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Texas Cooperatives Agree to Purchase 7 MW of Distribution-Scale Solar Energy
Five electric distribution cooperatives in Texas have signed agreements to purchase 7 megawatts (MW-dc) of distribution-scale solar generation, providing an increased supply of cost-effective and clean...
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Facebook Signs 200 Megawatt Wind Power Purchase Agreement In Texas
American online social media giant Facebook has signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Apex Clean Energy for 200 megawatts (MW) of the 525 MW Aviator Wind project set to be built in Coke County, Texas.
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Key Trends In Renewable Integration — Latest NREL Grid Data Book
The share of variable renewable energy (VRE) — mainly solar and wind — generation on U.S. regional power systems more than doubled on average from 2012 to 2018, according to the newly released 2018...
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Solar Will Kick Most Of Texas’s Remaining Coal Fleet Offline
In Texas, solar will soon push most of the remaining coal fleet offline, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
View ArticleHours Before Presidential Debate, Coal Sinks & Floating Solar Panels Soar
The killer combo of floating solar panels and seven more coal power plant retirements seems to have messed with the President's mind
View ArticleRocky Mountain Institute Study Shows Renewables Are Kicking Natural Gas To...
The latest analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute shows the declining costs of renewables is putting pressure on plans to build more natural gas fired thermal generating facilities.
View ArticleIt’s Time For Transparency In The Electric Grid
Replacing the fossil-fueled energy supply with renewable energy requires unusual focus and substantial investment in the electricity sector
View ArticleHow Texas Can Lead The Global Electric Vehicle Transformation — Yes, Global
Texas-based ERCOT joins Colorado-based NREL in a global consortium that will lift the electric vehicle sector on a tide of renewable energy
View ArticleUS Chairs New Global Energy Storage Cabal, Clean Power Gets Last Laugh
Wait, why is the US chairing a new global energy storage consortium that will kill off coal, oil, and gas jobs all over the world
View ArticlePresident-Elect Joe Biden’s First 100 Days Of Renewable Energy: Sunshine &...
President-Elect Joe Biden has a head start on the renewable energy race, thanks in part to ongoing work by the US Department of Energy
View ArticleA Warmer Planet Brings Cold To Texas & Creates Challenges For Grid Operators
Texas is freezing. That’s a problem for ERCOT, the organization that manages the utility grid in much of the Lone Star state. The record low temperatures led many Texans to plug in their portable...
View ArticleA Clean Energy Transition Can Improve Grid Reliability & Resilience In Texas
Courtesy of RMI. By Mark Dyson & Becky Xilu Li With extreme cold stretching across half the United States, the past week has seen unprecedented power outages in the central part of the country,...
View ArticlePower Outages in Texas & California Have Less in Common than You Think
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Mark Specht Chances are that you’ve already heard about the ongoing power outages in Texas and other nearby states. If you haven’t gotten the message...
View ArticleTexas to Add 35 Gigawatts of Wind & Solar in Next 3 Years — Boosting Grid...
Clearly, the news story of the week — well beyond CleanTechnica — has been Texas and some neighboring regions freezing over and losing electricity. The vast majority of the power plants that went...
View ArticleFrom Ignorance To Greed To Ideology To Propaganda: The Failures Of Texas’ Grid
Dozens of Texans are dead, hundreds facing potentially lifelong medical disability, more facing impossible financial expectations after a fiscally challenging year. No wonder the people in charge are...
View ArticleERCOT Charged $16 Billion Too Much For Power
An independent market monitor says ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, left wholesale electricity prices at the legal maximum for two days longer than necessary, and overcharged power companies $16 billion...
View ArticleWho’s To Blame For A $17,000 Electric Bill In Texas?
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Joseph Daniel When the polar vortex came to Texas, demand for electricity increased so that people could stay warm, while the electricity supply collapsed....
View ArticleA Tesla Big Battery Is Coming To Texas
A subsidiary of Tesla is building a 100 MW grid scale battery facility near Galveston, Texas.
View ArticleWärtsilä Providing 200 MW/429 MWh Battery Storage For Texas Grid
Wärtsilä Energy is bringing two new 100 MW battery storage facilities to Texas with a combined capacity of 429 MWh.
View ArticleBuffett’s Plan To Fix Texas Energy Grid Includes 10 New Peaker Plants Owned...
Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, is generally acknowledged to be the world’s smartest investor. Maybe so, although it can be argued that his warm embrace of fossil fuels indicates he may be good at...
View ArticleHow FERC Transmission Reform Can End the Delay of a Cleaner Future
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Michael Jacobs, Senior energy analyst Transmission is to electricity what roads and highways are to cars and trucks. Some local roads (or driveways) are...
View ArticleERCOT Is Having Problems With Electricity In Texas Again, And Summer Has Only...
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) isn’t so reliable these days, and it recently announced that it has some tight grid conditions due to many forced generation outages. During the winter...
View ArticleRed Hot Perovskite Solar Cell Field Just Got Way Redder & Hotter
A new perovskite solar cell venture is proof that legacy energy stakeholders can pivot to renewables -- if they really want to.
View ArticleCompany With “Skateboard” Electric Vehicle Platform Sets Up Headquarters In …...
The electric vehicle startup REE Automotive is staking out new territory in the US, and Texas --yes, Texas -- is a perfect place to start.
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ERCOT & Tesla: How Virtual Power Plants Can Help Texas Electricity Grid &...
Tesla held a virtual power plant (VPP) workshop for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) on May 31. Gail Alfar, the writer at What’s Up Tesla?, attended and shared her thoughts. Also in...
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Virtual Power Plants Do More Than Aggregate: They Empower
A new solar-enabled virtual power plant in Richmond, California, will not leave low- and middle-income households out in the cold
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The Solution to Grid Reliability? Go Bigger & Bolder on Renewables & Energy...
On Sunday, the Texas electric grid operator, ERCOT, requested that consumers conserve energy on Monday for fear that the electric grid would not be able to meet the demand during an extremely hot day....
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Flow Batteries For Electric Vehicles?
A new flow battery for electric vehicles is getting attention from DARPA, NASA, and the US Air Force.
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Yikes! USA Has Only Major Power Grid Without A Plan
Inter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather.
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Wholesale U.S. Electricity Prices Were Volatile in 2022
Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the United States rose throughout much of 2022 and were, at times, volatile as a result of extreme weather events. The limited availability...
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Wärtsilä 200 MW/500+ MWh Standalone Battery Storage Facility Switched On In...
Wärtsilä has completed a 200 MW / 500+ MWh stand-alone battery storage project in Texas that will help stabilize that state's grid.
View ArticleTexas To Release Offshore Wind Kracken As Foes Sharpen Knives
Offshore wind stakeholders may have the wind at their backs in Texas, where conditions are ripe for offshore development despite pushback from the usual suspects.
View ArticleTesla Virtual Power Plants Get Approval In Texas
As Tesla’s energy business continues to grow, backup power generation will remain at the center of future developments. In recent weeks, Texas residents who have a Tesla Powerwall and solar panels...
View ArticleRenewable Power Helped the United States Survive the Hottest Summer Ever
This summer, the United States endured the two warmest months ever recorded, yet the system held because of renewable energy.
View ArticleIn Most U.S. Regions, 2024 Wholesale Electricity Prices Will Be Similar to 2023
We expect average wholesale electricity prices for 2024 in most areas of the country to be close to or slightly ... [continued] The post In Most U.S. Regions, 2024 Wholesale Electricity Prices Will Be...
View ArticleTexas Solar Power Growth Changing the Shape of Daily Electricity Supply in ERCOT
The electricity mix of energy sources in Texas, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity grid operator, changed noticeably in 2023. Although wind power remains the...
View ArticleExploring Wholesale Energy Price Trends: The Renewables & Wholesale...
The Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) visualization tool from Berkeley Lab has been updated with nodal electricity pricing and wind and solar generation data through the end of 2023:...
View ArticleStartup Gets $10 Million To Pump More Energy Storage Into Texas Grid
The US startup Quidnet Energy is leveraging oilfield know-how to bring a new underground pumped hydro energy storage system to Texas. The post Startup Gets $10 Million To Pump More Energy Storage Into...
View ArticleSolar Power Surges In Europe, The UK, & Texas
The energy the Earth gets from the sun every day could generate enough electricity to meet the needs of humanity for a year. All we have to do is harvest it wisely and efficiently. [Note: that assumes...
View ArticleENGIE: 1 Gigawatt of Battery Storage Capacity Added In USA This Year
I just wrote about how battery energy storage is massively helping to extend the usefulness of solar energy into the evening in California. It is quickly transforming the California electricity grid....
View ArticleNew Analysis Finds Substantial Value of Adding Up to 4-Hour Duration...
We are pleased to announce a new study that examines the value of adding batteries to wind and solar plants located in areas that face transmission congestion. We examine two types of areas facing...
View ArticleCryptocurrency & Data Centers Create Soaring Electricity Demand in Texas
In the United States, electricity consumption is growing fastest in Texas, where the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90% of the load on the state’s power grid. One of the main...
View ArticleU.S. Hourly Electricity Demand Peaked in July with Widespread Heatwaves
Last summer, U.S. electricity demand in the Lower 48 states was greatest at 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 15, 2024, when it reached about 745 gigawatthours (GWh), based on data in our Hourly...
View ArticleThe Great Grid-Scale Battery Boom Comes To The US
The United States is rapidly installing grid-scale batteries that are helping to prevent power blackouts, known in German as Dunkelflaute, according to The Guardian. From barely any just a few years...
View ArticleUS Grid Operators Kept the Lights on This Summer with More Solar, Storage, &...
The demand for electricity is generally at its peak during summer afternoons, when many people use their air conditioners. Until this year, the bulk power system — the network of generators and...
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