Texas Archives - Renew Economy

Storage

Bigger in Texas: Inside the hottest grid battery market in the US
Battery developers love Texas’ freewheeling ERCOT system, and all the new energy storage is helping to bolster the grid. But will the good times last?
Julian Spector

May 14, 2024

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Policy & Planning

The Texas deep freeze left the state in crisis. Here are 3 lessons for Australia
The Texas crisis serves as a warning to the world. Here are three lessons for Australia on climate, technology and the need to act.
Tim Nelson & Joel Gilmore

Mar 1, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market
Australia’s electricity market is unsustainable. Texas shows us why.
Bruce Mountain

Feb 26, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

El Paso announces 200MW of solar, 100MW of energy storage
Texas electric utility announces winning bids for its 2017 request for proposals, including a total of 200MW of utility-scale solar and 100MW of battery storage.
Joshua S Hill

Jan 15, 2019

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Solar

LendLease ups renewables game with 200MW solar project in Texas
Lendlease subsidiary to build $170m, 200MW solar farm in Fort Bend County Texas, to supply PV generation to Houston utility CentrePoint Energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 13, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Largest wind farm in US is growing in Oklahoma. It’s a sign of the times
$4.5 billion project by American Electric Power (AEP) and wind developer Invenergy, will be largest in US and help key states wean off coal.
Bobby Magill

Jul 31, 2017

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Coal

Does best CCS power station in world provide model for Australia?
Josh Frydenberg over-egged the success of a CCS plant he visited in US, and now he’s done the same in Australia with new CEFC mandate.
Simon Holmes à Court

May 31, 2017

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Load shifting with electric vehicles is a great match to wind in many areas
As EV battery prices drop, they offer the opportunity to soak up nighttime peaks, allowing larger capacity of night-peaking renewables to be deployed
Clayton Handleman

Aug 24, 2015

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How Texas wind farms are putting intermittency concerns to rest
Concern over the limits of wind energy penetration, due to its intermittent nature, could be put to rest by new data from the US DOE.
Clayton Handleman

Aug 17, 2015

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City of Austin gets 1.2GW of solar bids at less than 4c/kWh
A lot more cheap solar is coming for Austin, Texas, with the city’s utility getting more than 1,200MW of solar bids at less than 4c/kWh (the cheapest ever).
Stephen Lacey

Jul 2, 2015

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Texas – home of oil and gas – now going big in solar and wind energy
Solar and wind projects on the ground and in the Texas pipelines are generating big numbers in both gigawatts (GW) and revenue.
Aisha Abdelhamid

Mar 24, 2015

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Dow Chemical is latest US business to throw natural gas under the bus
Dow Chemical joins other corporate leaders in choosing wind energy over gas for a Texas manufacturing plant.
Tina Casey

Mar 18, 2015

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