Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:56:59 +0000
A company backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and Ares Climate Infrastructure said three solar power of its projects are now online in Texas. SB Energy, a renewable energy group focused […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:15:47 +0000
Fracking is big business in West Texas, but irreparable damage to the Earth and groundwater is a result. Who pays to clean up the mess?
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:07:39 +0000
The beleaguered Texas power grid could get some much-needed help from the proposed Southern Spirit transmission line, except for a monkey wrench thrown into the works by state legislators in Louisiana.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 03:43:09 +0000
In the United States, electricity consumption is growing fastest in Texas, where the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages 90% of the load on the state’s power grid. One of the main sources of growing demand for power is large-scale computing facilities such as data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations, … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:14:56 +0000
California-based Clearway Energy Group said it has closed financing and started construction of standalone solar and energy storage projects in Hopkins County, Texas. The company on October 2 said the […]
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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:15:18 +0000
Human-made enhanced geothermal energy systems can make 24/7, baseload, zero emission geothermal resources available across a wider range of geological conditions.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:09 +0000
I just wrote about how battery energy storage is massively helping to extend the usefulness of solar energy into the evening in California. It is quickly transforming the California electricity grid. Then I saw this news from ENGIE, thanks to one of our content curators. ENGIE has now reached more … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 16:38:06 +0000
I was going through the new Integrating Solar and Wind: Global experience and emerging challenges report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and I noticed an interesting graph. Well, there are at least a few interesting charts, but this one chart is something I don’t think I’ve ever seen. The … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:57:25 +0000
Showing how much the solar industry is both 1) a major source of jobs in the US and 2) a fast growing segment of the economy, the 14th annual National Solar Jobs Census by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) was just published and includes two big stats: 15,564 solar jobs … [continued]
The post 15,564 Solar Jobs Added in USA Last Year, Reaching Record 279,447–454,136 Solar Workers appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Read moreCredit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:20:29 +0000
Regular crashes, injuries, and even fatalities plague the traffic sector, highlighting the potential benefits of self-driving cars. When my daughters and I decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco, we had no idea how safe we would or wouldn’t … [continued]
The post Uber & Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin & Atlanta appeared first on CleanTechnica.
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