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Thousands of Texans kept the lights on through Beryl via Sunnova solar + storage systems

Nearly 3,000 Houston-area Sunnova customers kept the lights on after Hurricane Beryl, generating more than 485,000 kWh of energy.

‘Will you leave?’: A rural Texas community pushes back against batteries

A developer wants a tax abatement for a Texas battery project. Locals seem to have other ideas.

The wind isn’t blowing, but does Texas care? Why electricity prices are staying stable

Despite a poor month for wind generation, ERCOT is managing to keep electricity prices in check thanks to its increasingly diverse fuel mix.

Canadian Solar to deliver battery energy storage solutions to Texas, Nova Scotia

e-STORAGE will deliver a 498 MWh DC standalone BESS to an Aypa project in Texas and will develop energy storage projects across Nova Scotia.

Ørsted completes construction of 518 MW wind and solar center in Texas

The Helena Energy Center is comprised of a 268 MW wind farm and a 250 MWac solar farm. It has contracts with multiple corporate offtakers.

Entergy and NextEra agree to develop up to 4.5 GW of solar and storage projects

The five-year joint development agreement is expected to facilitate construction of new solar generation and energy storage projects.

National Grid Renewables expands ERCOT portfolio with solar + storage project

The Copperhead Solar and Storage Project is a 150-MW solar and 100-MWh storage project that celebrated its groundbreaking in the fall of 2022….

Avangrid, CPS Energy expand power purchase agreement for Texas wind farm

The agreement provides CPS Energy with a 161-MW portion of Avangrid’s Peñascal I wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas south of Baffin Bay….

How batteries help keep Texas lights on during extreme weather

Batteries in ERCOT play an essential part in keeping the lights on during extreme summer heat and accompanying demand, finds Aurora Energy….

300 MW solar panel recycling center opens in Texas

The new facility, located in Breckenridge, Texas to minimize its carbon footprint, is equipped with technology that the company says fully extracts all material…

RWE, Microsoft sign pair of purchase power agreements for 446 MW of Texas wind

Under the PPAs, Microsoft will purchase clean electricity from two new RWE onshore wind farms in Texas….

Ørsted closes $680M in tax equity financing for solar+storage portfolio in Texas and Arizona

This deal represents one of the largest solar and storage tax equity transactions using a combined production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) s…

Pine Gate Renewables and Meta ink agreement for 204-MW Texas solar farm

The 204-MW Limewood Bell Solar Project in Bell County is expected to be operational in 2026 and is located seven miles away from Meta’s Temple Data Center. …

Solar prices stabilized, wind prices rose in Q1 2024: report

The report, North America Q1 2024 PPA Price Index, follows LevelTen Energy’s report from earlier this year, that showed North American P25 PPA offer prices rose…

1+ GW renewable development portfolio to change hands

The portfolio includes mid-to-late development stage wind and solar projects and an adjacent green ammonia development project, all located on the Texas Gulf Co…