Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:31:28 +0000
The need for more reliability and resilience of power delivery, both in the U.S. and worldwide, has utilities and grid operators looking for solutions to the challenge of bolstering the […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:48:27 +0000
Texas’ plan to add more natural gas-fired power generation capacity, supported by money from a newly created energy fund, received a boost when several companies announced their intention to file […]
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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 16:05:26 +0000
The US startup Quidnet Energy is leveraging oilfield know-how to bring a new underground pumped hydro energy storage system to Texas.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 23:23:47 +0000
The Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) visualization tool from Berkeley Lab has been updated with nodal electricity pricing and wind and solar generation data through the end of 2023: https://emp.lbl.gov/renewables-and-wholesale-electricity-prices-rewep. ReWEP users can explore trends in wholesale electricity prices and their relationship to wind and solar generation. ReWEP includes … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 10:07:47 +0000
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) reported in March that the U.S. solar industry installed 32.4 GWdc of capacity in 2023, a remarkable 51% increase compared to 2022. It was the industry’s
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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:30:51 +0000
Grid operators across the U.S. report they are largely prepared for the total solar eclipse that will pass over a large swath of North America on April 8, though they […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:36:21 +0000
A Texas-based energy company has announced plans to build a 1.2-GW natural gas-fired power plant in Lee County, Texas, with construction expected to begin in 2025. Sandow Lakes Energy Co. […]
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Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 12:01:51 +0000
We expect average wholesale electricity prices for 2024 in most areas of the country to be close to or slightly … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:57:54 +0000
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued a conservation appeal as it braces for continued freezing temperatures, “very high” demand, and “unseasonably low wind” early in the morning […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 20:07:48 +0000
A France-based energy group said it has an agreement to buy three natural gas-fired power plants in Texas. The facilities, one near Dallas and two south of Houston, represent about […]
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