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Meeting demand and transitioning to clean energy amid geopolitical tensions will dominate conversations among industry heavyweights at CERAWeek in Houston next week. More than 7,000 people are headed to Houston this week to attend CERAWeek by S&P Global with a key question in mind: How to meet increasing demand for power amid the transition to …
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The Texas power grid is poised to lose a big natural gas-fired power plant, potentially straining a system that’s already grappling with an exodus of fossil fuel generation. CPS Energy plans to “indefinitely suspend operations” of three units of the V.H. Braunig facility totaling 859-megawatts by March 31, 2025, according to a notice posted by the Electric …
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Reuters Breakingviews) – The Oracle of Omaha’s crystal ball failed him. Warren Buffett conceded in his latest annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders released over the weekend that he made a “costly mistake” about electricity. The error was thinking that investing huge sums to supply it to American homes and businesses would generate a steady …
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A new, natural gas-fired power plant is planned for central Texas that will bolster the Lone Star State’s electricity grid while threatening to slow any transition away from fossil fuels. Sandow Lakes Energy Company LLC will construct a 1.2-gigawatt facility about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of the capital Austin, on the site of a former Alcoa Corp. aluminum smelter. …
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(Reuters) – Clean electricity generation in the United States hit new highs in 2023 but expanded by its smallest margin in more than a decade, due to below-normal wind speeds and a drop in hydro power output due to drought, data from think tank Ember shows. U.S. clean generation grew by just 0.4% last year, …
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Wind turbines when it’s -30°C: Courtesy of GIPHY Consumers in wealthy nations have come to expect a perfectly reliable supply of electricity. Anything less feels almost unimaginable. However, with much of Canada and US, currently experiencing a cold snap often referred to as “winter”, how are electricity and grid operators adapting to keep the heat …
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Bloomberg The electric power grid in Texas, which collapsed dramatically in a 2021 winter storm, is being tested once again as the state endures an Arctic blast. Demand for electricity has broken wintertime records as the state’s population continues to grow amid a rapid change in its energy mix, with wind and solar displacing fossil fuels. That’s been stoking …
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Ercot urges people to conserve energy Tuesday morning Texas grid holds up Monday despite record demand for winter Texas faces another power grid test Tuesday after surviving record winter demand as freezing weather strains electricity systems across North America. While the state’s grid held up Monday, its operator issued a conservation plea for 6 a.m. …
Texas Sets New Electricity Record, Faces More Tests From Freeze Read More »
A massive winter storm moving across the eastern half of the U.S. on Tuesday ahead of a forecast brutal freeze this weekend knocked out power to over 302,000 homes and businesses in nine states. The hardest hit states so far were Georgia with over 65,000 power outages, Florida with over 62,000 outages and Alabama with …
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