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Texas just ran its entire grid on wind, solar, and batteries alone for hours — renewables briefly powering the nation’s biggest energy state with no gas or coal
For a few hours on a breezy spring night in 2025, something happened on the Texas power grid that would have been unthinkable ...
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America’s grid batteries just set a record — stored electricity now discharging enough at peak to replace dozens of power plants in a matter of seconds
On a hot evening in the summer of 2024, grid operators in Texas watched something that would have been unthinkable five years ...
By the end of 2026, solar is forecast to provide 12% of Texas' electricity generation, while coal will fall to around 13%.
Data centers are creating enormous demand for new electricity in Texas. But can the grid actually meet it?
Nationally, the combination of wind and solar surpassed coal generation in 2024, as noted in an analysis by Ember, a think ...
The state Public Utility Commission is seeking to rework a system that charges big electricity users for power lines and ...
The Southern Spirit Transmission line project is getting a boost from federal funding. (U.S. Department of Energy) The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced it will put $360 million toward a ...
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Three weeks shy of five years since a winter storm overwhelmed Texas’ power grid and left millions freezing in the dark, grocery store shelves across the state were barren, schools and businesses ...
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