Texas

Videol: Climate Lessons Learned From the Texas Deep Freeze

​As the world goes electric, what happens when the grid fails?

United States

Texas Power Cooperative Files For Bankruptcy

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc., a power supplier in Texas, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the wake of the energy crisis brought on the state by …

Crude Oil

Texas Refineries Restarting After Power Loss

Texas refineries reported restarting units shut last week after subfreezing temperatures and a power crisis abruptly cut 28pc of US crude processing capacity.

Energy Security

These are the Key Lessons of the Texas Snowstorm

Arctic blasts may not trouble the Arabian Gulf but the Texas crisis should convince all regions to prepare for their own weather challenges

Electricity Trade

State of Texas Should Pay for Enormous Energy Bills After Power Outages, Houston Mayor Says

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Sunday called on the state of Texas to pay for the enormous electric bills that scores of Texans reported after severe winter …

Hydrogen Project

The Texas Cold Blast Was A Warning To Hydrogen Investors

The Texas storm has exposed an energy grid ill-prepared for climate change, with electric grid regulators now saying that the United States needs to rapidly dev…

Energy Security

Bill Gates Reveals What Caused Deadly Power Outages in Texas

On Saturday, US President Joe Biden declared a major disaster in the Lone Star State allowing the government to allocate more funds to help millions of people a…

Oil Price

Goldman Sachs Sees Minimal Oil Price Impact from Texas Freeze

Oil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U.S. South, creating a…

Crude Oil

Oil Drops as Investors Gauge Big Chill Impact on US Refineries

US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 2% to $59.3 a barrel on Friday.

Natural Gas

Texas Energy Regulator Extends Gas Prioritization

State energy regulator Texas Railroad Commission late yesterday extended orders prioritizing natural gas for power generation, residences and hospitals and lowe…

United States

American Clean Power Association Statement on Power Outages in Texas

The American Clean Power Association today issued the following statement on the ongoing power outages in Texas

Energy Security

Extreme Weather Conditions Harm RWE’s Renewables Electricity Generation in the US State of Texas

Operations teams focus on resuming production at RWE’s affected onshore wind turbinesRWE expects significant negative earnings impact in Onshore Wind/Solar seg…

Energy Security

Texas to Raise Energy Prices and Suspend Price Cap Amid Winter Storm

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has announced sweeping changes to the state’s energy pricing structure amid the ongoing winter storm, including highe…

Wind Power Company

Xcel Energy One of First U.S. Energy Providers to Reach 10,000-Megawatt Wind Power Milestone

The milestone is powered by the company’s 10 new wind projects in the Upper Midwest, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.

Wind Farm

Ørsted Signs Long-Term Wind Power Purchase Agreements with PepsiCo for Nebraska and Texas Wind Farms

PepsiCo will purchase wind energy from the Haystack and Western Trail wind farm projects, currently under construction and expected online later this year.