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PV Magazine: Most of the renewable energy news we hear coming from Texas is that it has built the nation’s largest fleet of wind power – which is in large part by socializing the cost of power lines to bring that power to the state’s population centers. And as a result of this, the economic […]
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Texas Public Radio: A deal announced Monday could mean a $100 million towards solar projects in Texas. Austin-based solar power company PowerFin Partners will develop and build the projects and Toronto-based real estate investors Fengate will finance the deals as part of today’s announced co-development deal. “Financing of solar projects is pretty difficult,” said Tuan […]
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Utility Dive: The Texas Public Utilities Commission voted to approve two wind farm projects from Xcel Energy’s Southwestern Public Service — a 478 MW project in Hale County, Texas and a 522 MW wind project in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. New Mexico regulators had approved the proposal in March. The Commission also approved the power […]
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North American Windpower: Goldwind Americas has completed the installation of its GW 3MW(S) Smart Wind Turbine test unit at the UL Advanced Wind Turbine Test Facility at West Texas A&M University. The scalable, 3 MW test turbine has an assembled hub height of 130 meters and a blade tip height of 199.2 meters, making it the […]
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Reuters: Wind farms have boosted local tax bases and generated new revenue as they expand across the United States, especially for rural areas, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report on Monday. “What we’re seeing is wind farms generate new operating revenues, lower the tax burden for local residents,” Moody’s analyst Frank Mamo told Reuters. […]
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Utility Dive: Texas regulators on Friday approved Xcel Energy’s $1.6 billion, 1.2 GW wind expansion plan, about a month after New Mexico first gave its OK. Xcel will build and own two wind farms, one in each state, along with signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with NextEra Energy Resources for 230 MW at the […]
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Houston Chronicle: You’ve got to wonder if they call it Dezhou Chai in Shanghai. That’s Mandarin for Texas Tea, by the way, and traders in China have set up their own pricing market for the stuff — crude oil. The establishment of a new trading price shows how the growing Asia-Pacific markets are becoming a […]
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Public Risk in Alaska, Colorado, Missouri, North Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming
A report that came out last month from the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office recommends that Congress eliminate the risky system of self-bonding by coal-mining companies. But the report also raises concerns about the financial stability of surety-bond companies, a much more common form of reclamation bonding, as well as problems with underfunding for mine cleanup costs. […]
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CNBC: Coal is becoming a less competitive energy source with cheaper options like natural gas and other renewables on the market, Vistra Energy CEO Curtis Morgan told CNBC on Monday. “I don’t believe [coal] is going to have a renaissance,” Morgan said in an exclusive “Mad Money” interview. “I think it’s on its way out. As much […]
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S&P Global Market Intelligence ($): During the last quarter of 2017, 3,799 MW of wind capacity came online in the U.S., mostly in two states. According to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis, another 75,250 MW of wind capacity in various stages of development are scheduled to be completed through 2023. Together, Texas and Oklahoma […]
IEEFA Update: How Will Westmoreland Coal’s Deepening Spiral End?
Disappearing Market Capitalization and Unsustainable DebtWe’ve just published a research brief of interest to any person, community, business, or investor with ties to Westmoreland Coal Co. The brief—“Westmoreland Coal Is in Trouble”—lays out how the company, which produces coal for electricity generation, is hobbled by debt, is losing customers, has suffered a catastrophic drop in stock price, and appears to […]