Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc TSLA.O>, payments firm Block Inc (SQ.N) and blockchain company Blockstream Corp will collaborate to mine bitcoin using solar power in Texas, Blockstream CEO Adam Back said on Friday. Tesla is building the solar power infrastructure and providing its Megapack batteries, Back added. Blockstream and Block,which waspreviously known as Square, had said […]
Jupiter Power’s largest utility-scale battery storage facility to date, Flower Valley II enters commercial operations in Reeves County, Texas – EQ Mag Pro
The new 200MWh storage facility is among the largest energy storage projects in commercial operation in Texas. Flower Valley I and Flower Valley II represent a combined investment of more than $70 million in Reeves County. Jupiter expects a total of more than 650MWh of dispatchable energy storage capacity to be operational before the 2022 […]
Electric vehicle charging stations going statewide with $66.3 million infrastructure funding – EQ Mag Pro
Planning is underway on how to implement a network of statewide electric vehicle charging stations that will give drivers assurance they can drive anywhere in the state without traveling more than 50 miles to charge up. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory reports that as of June 2021, 3,410 electric vehicles were registered in Oklahoma, while […]
Texas Emerges as Solar’s Next Frontier as Power Demand Booms – EQ Mag Pro
An economic boom in Texas—fueled by people and corporate giants relocating to America’s oil and gas hub—is sparking a surge in solar projects in the state. A record amount of solar capacity is planned for the Lone Star State one year after a deadly winter storm crippled its electrical grid and threatened to undermine a […]
WPUR Targets $263 Billion Renewable Water Market – EQ Mag Pro
Dallas, Texas : WaterPure International, Inc. (OTC PINK: WPUR) today announced that on Tuesday next week, November 2nd, the company will launch its new website and present the company’s updated business plan implemented earlier this year to continue in developing clean water operations. The presentation will include details on the company’s first pilot project, fully […]
Charging Station Network Grows to 14 Utilities That Go From Maine to Texas
Drivers of electric vehicles may one day be able to go from Maine to Texas without worrying about a place to charge up. American Electric Power says the number of utilities participating in a coalition meant to provide a network of charging stations for drivers of electric vehicles has more than doubled to 14. The […]
Korea Midland Power’s Texas Solar Project
White & Case LLP has advised Korea Midland Power Co., Ltd., a Korean corporation (KOMIPO), and its affiliated US subsidiaries on its Texas solar project. The transactions included (i) an acquisition by KOMIPO of a proposed 130 MW-ac solar energy project located in Frio County, Texas (the Project) from an affiliate of 7X Energy, Inc.; […]
As Electric Vehicles Grow In Popularity, So Does Austin’s Need For Charging Stations
As Texas gasoline prices hit their highest level in seven years and the appeal of electric vehicles reaches a wider range of drivers, the public and private sectors are racing to build networks of EV charging stations. And they’re looking to Washington where a bipartisan infrastructure deal could add 500,000 charging stations across the U.S. […]
Texas Governor Pushes For Fossil Fuel, Nuclear Power Incentives
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is pushing regulators to strengthen incentives for fossil fuel and nuclear power generators in an effort to avoid a repeat of deadly blackouts seen this winter. Abbott ordered the Public Utility Commission of Texas to redesign parts of the power market to maintain and build more dispatchable supplies that are fueled […]
Korea Midland Power Acquires Texas Solar Project
130MWac Elara Energy Project expected to reach full commercial operation in Q4 2021 Texas-based utility-scale solar developer 7X Energy has sold its 130MWac Elara Energy Project to KOMIPO America, a subsidiary of Korea Midland Power, in the latest move by Korean investors into the US renewable energy sector. Elara, located in Frio County, Texas, is […]