Originally published in the Houston Chronicle, Sunday, September 6, 2020: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Comment-Diverse-resources-and-stable-energy-15547818.php As a boy, I rattled around West Texas in a pickup with my favorite roughneck, my Uncle Rex, a sun-weathered, charismatic storyteller who operated heavy equipment in the Permian oil patch. He was proud of his role in growing this state and he loved to tellContinue reading “Clark: Diverse Resources and Stable Energy Policies Will Get Texas Economy Back on Track”
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Fast Company: “Don’t Build New Renewable Energy in California. Build it in the Upper Midwest First”
Fast Company | October 29, 2019 “Location, location, location” has long been the mantra of the real estate industry. A property’s location is considered more important than the qualities of the property itself. Perhaps unexpectedly, a similar rule applies to renewable energy infrastructure. A new study out of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HarvardContinue reading “Fast Company: “Don’t Build New Renewable Energy in California. Build it in the Upper Midwest First””
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””
Southwest Power Pool, Mountain West Transmission Group Move Closer to RTO Membership for Western Entities
On March 13, Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) board of directors approved the next phase of the continuing effort to integrate the Mountain West Transmission Group into the regional transmission organization’s (RTO) membership. The board’s vote is the culmination of more than a year of negotiations regarding the terms and conditions of Mountain West’s proposed membershipContinue reading “Southwest Power Pool, Mountain West Transmission Group Move Closer to RTO Membership for Western Entities”
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 projectsContinue reading “Amazon Launches Biggest Wind Farm Yet”
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 haveContinue reading “Rural Texas Speaks Out: Tells Lawmakers to Keep Supporting Chapter 313”
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,Continue reading “The Home Depot Taps Texas Wind Farm for Renewable Energy”
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 BeltContinue reading “Infinity Renewables and MJMEUC Sign Power Purchase Agreement”
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 intoContinue reading “Negative Prices Still Rare, Mostly Caused by Other Energy Sources”