Renewable energy leads growth for Texas’ electric grid
Renewable energy from windy West Texas has outpaced the growth of coal, natural gas and other power resources feeding Texas’ electric grid, according to a recent report by the Energy Information...
View ArticleRenewable energy to soar on Texas grid, report says
Renewable energy could supply more than 40 percent of the electricity for Texas by 2032, according to a report issued Tuesday.
View ArticleWest Texas wind soon will light up the region
A 3,000-mile network of transmission lines designed to bring wind-generated power from West Texas to homes and businesses from Dallas to San Antonio should be fully operational by Tuesday, year’s end.
View ArticleWind tax credit expires at midnight
The stroke of midnight will mark not just the end of 2013, but also the death of a popular tax credit that has helped finance wind farms and other renewable energy projects across the U.S.
View ArticleFeds clearing path for Pacific wave energy test
The Interior Department is sending out a feeler for companies interested in harnessing wave power off the Pacific Northwest before allowing a Oregon State University project to advance.
View ArticleSenators leave popular tax credit out of renewable fuel proposal
Top senators on Tuesday unveiled their plan for renewing a slew of tax credits that expired last year, including measures aimed at making biofuels. But one popular tax credit didn't make the cut.
View ArticleSenate debates wind tax credit
Wind energy supporters are hoping to blow past opponents in the Senate, as the chamber considers broad legislation to renew dozens of expired tax breaks -- including one credited with making turbines...
View ArticleRepublicans urged to reject wind tax credit in lame duck
Fiscal conservatives want Republican leaders to hold firm against proposals to extend a wind energy tax credit this year.
View ArticleCongress renews tax breaks for wind, biofuel
The move means taxpayers can claim the cuts and credits on their 2014 tax returns, but there is no guarantee they will be back in 2015.
View ArticleWind company paying first dividend since 2003 in industry rebound
After slashing 3,000 jobs since 2011 and closing a third of its factories to survive a plunge in turbine prices, Vestas today reported its first full-year profit since 2010.
View ArticleFirst U.S. offshore wind farm raises hopes for industry revolution
While there’s plenty of potential energy to harness, offshore wind has been mostly stymied by high costs. Onshore turbines are some of the cheapest sources of electricity, with an average cost of about...
View ArticleDemocratic senator says he’s open to oil exports
Michael Bennet's comments make him the latest Senate Democrat to suggest he is open to oil exports -- even if the support is predicated on other changes.
View ArticleWind turbines in the Arctic? Not so crazy, China says
One of China's top power officials wants to build a global power grid connecting solar farms in the Middle East and wind turbines in the Arctic to countries around the world.
View ArticleWind energy construction rebounds across U.S., Texas
More than 8,500 megawatts of wind power capacity was built last year, almost double the 2014 tally. More than 3,600 megawatts of that construction was in Texas, which now counts almost a quarter of the...
View ArticleAs wind turbines boom, nature doesn’t cooperate
According to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the amount of electricity generated from wind turbines grew by less than 10 million megawatt hours last year, the smallest...
View ArticleU.S. added 6,400 MW of wind turbines in final months of 2016
There’s no slowing down for the U.S. wind energy industry. In the last three months of 2016, more than 6,400 megawatts worth of new turbines were installed nationwide, the second strongest quarter on...
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