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Ørsted completes construction of 518 MW wind and solar center in Texas

The Helena Energy Center is comprised of a 268 MW wind farm and a 250 MWac solar farm. It has contracts with multiple corporate offtakers.

Entergy and NextEra agree to develop up to 4.5 GW of solar and storage projects

The five-year joint development agreement is expected to facilitate construction of new solar generation and energy storage projects.

National Grid Renewables expands ERCOT portfolio with solar + storage project

The Copperhead Solar and Storage Project is a 150-MW solar and 100-MWh storage project that celebrated its groundbreaking in the fall of 2022.

Avangrid, CPS Energy expand power purchase agreement for Texas wind farm

The agreement provides CPS Energy with a 161-MW portion of Avangrid’s Peñascal I wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas south of Baffin Bay.

How batteries help keep Texas lights on during extreme weather

Batteries in ERCOT play an essential part in keeping the lights on during extreme summer heat and accompanying demand, finds Aurora Energy.

300 MW solar panel recycling center opens in Texas

The new facility, located in Breckenridge, Texas to minimize its carbon footprint, is equipped with technology that the company says fully extracts all materials for reuse.

RWE, Microsoft sign pair of purchase power agreements for 446 MW of Texas wind

Under the PPAs, Microsoft will purchase clean electricity from two new RWE onshore wind farms in Texas….

Ørsted closes $680M in tax equity financing for solar+storage portfolio in Texas and Arizona

This deal represents one of the largest solar and storage tax equity transactions using a combined production tax credit (PTC) and investment tax credit (ITC) s…

Pine Gate Renewables and Meta ink agreement for 204-MW Texas solar farm

The 204-MW Limewood Bell Solar Project in Bell County is expected to be operational in 2026 and is located seven miles away from Meta’s Temple Data Center. …

Solar prices stabilized, wind prices rose in Q1 2024: report

The report, North America Q1 2024 PPA Price Index, follows LevelTen Energy’s report from earlier this year, that showed North American P25 PPA offer prices rose…

1+ GW renewable development portfolio to change hands

The portfolio includes mid-to-late development stage wind and solar projects and an adjacent green ammonia development project, all located on the Texas Gulf Co…

Texas solar surpasses coal production for first time

Solar production in Texas’ Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) territory surpassed coal for the first time this March, generating 3.26 million MWh, co…

Evolving regulations for wind turbine end-of-life

Representatives from Colorado are proposing that wind energy companies should be required to remove decommissioned wind turbines from leased land before becomin…

Octopus Energy to create a virtual power plant in Texas

Octopus Energy US has announced creation of a Texan virtual power plant alongside battery and solar supplier Enphase Energy….

A ‘gigawatt-scale’ green hydrogen vision for the Texas Gulf Coast

A leading clean energy developer will explore the development of a green hydrogen hub along the Texas Gulf Coast to support the decarbonization of heavy industr…