EDF Renewable Energy’s Hereford Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational SAN DIEGO & HEREFORD, Texas–EDF Renewable Energy announced today that the 200-megawatt (MW) Hereford Wind Project in Texas reached commercial operation (COD) on December 22, 2014. In addition, tax equity financing closed with BNY Mellon and MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Financial details were not disclosed. … Continue reading EDF Renewable Energy’s Hereford Wind Project in Texas Becomes Operational→
EPA’s Clean Air Act Plan: Clean Power or Power Play? Once again, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sparking controversy with proposed regulations that have critics saying that the agency has deliberately overreached its legal authority under the Clean Air Act. The EPA introduced the proposed Clean Power Plan Rule in June 2014. The … Continue reading EPA’s Clean Air Act Plan: Clean Power or Power Play?→
Texas electric agenda includes battery storage Houston, 3 February (Argus) — Bills calling for more investment in battery storage technology and demand response programs as well as revisions to utility regulators’ authority may be considered in the Texas legislative session that began in January. Read full article at Argus
Bill would give Texas generators clearance to buy Luminant power plants A bill filed in the Texas Legislature Wednesday could make it easier for other Texas power generators to scoop up pieces of Luminant. Read full article at Dallas Business Journal
Oil price fall dims NextEra view of Texas power Houston, 28 January (Argus) — Falling oil and gas prices may limit prospects for growth in Texas’ $34bn power market, generation holding company NextEra said. Read full article at Argus
ERCOT: Texas Wind Provided Nearly 11% Of Electricity For 2014 Wind power generation increased to 10.6% of electricity in 2014, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). In 2013, wind power comprised 9.9% of total electricty. Read full article at North American Windpower
Texas Power Rises Amid Forced Line Outage, Wind Production Drop Spot wholesale electricity in Texas jumped amid higher demand, below-forecast wind output and a forced transmission line outage that made the main grid’s eastern connection to other power networks temporarily unavailable. Read full article at Bloomberg
What do the ERCOT Reports Really Say About Texas’ Cleantech Market? The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages 90 percent of Texas’ electric grid, has been busy. In the last two months of 2014, the agency released two very lengthy reports examining the future of a lower-polluting power grid in light of upcoming … Continue reading What do the ERCOT Reports Really Say About Texas’ Cleantech Market?→
