Renewables Set New Records In Texas
Renewables shattered records in Texas recently, despite vigorous and unrelenting opposition from the current federal and state governments. So-called Republicans are always bleating about “all of the above” solutions and how governments “should not be picking winners and losers” in the marketplace. What those arguments come down to is little more than excuses why fossil […]
New Report: Clean Energy Industry is Generating Billions for Texas Landowners and Local Governments
Over 75% of Texas counties are expected to receive significant tax revenues from either wind, solar, or energy storage projects.
How Texas became America’s clean energy leader
Of all the states in the country, Texas is the leader when it comes to wind and solar renewable energy. What lessons can we learn by looking to Texas? Today, On Point: How Texas became America’s clean energy leader. Guests Michael Webber, professor of engineering and public affairs who studies energy at the University of Texas […]
Chart: Texas plans to build the most clean energy of any state
The state has more wind and large-scale solar than any other, and batteries are booming. The growth is set to continue — but its grid is still far from clean. Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. Texas has become […]
Texas natural gas is essential for the future of hydrogen
One of the few viable alternatives to fossil fuelsOPINION: There is so much natural gas in Texas that last month, producers started paying customers to take it off their hands. Beyond driving down energy costs, this surplus could be harnessed to produce the fuel we need to decarbonize the U.S. economy: clean hydrogen, if the Biden […]
Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation adds Skyler Williams to Advisory Board
Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation adds
Skyler Williams to Advisory Board
Technology Executive and Cybersecurity Expert Brings Invaluable Experience
Carrie Simmons Joins Advisory Board Of Conservative Texans For Energy Innovation
Longtime GOP staffer and Legislative Consultant Brings Extensive Clean Energy Expertise AUSTIN, TEXAS (Dec 11, 2023) . . . Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation (CTEI) announcedtoday that Carrie Simmons has joined the organization’s Advisory Board. Simmons has deepexperience advocating for critical energy issues and has worked closely with key leaders at theCapitol as well as […]
West Texas caravan highlights growth of electric vehicles
Matt Welch, state director, Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation, and Jade Gillespie Doss, director of programs, show a Hummer Electric Vehicle during a caravan of electric vehicles through West Texas. A caravan of electric vehicles of various sizes, from a school bus to a Volvo C40 and Ford Mustang Mach E came humming through Midland recently […]
As Heat Waves Roast Texas, Batteries Keep Power Grid Humming
A surge in battery storage is helping Texas beat the heat without additional fossil fuelsBy Benjamin Storrow, E&E News on August 22, 2023 CLIMATEWIRE | A battery boom is helping to stabilize the Texas power grid, offering a template for utilities that want to cut their greenhouse gases even as air conditioners hum wildly during heat waves. The growth of […]
Big ideas are chugging into ‘The Station’
The flurry of ongoing activity at the corner of Frisco Avenue and Magnolia has certainlygiven the town something to talk about. The Menard Station (TMS) brings about greatspeculation and owners, Menardian descendant John Davis and his wife Jayne, are ready tolet everyone know what is coming to The Station. Think part store and part history; […]
