Ørsted has taken final investment decision on the Old 300 Solar Center, which is located in Fort Bend County, 40 miles from Houston, Texas, and is expected to come online in Q2 2022. Over the past year, Ørsted has significantly increased its solar portfolio and with the addition of Old 300, now has 1.1 GWContinue reading “Ørsted Takes Final Investment Decision on Old 300 Solar Center, a 430MWAC Solar PV Project Located Near Houston”
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APA Calls on Lawmakers and Regulators to Expand Economic Opportunity With Infrastructure
APA Vice President Mark Yates: “Critical Infrastructure and Clean Energy Can Save the Midwest Economy“ Americans are proud of the resilience that runs through our veins. As a nation, we have persevered through monumental challenges, often achieving what seemed impossible in order to overcome adversity, protect our liberties and way of life, and to createContinue reading “APA Calls on Lawmakers and Regulators to Expand Economic Opportunity With Infrastructure”
New Polling Highlights Broad Public Support for Renewable Energy Across America’s Sun Belt
A series of recent polls released by the Advanced Power Alliance (APA) shows strong public support for the continued growth of renewable energy development across America’s “Sun Belt”. For the purposes of this research, APA focused on eight states including portion of the area including the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee,Continue reading “New Polling Highlights Broad Public Support for Renewable Energy Across America’s Sun Belt”
Economic Study of Texas Renewables Investment Highlights Massive Benefit to Rural Communities
Energy and economic analysts IdeaSmiths recently released The Economic Impact of Renewable Energy in Rural Texas – a report commissioned by Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation and Powering Texas – which examined the economic development, tax, and landowner impacts of utility scale renewable energy development in Texas. The findings of the research showed that the financial impacts of these developments are positive,Continue reading “Economic Study of Texas Renewables Investment Highlights Massive Benefit to Rural Communities”
Clark: Diverse Resources and Stable Energy Policies Will Get Texas Economy Back on Track
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”
How the end of a major tax incentive may impact wind energy
PBS | January 28, 2020 The amount of wind energy in the United States has more than doubled since 2011. It’s gotten a big boost from a federal incentive called the Production Tax Credit. But after nearly 30 years, the tax is set to begin phasing out. Karla Murthy reports from Texas as part ofContinue reading “How the end of a major tax incentive may impact wind energy”
Road to 100: How four cities are leading the renewables revolution
Utility Dive | December 10, 2019 The mounting pressure to decarbonize is causing many cities, states and companies to take a hard look at their electric power sources. Though the shift is leading the electric sector toward more alternative resources, carbon-free ambitions remain largely ambitions. But six U.S. cities have reached their goals of notContinue reading “Road to 100: How four cities are leading the renewables revolution”
USA Today: Renewable Energy Use Projected to Surpass Coal by 2021
USA Today | November 28, 2019 The United States will likely get more power in 2021 from renewable energy than from coal, the Institute for Energy Economic and Financial Analysis has projected, CNN reported Wednesday. “The next piece of the energy transition is very close at hand,” Greentech Capital Advisors partner PJ Deschenes said. “CoalContinue reading “USA Today: Renewable Energy Use Projected to Surpass Coal by 2021”
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””
Toyota To Reduce Emissions From North American Operations By Up To Forty Percent
Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is committing to aggressively reduce its carbon output in the United States by entering into Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs). It will use them to reduce emissions from its North American operations by up to forty percent over the next 3 years. The move represents another major step towards Toyota’s Environmental ChallengeContinue reading “Toyota To Reduce Emissions From North American Operations By Up To Forty Percent”