This big battery storage project will boost San Antonio’s grid
San Antonio’s grid is about to get substantial backup with a 120-megawatt (MW), 480-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery storage project.
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Texas opens its first federally funded NEVI EV fast charging station
The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation today announced the opening of Texas’s first EV fast charging station funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program.
Expand Expanding CloseThese new Texas homes come with free backup batteries
Select Lennar communities in Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, come with Base Power home backup batteries – for free – when homeowners sign up for Base’s monthly electricity service.
Expand Expanding CloseØrsted’s largest solar farm in the world is now online in Texas
The Mockingbird Solar Center, Ørsted’s largest solar project globally, is now online, next to protected prairie donated by the renewable energy giant.
Expand Expanding CloseChevy EV owners in Texas now get free overnight home charging with Reliant
Chevy EV owners in Texas who have Reliant as their electric utility can now charge for free at night with renewable energy.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas to get 1 GW AI-powered virtual power plant, enough to power 200,000 homes
Texas is about to get a major power boost – a new AI-powered virtual power plant (VPP) delivering capacity equivalent to 200,000 homes during peak demand.
Expand Expanding CloseChinese solar giant Trina sells its Texas factory a week after it opens
Trina Solar is selling its Texas solar panel factory as the US scrutinizes Chinese companies cashing in on Inflation Reduction Act tax breaks.
Expand Expanding CloseToyota to buy clean power from a $1.1 billion solar farm in Texas
Enbridge, a Canadian energy company, just announced it’s moving forward with an 815-megawatt (MW) solar project called Sequoia in Texas. When it’s done, it’ll be one of the largest solar farms in North America. The project’s price tag is a hefty $1.1 billion.
Expand Expanding CloseA wind farm in Texas will help power Rivian’s Adventure Network
Rivian will power its DC fast-charging network with renewable energy company RWE’s Champion Wind farm in Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseLG is now taking orders for its first DC fast charger in the US
LG Business Solutions USA is now taking orders for the first LG DC fast charger in the US, which is being built in Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseRobotaxi rumors, a Tesla van, FSD data calls, and leave Texas solar alone
On today’s episode of Quick Charge, rumors about a new Tesla van join the hype surrounding the Robotaxi reveal, and full self driving might be coming to the Tesla Semi. What’s more, Tesla is bringing back 0% financing on new Model Ys … if you buy FSD, that is.
Expand Expanding CloseTexans want its lawmakers to stop messing with its solar growth
The majority of Texans think there’s too much bureaucracy slowing down new solar projects, and they want lawmakers to step out of the way.
Expand Expanding CloseHell froze over in Texas – the state will connect to the US grid for the first time via a fed grant
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announces $1.5B for four transmission projects – including connecting the Texas grid to the Southeast grids for the first time ever.
Expand Expanding CloseEnel signs a PPA with Tate & Lyle for Texas wind
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.
Expand Expanding CloseMaersk, PepsiCo, others to pilot a heavy-duty EV charging corridor between LA and El Paso
Some of the world’s largest shippers and carriers will pilot heavy-duty EV charging along the “first-ever US over-the-road electrified corridor.”
Expand Expanding CloseTexas just became No 1 in the US for most utility-scale solar
For the first time, Texas has bumped California out of the No 1 spot for the most utility-scale solar capacity.
Expand Expanding CloseAvangrid completes installation of its first solar farm in Texas
True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio.
Expand Expanding CloseEnel is deploying 6,000+ sheep to 8 Texas solar farms
Enel North America will deploy over 6,000 sheep at eight Texas solar farms in the US’s largest announced agrivoltaics agreement.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla might be running out of Cybertruck buyers, Fords charge free, and solar GP
On today’s episode of Quick Charge, we ask where Tesla’s million buyers went as the wait time on Cybertruck drops to zero. Meanwhile, Ford EVs charge free in Texas, Hyundai’s 7 passenger Ioniq 9 heads towards production, and we recap the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US just canceled the second Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has canceled the second offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico due to “a lack of competitive interest.”
Expand Expanding CloseThis Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels
Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseMercedes-Benz just opened more DC fast chargers at Buc-ee’s in Texas
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging just opened more DC fast chargers at Buc-ee’s stores in the Dallas-Forth Worth area.
Expand Expanding CloseThis new Texas power company’s electricity comes with a home battery
Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas goes big on solar + storage that can power 41,000+ homes
A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas.
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