Texas 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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Solar to displace natural gas in the daytime + in summer on the Texas grid
Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseThis old Texas wind farm now makes more power with fewer turbines
An old wind farm in Texas just got a second life, and its capacity has gone from 160 megawatts (MW) to 182 MW.
Expand Expanding CloseSolar topped coal in Texas for the first time ever in March
Solar topped coal’s output in Texas for the first time in any month, sending 3.26 million megawatt-hours (MWh) onto the grid vs. coal’s 2.96 million MWh in March.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas installs another big solar + battery storage project
Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering.
Expand Expanding CloseThis 408-MW solar farm will be one of the largest in Texas
Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseA Spanish renewables developer is about to go large in the US
Spanish renewables developer Greenalia is rolling out an impressive 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar, wind, and battery storage in Texas, with more on the way.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas trailblazes with DC fast chargers with integrated battery storage
A “Battery Storage EV Charging Superhub” is launching in Dallas – here’s how the fast chargers with battery storage work.
Expand Expanding CloseThis Texas EV lease company includes unlimited free home charging
Octopus Electric Vehicles just launched DriveFree, a used EV leasing program, and it comes with unlimited free home charging.
Expand Expanding CloseAn EV convoy is headed to Texas and Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation love it
An EV roadshow is headed to East Texas next week, and the Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation is helping to spearhead it.
Expand Expanding CloseLG Electronics just opened its first US EV charger factory
LG Electronics just launched its first EV charger factory in the US, and it has an annual capacity of 12,000 units.
Expand Expanding CloseUS battery storage capacity is expected to nearly double in 2024
Developers plan to expand US battery storage capacity to more than 30 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseHere are your 3 favorite Electrek solar stories of 2023
Here are the Top 3 stories about solar industry happenings that Electrek readers got most excited about in 2023.
Expand Expanding CloseIndia’s Waaree Energies will build a 5 GW solar factory in Texas
India’s Waaree Energies announced today that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area.
Expand Expanding CloseOverair looks to bring eVTOL operations to Texas, working with City of Arlington and DFW Airport
Less than a month after announcing three separate partnerships to establish electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) operations in South Korea, zero-emission aviation developer Overair is turning its sights back on its native US. Today, Overair has shared news of two separate memorandums to research, develop, and implement eVTOL operations in North Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseAs Texas hits 112F, here’s how big battery storage is keeping the grid online
As the brutal heat wave in Texas continues, Electrek spoke with Julia Souder, CEO of the global nonprofit Long Duration Energy Storage Council and chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, about how big battery storage is helping to keep the Texas grid online.
Expand Expanding CloseThanks to wind and solar, Texas has kept the power on and the costs down
Wind, solar, and nuclear generated up to 55% of total power in Texas in the record-breaking end-of-June heat – keeping the natural gas share below 50%.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas solar and wind are setting records, and the state’s grid can’t handle it
Texas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseVW kicks off its first US autonomous driving pilot with ID. Buzz EVs
Volkswagen is rolling out an autonomous driving vehicle test fleet with ID. Buzz EVs in Austin.
Expand Expanding CloseThe annual US health cost of oil and gas production is $77B – here’s how we fix that
The US oil and gas sector was responsible for $77 billion in total health impacts in 2016, according to a newly released study.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s what I found out in Texas about John Deere’s electric backhoe
I traveled to Austin to check out John Deere’s second-gen 310 X-Tier E-Power electric backhoe – here’s what I learned.
Expand Expanding CloseScientists have found major storage capacity in water-based batteries
Texas A&M University scientists have been working with metal-free, water-based battery electrodes, and they’re finding that the difference in energy storage capacity is as much as 1,000%.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas EV drivers who charge at home can now get a discount on their entire electric bill with this retailer
Renewable energy retailer Octopus Energy US today announced that it’s going to give Texas electric vehicle drivers cheaper electricity rates when they smart charge their EVs at home.
Expand Expanding CloseHere’s why Texas is a geothermal energy ‘sleeping giant’
Texas is hot below ground and full of folks with oil and gas drilling expertise, so that makes it ripe for a geothermal energy boom, according to a new study from researchers at five Texas universities.
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