISO and parts of the West are at an “elevated risk” of energy emergencies. These plants can provide energy to support peak demand; however solar PV output falls off rapidly in late afternoon while high demand often remains.

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Here’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down. more… The post Here’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat appeared first on Electrek.

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

Electrek

APRIL 10, 2024

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).

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

Electrek

APRIL 23, 2021

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. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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Tesla Electric partners with SunRun to bolster Texas grid

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2024

Tesla customers will soon use home energy-storage systems to support the Texas power grid.

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India’s Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory

Electrek

APRIL 16, 2025

Facing potential 40% tariffs on India-made solar modules, Indias WaareeEnergies is doubling its manufacturing capacity at its Texas factory.

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Chinese solar giant Trina sells its Texas factory a week after it opens [update]

Electrek

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Trina Solar has sold its Texas solar panel factory as the US scrutinizes Chinese companies cashing in on Inflation Reduction Act tax breaks.

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GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles

Electrek

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer. more… The post GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles appeared first on Electrek.

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GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles

Electrek

MAY 7, 2024

GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer.

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Pipeline giant Enbridge just lit up its first Texas solar farm

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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Texas just shot its wind + solar boom in the foot on purpose [Update]

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India’s Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory [update]

Nacero awards 20-year wind power purchase agreement to NextEra for natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

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

Pecan Street launches Texas’ first grid-connected vehicle-to-grid research and testing center

Tesla partners up to expand Virtual Power Plant program in Texas

Tesla lands in Texas for latest Megapack production facility

Air Products and AES plan to invest ~$4B for mega-scale green hydrogen production facility in Texas; 200 metric tons per day

Avangrid completes installation of its first solar farm in Texas

Tesla Gigafactory Texas’ solar panel installation sees quick progress

Enel is deploying 6,000+ sheep to 8 Texas solar farms

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

Chinese solar giant Trina sells its Texas factory a week after it opens

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

This Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels

A vast 600 MW Texas solar farm just hit a major milestone

Toyota to buy clean power from a $1.1 billion solar farm in Texas

Texas installs another big solar + battery storage project

Texas just became No 1 in the US for most utility-scale solar

University of Houston team demonstrates new efficient solar water-splitting catalyst for hydrogen production

Texas just shot its wind + solar boom in the foot on purpose

Huge Solar Canopy For Electric Buses Coming To Austin, Texas

Texas just got an enormous 1.1-million-panel solar farm

A vast 600 MW Texas solar farm just hit a major milestone [update]

EGEB: Texas gets a new 250 MW solar farm near Dallas-Fort Worth

Chinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas

This 408-MW solar farm will be one of the largest in Texas

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

Energy ECS company McDermott joins H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond

Solar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March

Tesla and Honda will buy power from this new 300 MW Texas solar farm

Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

One of Texas’ dirtiest coal plants will swap to solar with help from US grant

NERC report outlines potential electricity disruptions in US this summer

Here’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat

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

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

Tesla Electric partners with SunRun to bolster Texas grid

India’s Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory

Chinese solar giant Trina sells its Texas factory a week after it opens [update]

GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles

GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles

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