The disruption of the Texas electrical market by negative wind prices is only going to get worse as more renewable-specific transmission lines are built, and as the frequency of negative…
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Guest “I don’t care who you are that’s funny right there!” by David Middleton This bit really caught my eye: So… California and Texas both reduced “per capita CO2 emissions from…
Texas Deserves Better Than Bloomberg’s Climate Fearmongering
Texans deserve honest debate, not moral panic. We deserve respect for our ingenuity and self-reliance, not condescension from a billionaire who has spent years demonizing the fuels that keep this…
Texas Gas Power Boom
A nonprofit environmental group said at least 130 natural gas-fired power plant projects are planned in Texas over the next few years as part of that state’s effort to meet…
Texas is going big on desalination
Desalination today provides potable water to billions of people worldwide, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and other Middle Eastern countries leading the way. The world’s largest, Ras…
Texas takes giant steps toward nuclear energy dominance
Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp last week announced that his university has surpassed even the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now has the nation’s largest nuclear engineering research department.
Trump’s Energy Dominance Agenda Looks Like Texas
With our all-of-the-above energy approach, Texas has already proven that Trump’s energy agenda will be a success. In recent years, the Texas economy has grown well over twice as fast as America…
Applying Scale and Context to the Texas Smokehouse Creek Fire
The purpose of scale is to provide context. A 1 million acre wildfire is big. In the Texas panhandle, it killed two people, destroyed dozens of homes and caused nearly…
Restoring Sanity, Reliability, and Affordability to the Texas Electric Grid
With its grid overwhelmed by renewable energy, Texas is putting natural gas back in the game. The
Texas Schools Pull $8.5 Billion From BlackRock Over ESG
“Under Larry Fink’s leadership, BlackRock has been misusing client funds to push a political agenda for years. Nowhere was that more egregious than in Texas, where BlackRock was simultaneously trying…
Wind power output in Texas is trending down even as wind generation capacity increases
The reality that the wind is not always blowing where it is needed, even over very large areas, is highlighted by the fact that wind power in Texas has been…
In January Cold, the Texas Electricity Grid Held – Barely
The recent storm did, however, once again underscore the dilemma Texas faces with its current mix of generation sources.
Electric Grid Reliability: Texas vs. EPA
In the meantime, just the possibility that EPA will enact such sweeping regulations will slow investment in new power generation that all U.S. power grids need.
Wind Output Plaguing Texas (ERCOT weathers on)
Until sufficient utility-scale battery storage is available, which is unlikely anytime soon due to the cost of current technologies, the ERCOT power grid and all others will require substantial natural…
Texans Asked to Cut Electricity Use, As Wind Power Drops Off
Fortunately Texas still has plenty of gas generation:
Wind Fails Texas Again
This has placed a great strain on the grid because neither of these generation sources can be counted on when needed.
If wishes were horses, we’d all get ponies for Christmas: Geothermal Edition
“[I]f the Texas drilling industry drilled as many geothermal wells as it currently does oil and gas… the state could run itself off geothermal power by 2027.” If wishes were…
ERCOT Renewable Energy: Reality Check
Wind and solar are cheaper to build, but not when you take into account the overbuild and storage to fully serve the grid.
Classical Liberalism and Electricity: An (Unfinished) Exchange with Lynne Kiesling
It is time for fundamental free-market, classical-liberal reform with electricity.”
Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas!
Guest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M. WEBB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR –…