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Texas expected to keep breaking wind generation records as wind capacity grows

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Note: Hourly averaged generation shown. Instantaneous peaks highlighted in the hour in which they occurred. Wind generation on the Texas electric system recently hit several all-time highs. The latest all-time instantaneous peak of 12,238 megawatts (MW) reached on October 22 replaced […]

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Pew report: Industrial energy efficiency to grow 22% by 2030

Pew has issued a new report looking at the evolving electricity grid through the lens of industrial efficiency, concluding the grid is quickly being modernized – but perhaps not fast enough. Power outages cost U.S. businesses billions of dollars each year, and the high number of grid disturbances put the country’s electric system in weak company. The […]

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FERC: Renewables account for over 60% of new generation in 2015

FERC puts renewables at 17.4% of total installed U.S. generating capacity, including 8.59% hydro, 5.91% wind (68,830 MW), 1.43% biomass, 1.13% solar (13,180 MW), and 0.34% geothermal steam. No new nuclear capacity was added in 2015, and only 9 MW of oil and 3 MW of coal. Because of differing capacity factors, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) […]

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Dallas jumps Houston as top green power government

The City of Dallas has yanked the title of top green power user from Houston, according to the federal Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA on Monday said the City of Dallas is now the largest local government user of green power in the nation, taking the top spot away from the City of Houston, which still […]

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Texas hits new wind power milestone on Thursday

The Texas electric grid hit a new record for wind power use early Thursday, as the state continues dominating the rest of the nation in wind farm growth. At 12:30 am Thursday, the main Texas grid operator reported that nearly 37 percent of demand was met with wind power. The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas, […]

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EDF building new Texas wind farm for Procter & Gamble

A wind farm in West Texas, outside of Roby. (Photo courtesy Rational Middle Media) San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy said Monday it will build a 123-megawatt wind farm north of Dallas to power Procter & Gamble’s plants that make its laundry, dish-washing and other cleaning products. Procter & Gamble made the announcement of the Tyler […]

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Nationwide, electricity generation from coal falls while natural gas rises

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electricity Monthly Update The monthly natural gas share of total U.S. electricity generation surpassed the coal share in July for the second time ever, with natural gas fueling 35.0% of total generation to coal’s 34.9% share. Compared to the previous July, coal-fired generation fell in every region of the country, […]

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Report: Total Transition to Renewable Energy Possible by 2050

AUSTIN, Texas – The world can transition to 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2050, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The plan calls for phasing out oil and gas at a rate that matches the depletion of existing fields, and warns exploration for new fields should be seen as high-risk investments since those fossil […]

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Feds to Lease Land for NJ Offshore Wind

The federal government is lending a hand to the struggling wind energy sector by leasing almost 350 acres of the ocean floor off the New Jersey coast for turbines, according to NorthJersey.com. The plan is to auction two leases between Nov. 9-13. The seafloor at auction could potentially support turbines that generate 3,400 MW of electricity, […]

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