Texas

Virtual power plants

New Battery-Enabled Virtual Power Plant Taking Shape in Texas

This week, sonnen, a provider of battery and virtual power plant (VPP) technology, shared updates on its residential VPP program in Texas. Partnering with Abund…

United States

Cyclyx International Progress Construction on Circularity Center in Houston

Cyclyx International, LLC, based in The Woodlands, Texas, has reached key construction milestones at its first Cyclyx Circularity Center in Houston. The project…

United States

Balfour Beatty Lands $889M Contract to Widen I-30 in Dallas

Balfour Beatty has secured an $889 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation to expand Interstate 30 (I-30) in Dallas, Texas. The project aim…

Power Construction

AEP Texas Transmission Line to Support Permian Basin’s Electricity Demand

AEP Texas is set to build a 765-kV transmission line called the Howard-Solstice project to address the growing electricity demand in the Permian Basin, an essen…

CCS

Calpine Strikes New Agreement for Texas Power Generation CCS Project

Exxon Mobil has entered into an agreement with Calpine to transport and permanently store up to 2 million metric tons of CO2 annually from Calpine’s Bayto…

United States

Balfour Beatty Secures $889M Reconstruction Contract for I-30 in Texas

Balfour Beatty, an infrastructure group, has secured an $889 million contract from the Texas Department of Transportation to rebuild a 3.7km section of Intersta…

Geothermal Power Project

UT Austin and NTOU Partner on Taiwan Geothermal

On April 23, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance geo…

Energy Storage Project

Trina Storage, Flexgen Partner for 371MWh Energy Storage System in Texas

Trina Storage, a provider of energy storage solutions, has partnered with FlexGen Power Systems, a specialist in battery energy storage and energy management so…

CCS

ExxonMobil, Calpine Sign CCS Agreement for Power Generation Project

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Calpine Corporation, the largest U.S. producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport and store up to 2 million m…

Crude Oil

U.S. Crude Production Rose by 2% in 2024, Mostly From Permian, EIA Finds

In 2024, U.S. crude oil production increased by 270,000 barrels per day (bpd), reaching an average of 13.2 million bpd, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

Energy Storage Project

Spearmint Energy Secures $250M for Two Battery Storage Projects in Texas

Spearmint Energy has secured over $250 million in financing for two battery energy storage systems in Texas, USA. Named Tierra Seca and Seven Flags, each projec…

LNG

Totalenergies Secures Long-Term LNG Supply From Rio Grande Facility in Texas

TotalEnergies has entered into a 20-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with NextDecade to secure 1.5 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas…

Solar project

Vesper Energy Begins Commercial Operations at Texas Hornet Solar

Vesper Energy, a US renewable energy developer, has started commercial operations at its Hornet Solar project in Swisher County, Texas. The facility, with a cap…

Solar Module

Waaree Energies to Double Its Solar Module Manufacturing in Texas

Waaree Energies, an India-based solar manufacturer, has announced plans to expand its module production capacity in the United States. The company initially ent…

Oil Price

Texas Shale Industry Voices Frustrations With Trump as Oil Prices Tank

At the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s Spring Swing golf tournament in Odessa, West Texas, oil industry leaders expressed frustration beyond the gam…