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Wind and solar generated record 34% of ERCOT power in Texas Q1 2022
Wind and solar generated record 34% of ERCOT power in Texas Q1 2022
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Searing hot July highlights solar's reliability
Generation data shows ERCOT can plan around solar, wind—to everyone’s benefit
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The feasibility of rapid transitions: 80 percent carbon-free electric grid is reachable
The Biden administration’s clean energy plan—80 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035—can seem like a daunting target. But there are templates for that transition, in Texas and the formerly coal-dominated Southeast.
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ExxonMobil project in Guyana in breach of insurance obligations, court finds
ExxonMobil has failed to provide adequate insurance for the costs of recovering from a potentially catastrophic oil spill from a massive drilling project off the coast of Guyana, the nation’s top court has ruled.
The court found ExxonMobil …
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Fossil fuels fail reliability test
Forced outages during a December freeze underscore serious performance problems facing coal- and gas-fired electric generators.
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May heat wave exposes myth of fossil fuel reliability as Texas coal- and gas-fired generators fail early season performance test
Renewables such as solar and wind are proving more reliable in a record-setting Texas heat wave than coal- and gas-fired power plants
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Solar surge set to drive much of remaining Texas coal-fired fleet offline
Over the next few years, solar power will gain a significant market share in Texas which is now only a small component of the state's generation mix.
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IEEFA U.S.: Solar will push much of remaining Texas coal fleet offline
July 14, 2020 (IEEFA) — New utility-scale solar is poised to push much of the remaining coal-fired power fleet across Texas into retirement in the next few years, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis…
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The beginning of the end
The coal-fired electricity industry in Texas is in decline and unlikely to recover in the face of rising competition from other energy sources.
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IEEFA Energy Finance 2016: “It’s No Longer ‘Someday We’ll Have Renewables,’ It’s Here”
“Continuing declines in energy market prices will dramatically increase competitions from wind and solar, which means increased risk for coal-fired plans under capacity performance plans.”
That’s David Schlissel of IEEFA at an Energy Finance…
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