A few days ago, I reported on Elon Musk’s statement that driverless Tesla robotaxis without human safety monitors would be on the road in Austin, Texas, within a few weeks — just before the end of 2025. Well, earlier today, two such vehicles were spotted in Austin — but without … [continued]
Texas — Today the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved two do-nothing haze pollution plans from the Texas government, ignoring public pleas for EPA to reduce the harmful haze pollution that clouds Texas skies year round and makes people sick. Wealthy coal plant owners — like NRG and Luminant — now have permission … [continued]
Utility scale solar power plants and rooftop solar installations are providing public schools with relief from high electricity costs while bringing new educational and workforce development opportunities into the classroom…who could hate it?
The US startup Fermi has reserved a spot for solar power and energy storage in its plans for the 11-gigawat Project Matador campus in Texas alongside natural gas and nuclear energy.
Drought and high temperatures are putting pressure on groundwater sources all across Texas, and making water a highly profitable business.
Green hydrogen from renewable resources is beginning to loosen the grip of fossil fuels on the hydrogen supply chain — if not here in the US, then elsewhere around the world.
The US startup Hyroad Energy is among the automotive stakeholders supporting activity in the global hydrogen fuel electric vehicle market.
A 391 MW floating solar power plant has been proposed as part of a massive new hybrid energy system in Port Arthur that includes wind power and energy storage, too.
The energy firm Enel has just commissioned its largest solar power plant in the US, where sheep will serve as vegetation managers and soil enhancers.
Partisan politics and federal energy policy aside, the red state of Texas is still fertile territory for new solar power plants as high-level electricity consumers demand more kilowatts, more quickly.
