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US Breaks Monthly Wind Records Again
The United States wind industry has again broken monthly wind generation and penetration records, according to the country’s wind trade body. The American Wind Energy Association reported this week...
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DERs Finding Market Opportunities In Texas Through Locational Pricing
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Dan Seif and Chad Blevins Much has been made about the potential of improving grid reliability and supporting a new era of distributed energy resource (DER)...
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Texas Grid Plans Jump In 2016 Solar & Wind Capacity
Additions this year to the ERCOT grid in Texas are expected to be dominated by ⅔ from wind and solar PV, according to energy research from SNL. If SNL research proves true, this will be a huge boost to...
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Texas Hits New Wind Generation Record Of 45% Total Electric Demand
Texas grid operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas announced that on Sunday wind electricity generation hit a new peak record and represented approximately 45% of total electric demand at the...
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Wind Energy Is Behind A Historic Shift in US Electricity Production
Wind generation has grown by more than 11 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in just a year in the huge ERCOT market of Texas Wind Energy Is Behind A Historic Shift in US Electricity Production was...
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New Wind Energy Record Set in Texas
Wind turbines in Texas, in the service territory of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) -- which is the main Texas electric grid -- set a new electricity output record on October 7, it...
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Texas Renewables Jump 13 Percent in 2011
Texas saw a 13 percent increase in the amount of energy generated by renewable sources in 2011, according to a new report by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
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More Solar Power in TX Could Save Consumers Over $520 Million, New Study Finds
A new report released today analyzed how much electricity prices for Texas consumers would have been reduced in the summer of 2011 by adding solar capacity to the Texas electricity market. In total,...
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Texas Grid Sets New Wind Power Record & Aims Much Higher
Texas recently set a new record for wind power across its grid by generating over 8,500 MW for 26 percent of total demand -- and it could soon reach 75 percent
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New Wind Energy Records Set On ERCOT And SPP Grids
Both the ERCOT and SPP power grids benefited from America's wind energy boom by setting new wind power integration records in December
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EDF Renewable Energy Commissions 150MW Wind Energy Project In Texas
According to a recent announcement made by EDF Renewable Energy, formerly known as enXco, 150 MW Bobcat Bluff wind farm in Texas became operational on 26 December 2012. EDF Renewable Energy had...
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Wind And Solar Competitive With Natural Gas In The Lone Star State
Basing its latest Long Term Assessment of electricity generation scenarios on real-world data led to some "astounding" results
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Under Trump’s Watch, Wind Energy Set To Blow Past Coal In Texas
In two concurrent trends, US wind energy is rising while cheap natural gas continues to kill off hundreds of jobs in the coal power generating sector
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Transmission Upgrades & Expansion Are Necessary To Meet Increasing Demand For...
A newly released report from the Wind Energy Foundation (WEF) calls upon transmission planners to take into account the significant renewable energy demand of large non-utility customers, especially...
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Texas Grid Is Now 30% Carbon-Free, Led By Wind
The latest data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's grid operator, has revealed that Texas' energy market is now 30% carbon-free and dominated by wind energy, which...
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NRDC Blog: What That Flashy Renewable Energy Paper Got Wrong
The costs of wind and solar energy keep falling; installing a new wind turbine costs about a third of what it did in 2008. Solar prices fell by 88 percent during that time. In fact, renewable energy is...
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Texas Going Big On Renewables: Phase II Has Started
When a wind power discussion comes up, Texas is often mentioned. It’s not just that Texas has a lot of wind power. (It does.) It’s not just that Texas has a big, very isolated grid. (It does.*) There’s...
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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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