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 in […]
Advanced Power Alliance Recognizes Texas State Representative Jim Murphy as “Texas Energy Champion”
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 recognition of Murphy’s policy work […]
Amazon Launches Biggest Wind Farm Yet
Company’s Renewable Energy Projects Will Together Generate Enough Clean Energy to Power More Than 330,000 Homes Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that its largest wind farm yet—Amazon Wind Farm Texas—is now up and running, adding more than 1,000,000 MWh of clean energy to the grid each year. Amazon has launched 18 wind and solar projects […]
Rural Texas Speaks Out: Tells Lawmakers to Keep Supporting Chapter 313
One of the most valuable tools Texas uses to attract major investments to Texas is currently under assault in the legislature. Lawmakers in Austin who don’t understand the innovative Chapter 313 program, are working to take this tool away from Texas counties and school districts. The loss would be felt immediately, especially in rural areas that have […]
The Home Depot Taps Texas Wind Farm for Renewable Energy
(Atlanta, Georgia) The Home Depot® today announced its first major investment in a wind-powered renewable energy project. The energy purchased from the wind farm is enough to power 100 Home Depot stores for a year while also providing $150,000 in local community benefits.The Los Mirasoles Wind Farm, owned and operated by EDP Renewables North America, […]
Infinity Renewables and MJMEUC Sign Power Purchase Agreement
(Santa Barbara, California) Infinity Renewables entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with the Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission (MJMEUC) to sell wind energy from its Iron Star Wind Project, located in Ford County, Kansas. The wind energy, generated in western Kansas, will be delivered to MJMEUC customers in Missouri via the Grain Belt […]
Negative Prices Still Rare, Mostly Caused by Other Energy Sources
Concerned about negative pricing in electricity markets? This insightful commentary from AWEA’s Into The Wind Blog provides insight into negative pricing, its cause, and its impacts on ratepayers in ERCOT and other markets. Original content located here: https://www.aweablog.org/negative-prices-still-rare-mostly-caused-by-other-energy-sources/ Celeste Wanner and Walter Reid contributed to this analysis. Some recent press articles have again fallen into […]
Amazon Announces Its Largest Wind Farm to Date – A New 253 Megawatt Wind Farm in West Texas
Amazon Wind Farm Texas joins large Amazon wind and solar farms in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. Seattle, Washington – Amazon today announced “Amazon Wind Farm Texas,” a new 253-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Scurry County, Texas, that will generate 1,000,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of wind energy annually – enough energy to power almost 90,000 […]
Wind Coalition Responds to Newspaper’s Flawed Chapter 313 Coverage
By Jeffrey Clark: Wind Energy and Economic Development — A Proper Accounting Special to the Austin American Statesman The Texas Economic Development Act, also known as Chapter 313, is Texas’ signature program for attracting new investment to our state. Because we compete for investment on an international basis, Chapter 313 is an essential tool to attract […]
FACT CHECK! Transmission Pays for Itself, Saves Consumers Money
From AWEABlog, by Betsy Beck Studies show that expanding America’s electricity grid to meet 21st century needs more than pays for itself, and can even result in significant consumer savings. Improved transmission planning could save American families and businesses up to $47 billion every year, according to a recent white paper from the Brattle Group. […]