Texas Wind Power Growth 2010–2019 — 6% to 18% of Texas Electricity
In 2019, wind-powered generation contributed 84.4 thousand gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in Texas, an 11% increase from the 75.7 thousand GWh generated in 2018. Wind power accounted for 18% of...
View ArticleTexas Wind Power Dominates Coal In Crossover Year
Everything is bigger in Texas, and wind power is no exception. Wind power has been growing in Texas for years. Now, for the first time, wind power has beaten coal power
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 Article9 GW Of Texas Solar Power Could Be Added In 2021 — Interview
Though Texas may broadly be associated with fossil fuels, the Lone Star State is doing quite well with renewable energy. Dr. Joshua Rhodes, an energy researcher who lives in Austin, Texas, has answered...
View ArticleThe United States Installed More Wind Turbine Capacity in 2020 than in Any...
In both 2019 and 2020, project developers in the United States installed more wind power capacity than any other generating technology. According to data recently published by the U.S. Energy...
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 ArticleHow Biden’s “Invest in America” Agenda Helps Texas
On June 12, 2023 through June 13, 2023, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm will travel to Texas to ... [continued] The post How Biden’s “Invest in America” Agenda Helps Texas appeared first...
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. The post Texas To Release Offshore...
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 ArticleGreen Hydrogen Could Make Texas Offshore Wind Happen, Finally
Like a bolt out of the blue, the US firm Hecate Energy reached out and tapped the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management last week, requesting the right to develop two federal offshore wind energy areas...
View ArticleTexas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With Oil & Gas Producers
Wind energy investors are finding a friendly home in Texas, partly on account of the rising demand for electricity from oil and gas operations. The post Texas Wind Energy Industry Makes Friends With...
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