Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 17:13:54 +0000
Union Pacific Railroad is diving into the electric train pool with an order of 10 EMD Joule locomotives from the Caterpillar subsidiary Progress Rail.
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:13:18 +0000
In February 2021, a severe cold weather event, known as Winter Storm Uri, caused numerous power outages, derates, or failures to start at electric generating plants scattered across Texas and the south-central U.S. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the power supply for about 90% of the load in Texas, ordered a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 04:03:29 +0000
In Texas, methane leaking from fracking sites is not only heating the planet. It’s also making people ill. Locals have reported headaches, nosebleeds, and respiratory problems, and they are calling on fossil fuel companies to clean up their act
Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 03:00:39 +0000
“Can you imagine a world without environmental activists pushing for change?”
Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:45:29 +0000
Waco’s Texas State Technical College has been chosen as the first school in Texas for Tesla START, the Silicon Valley company’s electric vehicle service program. Tesla START, which stands for Student Automotive Technician Program, is a 12-week program and could create an opportunity for a Tesla service center in Waco
Credit to Author: Emma Ockerman| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:12:33 +0000
It’s a new nationwide high, and states with certain traits had the biggest spikes.
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Credit to Author: Trevor Bach| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:20:39 +0000
A sleepy South Texas town is facing environmental destruction as a citizen-funded wall gets erected.
Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:18:26 +0000
The post Coal is Out as APS Sets Carbon-Free Goal appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Arizona Public Service (APS) announced Jan. 22 that it plans for all its power generation to be carbon-free by 2050, and also said it plans to produce nearly half its power from renewable sources by 2030. APS joins other U.S. utilities who have put forth similar goals in recent years. APS, which has been criticized […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Kurt Lowder| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:24:59 +0000
Trump does not like wind and solar power, but the market absolutely loves wind and solar power. The EIA predicts wind, solar, hydro, and energy storage will be 78% of new electrical generation capacity in 2020. We will see 5.57 GW of coal retired and no new coal plants!
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 14:44:27 +0000
Defacements are typically the work of low-level hackers, but the messages come at a time of intense tension between the U.S. and Iran.
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