Texas

Funding Cuts, Then Loss Of Life In Texas

They were warned not to cut NOAA funding. They did it anyway. And many innocent lives were lost. CBS published an article, dated May 5, under the title, “Former National Weather Service leaders warn about ‘loss of life’ from NOAA cuts.” The opening paragraph of the article reads, “The five living … [continued]

New Long Duration Energy Storage System Deploys Underground Hydropower

The US startup Quidnet has successfully tested a new long duration energy storage system for six months without loss of power, leveraging water pressure in underground reservoirs to conserve excess electricity from the grid.

In West Texas, E-Fuels Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

The massive Project Roadrunner e-fuels facility, now under construction in Texas complete with purpose-built wind and solar farms, has just enlisted the support of the leading global banking and financial firm HSBC.

Texans Love Their Wind Power, Even If Trump Doesn’t

The Republicans have done the unthinkable. Wind power has resurrected many farms and ranches and their communities in Texas, but all-hail-the-king, Trump-kissing Texas lawmakers have supported bills in the Republican-held legislature that, if passed, would undo years of work that raised Texas to the level of clean energy stardom. There … [continued]