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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 In the waters of Lake Ontario, Canada, a hugely significant energy development is taking place. Hydrostor is a company specializing in underwater compressed energy storage. Their idea addresses a significant issue facing renewables: the question of how to store energy to be used when the sun is not shining or winds aren’t strong enough. “The […]
Amid all the announcements coming out of the Paris climate talks, Google’s latest investments are making a splash. These new projects are part of the company’s push to power its operations with 100% green energy, with a goal of tripling its renewable energy purchases by 2025. The company’s list of renewable energy investments now grows […]
For over a century, Aspen, Colorado, has been a pioneer in the renewable energy community. Earlier this year, the city achieved a new milestone in reducing its carbon footprint. In August, Aspen became the third community in the United States to use only renewable energy as the source for electricity, joining Burlington, Vermont, and Greensburg, […]
Equities and the Economy As I suspected, U.S. equities did nothing yesterday closing ever so marginally lower with investors waiting for today’s Labor Department’s Employment Situation report for October. The Dow fell a meaningless 5 points to 17,863, the S&P 500 closed down an also meaningless 2 to and even 2,100 and the Nasdaq lost […]
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 […]
Texas’ electric grid is expected to hold up even better than initially expected in the upcoming, rainier-than-usual winter months , according to the agency that manages nearly 90 percent of the state’s grid. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is projecting to have more power capacity in reserve than originally anticipated thanks to more wind […]
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) […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
