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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Electrek

MARCH 18, 2025

GE Vernova is going to supply more than 100US-made wind turbines to renewables developer RWE for 308 megawatts (MW) of wind projects inwest Texas.

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Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck has been spotted at the Giga Texas wind tunnel ahead of its production launch later this year. Now, the Cybertruck has been spotted at the Giga Texas wind tunnel in what many believe to be “production-ready” form. Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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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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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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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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Electrek

APRIL 7, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas wind power topped 10.4 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. The UK’s power grid emissions fell to a record low on Monday.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Enel North America has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with food and beverage giant Tate & Lyle North America for clean power from Texas wind.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The largest of these facilities is the Denton Energy Center, which came online in July 2018 outside Dallas, Texas, and it has twelve 18.8 Because these units can start and stop quickly and operate at partial loads, they have become increasingly important in areas with high shares of renewable electricity generation from wind and solar.

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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. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022 appeared first on Electrek. West Virginia’s electric car drivers made a film about why they chose to embrace electric.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2021

The partnership enables sodium-ion battery technology to be incorporated in a range of renewable energy applications including residential energy storage, commercial micro-grids, wind turbine and tidal energy storage. The recent power outages in Texas highlight the importance of reliable, large-scale energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

General Motors has made its largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its US facilities, including business offices in Fort Worth and Austin, Texas, a major assembly and stamping complex in Arlington, Texas, and 13 parts warehouses east of the Mississippi River.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2010

Li-ion manufacturer Valence Technology has been selected as the preferred residential/community battery technology provider for the “Smart Grid Community of the Future,” the first smart-grid solar-powered residential development in Texas, the Houston-area master planned community of Discovery at Spring Trails.

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Electrek

MARCH 16, 2023

PivotGen repowers aging wind farms, and together with its partner ACEN, it’s acquiring eight wind farms in Texas to give them a new lease on life. more… The post Eight old wind farms in Texas are about to get a second life appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

BP Wind Energy, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Rolling Thunder I Power Partners LLC, has signed a purchase agreement to install a high-storage battery at its Titan 1 Wind Farm in South Dakota. Situated on 7,500 acres in Hand County, Titan 1 Wind Farm is wholly owned and operated by BP Wind Energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

General Motors’ Arlington, Texas, Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power. Fifteen of the wind farm’s 261-foot-tall turbines will generate the energy GM will use. Beginning in the first quarter of 2016, wind energy will help power three GM Mexico facilities.

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Electrek

JULY 13, 2023

Texas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). more… The post Texas solar and wind are setting records, and the state’s grid can’t handle it appeared first on Electrek.

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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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Green Car Reports

JUNE 14, 2017

Ah, Texas, the state that was formerly a nation and continues to do things slightly differently. It also generates more renewable wind energy than any other state in the union. Its politics is bare-knuckle, its hats are big, and so are its ranches. Its auto-dealer lobbyists, however, are equally large and powerful.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tesla has officially entered the Texas market as an energy provider, new documents from the Texas Public Utility Commission state. In August, Tesla Energy had officially filed an application with the Texas Public Utility Commission to sell power in the Lone Star State. The story was initially reported by Gizmodo.

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Green Car Congress

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. for this summer as a result of adding new wind, solar, and battery resources. ERCOT’s anticipated reserve margin increased from 12.9%

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Electrek

MAY 5, 2021

The new wind, solar, and hybrid projects announced today represent more than 1.5 The five new projects under construction in Texas, Illinois, and Oklahoma will generate over 4.1 The five new projects under construction in Texas, Illinois, and Oklahoma will generate over 4.1

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

New research by a team from the US, China and Japan focusing on the Houston, Texas area suggests that widespread urban development alters weather patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to accumulate during warm summer weather instead of being blown out to sea. Credit: UCAR. Click to enlarge. and lead author. —Fei Chen.

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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 Back noted that wind energy could help scale the project, reduce overall costs, and balance out the downtime of solar.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 25, 2024

Octopus Energy and Rivian recently announced a joint program for Rivian owners in Texas that allows them to sign up for Octopus 100% clean electricity to charge their electric vehicles at home. Rivian owners in Texas do not need to get their own home solar power systems to charge their electric.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 24, 2021

General Motors and Shell on Wednesday announced a new partnership to provide renewable energy to GM customers in Texas, as well as free overnight charging for Texans who own GM electric cars. The program offers customers electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar at fixed rates, through a Shell-owned utility, MP2 Energy LLC.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 22, 2024

About a month ago, Octopus Energy shared some details with us about its collaboration with Texas Rivian owners where they can charge with 100% clean electricity without needing to buy a home solar power system. continued] The post Charging A Leased EV For Free In Texas With Octopus Electric Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. This project will develop and implement an Energy Internet microgrid, located in a large mixed-use infill development site in Austin, Texas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Credit: ACS, Lu et al. Click to enlarge.

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Electrek

MAY 4, 2021

Its Permian Energy Center project (pictured above), a 460 MW solar and 40 MW battery storage facility, is in Andrews County, Texas. more… The post Ørsted is first in US to operate solar, wind, and storage at utility scale appeared first on Electrek.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2006

Given the stink of political corruption in Texas, one can be forgiven for thinking only foul winds blow. But whatever their source, the wind really blows in Texas. Thanks in part to Bush's support of a nascent wind industry during his tenure in Austin, much of that wind is being turned into electricity.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

Texas-based KLD Energy Technologies Inc., The company is also working in diversified industrial channel markets that can benefit from efficient, high-torque motors, including wind energy generation equipment, forklifts, elevators, escalators, air conditioners, pumps, and three- and four-wheel electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

The City of Fort Worth, Texas has approved a $68.9-million As much as 30% of the typical copper needed is reduced by eliminating end windings and having all the copper involved in torque production. Copper savings. Toroidally discrete would coils maximize sstator slot fill factor to approximately 90%. Large Lorentz force.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Gulf Coast Basin (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas): The University of Texas at Austin plans to quantify coal from mines and coal ash from power plant resources and refuse as feedstocks for rare earth elements and critical minerals within the US Gulf Coast Basin. DOE Funding: $1,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Texas Agrilife Research. Terpenoid Pathways Texas A&M University will address a major inefficiency of. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. superconducting wind generators more practical for.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

a Massachusetts company developing an innovative compressed air energy storage system, has signed an agreement with ConocoPhillips to develop compressed air energy storage (CAES) projects, beginning with a pilot project in Texas, using General Compression’s Advanced Energy Storage (GCAES) technology. General Compression , Inc.,

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