Electrek

MARCH 11, 2024

Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas.

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Electrek

MAY 6, 2024

A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas.

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Electrek

APRIL 10, 2024

Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Renewable developer Clearway Energy Group has completed a 452-megawatt (MW) solar farm in West Texas – and it’s huge.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 26, 2024

Photo: Avangrid True North is Avangrid’s (NYSE: AGR) first solar farm in Texas – and it will be the largest solar project in the company’s portfolio. The construction of True North, which features $30 million worth of solar trackers from Array Technologies, supported 350 local jobs at peak construction. Get started here.

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Electrek

MAY 7, 2024

GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

China’s Trina Solar, one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, has announced it will build a 5 gigawatt (GW) solar panel factory in Texas. more… The post Chinese solar giant Trina is opening a 5 GW factory in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 26, 2024

Tesla has highlighted an important milestone in the deployment of battery power in Texas this month, as solar and energy storage systems continue to become utilized in increasing volumes. According to Tesla and the agency, batteries sent more power to the grid in Texas on August 20 than ever before.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 28, 2024

Reviews on Tesla Electric in Texas were shared by the company via X. Years, not decades,” said a Tesla Electric customer in Texas. Tesla Energy posted a short video on X, sharing three customers’ reviews of Tesla Electric in Texas. Tesla Electric also offers credits to customers with Powerwall and Solar.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Just days since reports emerged that the first solar panels in Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility were being set up, the number of solar panels that have already been installed at the roof of the massive electric vehicle production facility has grown significantly. . Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 28, 2024

As over 100 megawatts of rooftop solar power come to life, it is comforting to know that all of those enormous roofed storage facilities storing Americans’ stuff will be powered by clean energy. In addition, a company in Italy is investing a small fortune to build 1.5 continued] The post 8.5 Million Sq.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer. more… The post GAF Energy’s new Texas factory is about to make a lot of nailable solar shingles appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

JULY 26, 2024

Solar panel recycling company SolarCycle is using secondhand solar panels to power its panel recycling plant in Texas. SolarCycle has installed a 500 kW solar array made of reused panels at its recycling facility in Odessa, Texas, which can provide around half of the electricity the plant uses. Get started here.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down. more… The post Here’s how solar and wind kept the Texas grid online in 2023’s brutal summer heat appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas is looking more and more complete. This has become more evident in the past few days as shipments from Chinese solar panel giant Longi Green Energy were spotted on the roof of the Model Y and Cybertruck production facility. Solar panels spotted at Giga Texas, happy 2022 everyone!

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables A 208-megawatt (MW) solar farm with 80 megawatt hours (MWh) of storage has come online west of San Antonio, Texas. Solar + storage developers Cypress Creek Renewables brought Zier Solar + Storage online in Brackettville, Texas, on May 2, 2024. Get started here. –

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Photo: Enel North America Power-hungry Texas needs solar and battery storage to help meet demand and balance the grid, so its largest utility-scale storage operator is delivering. Enel North America has started constructing the Ables Springs Solar + Storage Project in Kaufman County, near Dallas. Get started here. –ad*

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Electrek

DECEMBER 21, 2023

India’s Waaree Energies today announced that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area. more… The post India’s Waaree Energies will build a 5 GW solar factory in Texas appeared first on Electrek.

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Teslarati

JUNE 25, 2022

Tesla’s self-inscription of its name atop Gigafactory Texas with solar panels continues on. On Thursday, Gigafactory Texas drone operator Jeff Roberts captured images of the solar array on top of Tesla’s newest manufacturing facility, giving the best look of the progress that has occurred so far at the factory.

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Electrek

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Erthos, an Arizona energy tech company that makes Earth Mount Solar PV, a mounting system that secures solar panels flat to the ground, signed an agreement with renewable energy developer Industrial Sun for a 100+ megawatt (MW) solar project in Texas.

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Electrek

JULY 13, 2023

Texas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). more… The post Texas solar and wind are setting records, and the state’s grid can’t handle it appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 10, 2024

Solar is forecast to displace natural gas in the middle of the day and in the summer on the Texas grid, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Texas’s electricity mix of energy sources managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) electricity grid operator changed noticeably in 2023.

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Electrek

JULY 26, 2023

Wind, solar, and nuclear generated up to 55% of total power in Texas in the record-breaking end-of-June heat – keeping the natural gas share below 50%. more… The post Thanks to wind and solar, Texas has kept the power on and the costs down appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Photo: Primergy Solar Solar developer Primergy Solar has closed commitments for $588 million in debt financing for a 408-megawatt (MW) solar farm south of Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas. Orion Power Generation originally developed Ash Creek Solar; Primergy acquired the project in 2021. Get started here. –ad*

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 13, 2022

EOS Linx, an EV charging company known for its solar-assisted EV charging stations, is about to majorly expand at Texas convenience stores by partnering with the Lone Star Business Association Cooperative (LSBAC), a network of gas/convenience stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and north-central Texas.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Photo: GAF Energy GAF Energy’s new nailable solar shingle factory in Texas is about to make the company the world’s largest solar roofing producer. GAF Energy built the nailable solar shingle factory in Texas to meet the growing demand for its “world’s first” Timberline Solar Energy Shingle that debuted in January 2022.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We also check out the new, $50,000 mainstream Lucid and break the news to California that they’re not #1 anymore. On today’s spectacular episode of Quick Charge , we bust the myth of slowing EV sales by teaching journalists how to do math.

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Electrek

MAY 23, 2022

Tesla has filed to change rules for grid operators in Texas in order to enable anyone with solar and batteries, including residential homeowners, to participate in the state’s energy market. The post Tesla lobbies for anyone with solar and batteries to participate in Texas’ energy market appeared first on Electrek.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We also check out the new, $50,000 mainstream Lucid and break the news to California that they’re not #1 anymore. We’ll be posting bonus audio content there as well, so be sure to follow and subscribe so you don’t miss a minute of Electrek ’s high-voltage daily news! We also mark Greenlane’s groundbreaking (literally!)

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Electrek

JUNE 8, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions breaks ground on its largest solar project to date, in Texas. Fast charging is needed in all types of communities to speed up the EV transition, finds a new study. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

MAY 9, 2024

Base Power just became the only licensed electricity provider in Texas to offer customers an all-in-one monthly energy service, home battery, and installation, and solar isn’t required.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Tesla’s Giga Texas solar roof installation is visible from space. In the photo below, you can see a side-by-side view of the progress of Tesla’s solar roof installation at Giga Texas. In the second satellite photo taken by Sentinel 2, the space between the T and the E is filled with solar panels.

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Electrek

AUGUST 12, 2024

Meanwhile, Ford EVs charge free in Texas, Hyundai’s 7 passenger Ioniq 9 heads towards production, and we recap the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024. On today’s episode of Quick Charge , we ask where Tesla’s million buyers went as the wait time on Cybertruck drops to zero.

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Electrek

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A year on from the big Texas freeze that knocked out the state’s power system and caused at least 246 deaths , new research released yesterday found that rooftop solar could have supplied more than enough electricity to meet the shortfall on all but two of the 13 days when power production fell short of forecasted demand.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 8, 2024

Tesla customers will soon use home energy-storage systems to support the Texas power grid. Enrollment is open to SunRun customers who have that company’s solar panels connected to Tesla Powerwall batteries , and who have chosen Tesla Electric as their electricity provider.

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Teslarati

APRIL 5, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Texas saw a tripling in employee headcount in 2022 compared to the year prior, the company reported in an annual compliance report it files with Travis County, Texas, the location of its newest U.S. You can also reach me on Twitter @KlenderJoey , or if you have news tips, you can email us at tips@teslarati.com.

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Electrek

APRIL 12, 2024

Following a successful launch in Texas last year, energy storage leader BLUETTI is expanding its Solar+ program to California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.

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