Red Hot Perovskite Solar Cell Field Just Got Way Redder & Hotter
A new perovskite solar cell venture is proof that legacy energy stakeholders can pivot to renewables — if they really want to.
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ERCOT Is Having Problems With Electricity In Texas Again, And Summer Has Only Begun
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) isn’t so reliable these days, and it recently announced that it has some tight grid conditions due to many forced generation outages. During the winter storm that froze most of the Deep South, Texas Governor Greg Abbott claimed that frozen wind turbines were … [continued]
How FERC Transmission Reform Can End the Delay of a Cleaner Future
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Michael Jacobs, Senior energy analyst Transmission is to electricity what roads and highways are to cars and trucks. Some local roads (or driveways) are built by private interests to access new real estate development, while most every major highway, bridge or mountain tunnel is … [continued]
Buffett’s Plan To Fix Texas Energy Grid Includes 10 New Peaker Plants Owned By Buffett
Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, is generally acknowledged to be the world’s smartest investor. Maybe so, although it can be argued that his warm embrace of fossil fuels indicates he may be good at making money but not so good at keeping his customers healthy. For the past few … [continued]
Wärtsilä Providing 200 MW/429 MWh Battery Storage For Texas Grid
Wärtsilä Energy is bringing two new 100 MW battery storage facilities to Texas with a combined capacity of 429 MWh.
A Tesla Big Battery Is Coming To Texas
A subsidiary of Tesla is building a 100 MW grid scale battery facility near Galveston, Texas.
Who’s To Blame For A $17,000 Electric Bill In Texas?
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Joseph Daniel When the polar vortex came to Texas, demand for electricity increased so that people could stay warm, while the electricity supply collapsed. This mismatch caused widespread and long-lasting power outages. It also caused wholesale prices to skyrocket, increasing 100’s of times above … [continued]
ERCOT Charged $16 Billion Too Much For Power
An independent market monitor says ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, left wholesale electricity prices at the legal maximum for two days longer than necessary, and overcharged power companies $16 billion in the process during the winter storm that caused massive grid and gas system failures and left more than 4 million … [continued]
From Ignorance To Greed To Ideology To Propaganda: The Failures Of Texas’ Grid
Dozens of Texans are dead, hundreds facing potentially lifelong medical disability, more facing impossible financial expectations after a fiscally challenging year. No wonder the people in charge are pointing anywhere but at the real problems.
Texas to Add 35 Gigawatts of Wind & Solar in Next 3 Years — Boosting…
Clearly, the news story of the week — well beyond CleanTechnica — has been Texas and some neighboring regions freezing over and losing electricity. The vast majority of the power plants that went offline were thermal power plants (mostly natural gas). They were not equipped enough for the cold. A … [continued]
