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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.
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