Solar, wind and batteries expected to outpace new gas-powered generation in Texas
L.M.Sixel Texas is increasingly moving away from power generated by natural gas, the backbone of the state’s electricity system and which supplies about half of the state’s generating capacity. Solar power is emerging as the state’s fastest growing electricity source, according to the state grid manager, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Solar developers are […]
Wind energy gives American farmers a new crop to sell in tough times
Elizabeth Weise USA TODAY LOUD COUNTY, Kan. – Across this central northern county, wind turbine blades slowly slice the cold air over winter-brown fields. The 67 wind turbines of the Meridian Way Wind Farm straddle dozens of farms and ranches, following the contours of the land and the eddies of the wind above it. The […]
A Way to Halt Natural Gas Flaring Arrives on the Back of a Truck
Anna Shiryaevskaya and Naureen Malik Bloomberg January 31, 2020 (Bloomberg) — Perched on the back of a semi-trailer is the latest weapon in tackling the problem of wasted natural gas that oil producers often vent into the air or even burn off at the wellhead. Cryobox takes fuel directly from wells and turns it into […]
Governor Abbott’s Comments on Texas Energy
In Davos Today Governor Greg Abbott discussed Capitalism and Texas Energy at the World Economic Forum. AXEL THRELFALL: Is it fair to say that the President’s message and your message here are at odds with the pleas on climate and the desperate efforts to shake up capitalism? GOVERNOR ABBOTT: On the contrary. The message is […]
Houston Republican Dan Crenshaw says conservatives can’t afford to ignore climate change
Taylor Goldenstein Jan. 22, 2020 Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Wednesday that conservatives can’t afford to ignore the topic of climate change. “We can make fun of the left’s sort of alarmist views on climate change — and we should, to an extent — but we can’t ignore it completely,” Crenshaw said during a keynote […]
Opinion: America, we are losing the 2nd nuclear race
By Harry Anthony and Matt Welch, For the Express-News December 13, 2019 We may have won the original nuclear race in the late 20th century, but we are now in danger of failing to even qualify for the rematch against Russia and China. Nuclear power plants across the U.S. are rapidly closing and we are […]
US wind capacity hits 100 gigawatts; Texas is No. 1 wind state
By L.M. Sixel Updated 3:29 pm CST, Monday, December 9, 2019 The nation has reached a new milestone with 100 gigawatts of installed wind energy capacity, with more than half of that installed in just the past seven years, according to the Department of Energy. The nation has reached a milestone of 100 gigawatts of […]
Don’t mess with the Texas electricity market
By Matt Welch Oct. 24, 2019 Opinion // Outlook Given the rhetoric centered around electricity in Texas this summer, one could be forgiven for thinking that the sky, or at least the power lines, were literally falling down. So far, the Texas electricity grid has been described as communist, drunk and a game of chance, […]
You Don’t Need To Be A Scientist To Be Legitimately Skeptical Of Climate Alarmism
An ambiguous, unverifiable crisis that only the state has the means or authority to combat is a blank check to power. By David Breitenbeck OCTOBER 11, 2019 I am not a scientist. I have no scientific background beyond what I’ve picked up from reading things written by and about actual scientists. So I am, therefore, […]
