In announcing an ambitious renewable-energy push this week, the Biden administration highlighted a vessel under construction in Brownsville as proof of the economic opportunities of going green.
On this week’s National Podcast of Texas, the author of ’Superpower’ outlines the state’s pioneering role in America’s transition toward fossil fuels alternatives.
‘Wall Street Journal’ reporter Russell Gold’s new book, ‘Superpower,’ crafts an engaging narrative of one man’s quest to modernize the American energy business.
As wind energy takes a central role in the Texas grid, ”wind rights” are the new mineral rights.
Oil and gas companies get a pass-through provision from Cornyn; wind energy companies may have a harder road ahead.
Scientists at UT predict that by 2019, the state will get more energy from wind than coal.
Investments in transmission lines from wind-producing regions bring options, savings, and reliability to consumers.
Plus: Irving-based Fluor to turn the lights back on in Puerto Rico and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos christens a wind farm.
Plus: Rick Perry’s investment in batteries, NRG layoffs, and an interactive map of wind farms.
More than 10 percent of the nation’s energy is consumed in Texas.
The current energy secretary was a big proponent of wind power as governor of Texas. The signs now point to a change of heart.
An energy plan in two parts: don’t screw up what we have going for us, and don’t settle for what we’ve done so far.
Plus: U.S. Representative Louis Gohmert introduces legislation around fracking.
The conservative interim city manager just made Georgetown one of the first cities in the U.S. to be entirely renewable. The reasons why he did it are reasons even Ted Cruz could get behind.
Valley residents will still have to drive to Houston or Austin for their affordably-priced Swedish furniture, but the home decor company is investing big in energy in the windy part of the state.
From the old-style models to the three-story turbines, windmills are a part of Texas history. The machine's evolution is on display in Lubbock at the world's largest windmill museum.
The unlikely story of how a handful of dreamers, schemers, and (all too often) failures made oil-and-gas-rich Texas the leading wind power state in the country.
A roundup of the latest and greatest scientific research from Texas universities.
