Click here to access an interactive map showing project size, tax, and landowner payment data per legislative district. AUSTIN, TEXAS – Renewable energy and battery storage projects generate tens of billions of dollars in tax revenue and landowner payments, 60 percent of which benefits rural counties, according to a report released by the Advanced PowerContinue reading “NEW REPORT: Battery Storage and Renewable Energy Projects Are Boon to Texas Economy”
Category Archives: Economic Development
Comment: Keep the ‘Texas Miracle’ Alive by Reviving Critical Economic Development Plan
This Commentary was published in the Houston Chronicle on October 17, 2022: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/texas-inc/article/Comment-Keep-the-Texas-Miracle-alive-by-17500857.php By Jeffrey Clark, President – Advanced Power Alliance It’s said that everything old is new again. Dated ideas resurface, and occasionally sound public policies are abandoned because lawmakers fail to remember why they were established in the first place. While lauding theContinue reading “Comment: Keep the ‘Texas Miracle’ Alive by Reviving Critical Economic Development Plan”
Updated Interactive Website Shows Clean Energy’s Expanding Contributions to Rural Texas
Solar and wind projects help diversify local economies, creating new revenue for rural governments, school districts and landowners; but anti-economic development bills threaten that growth. Wind power, solar power, and energy storage projects are providing new economic opportunities for rural Texas counties, bringing needed diversification, economic development, job creation, and multi-generational revenue through a growingContinue reading “Updated Interactive Website Shows Clean Energy’s Expanding Contributions to Rural Texas”
After Historic Outages, Poll Shows Texans Favor Solar, Wind and Other Clean Energy
Most Texas voters want the state to produce more renewable energy, reduce their state’s reliance on fossil fuels, and move toward cleaner power, according to a new poll taken in the wake of the February storm and power outages. The survey by Nexus Polling shows that roughly six in 10 Texas voters say the stateContinue reading “After Historic Outages, Poll Shows Texans Favor Solar, Wind and Other Clean Energy”
SEIA, Wood Mackenzie release 10-year forecast for solar ITC extension
Solar Power World | September 24, 2019 An extension of the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) would spark $87 billion in new private sector investment and add 113,000 American jobs over baseline estimates by 2030, according to 10-year forecasts released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. The forecastsContinue reading “SEIA, Wood Mackenzie release 10-year forecast for solar ITC extension”
Enel Green Power Will Fuel Oreo-Maker Mondelēz International with Green Energy in the United States
Enel Green Power signed with Mondelēz International a 12-year power purchase agreement under which the food company will buy the energy delivered to the grid by a 65 MW portion of the Roadrunner PV plant. The renewable energy purchased from Enel Green Power is enough to produce over 50% of all the Oreos consumed inContinue reading “Enel Green Power Will Fuel Oreo-Maker Mondelēz International with Green Energy in the United States”
Advanced Power Alliance Recognizes Texas State Representative Jim Murphy as “Texas Energy Champion”
June 25, 2019 – Advanced Power Alliance President Jeff Clark and American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Vice President Susan Sloan presented the “Texas Energy Champion” award to Texas State Representative Jim Murphy (District 133 – West Houston) at a meeting in Houston this morning. The award was presented by the APA and AWEA in recognitionContinue reading “Advanced Power Alliance Recognizes Texas State Representative Jim Murphy as “Texas Energy Champion””
Free Markets and Infrastructure Give Texas a Cleaner Power Grid
Original Publication: https://www.mrt.com/opinion/article/Free-markets-infrastructure-give-Texas-cleaner-13920301.php For many years, policymakers in Washington have struggled to manufacture a workable policy that addresses the serious challenges we face from our changing climate without raising Americans’ energy bills. They could learn a few things from Texas. The Lone Star State has demonstrated how to increase production of affordable and reliable power byContinue reading “Free Markets and Infrastructure Give Texas a Cleaner Power Grid”
US Wind Power Grew 8 Percent in 2018 Amid Record Demand
Annual market report shows a healthy wind industry delivered record US jobs, $1 billion in rural community and state payments last year. Houston, Texas — The American wind power industry emerged from 2018 stronger than ever, now able to power 30 million American homes after 8 percent capacity growth last year. The newly released U.S. WindContinue reading “US Wind Power Grew 8 Percent in 2018 Amid Record Demand”
Pecan Street Launches Texas’ First Grid-Connected Vehicle-to-Grid Research and Testing Center
Energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, Texas, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy. The V2G testing center is part of Austin SHINES, an Austin Energy project that is testing how energy storage at grid,Continue reading “Pecan Street Launches Texas’ First Grid-Connected Vehicle-to-Grid Research and Testing Center”