Texas

Electric Vehicles

Lyft Could Roll out Robotaxis in Texas Next Year

Lyft has announced plans to launch robotaxi services in Dallas, Texas, by 2026, following its partnership with Mobileye, a leader in autonomous driving technolo…

Oil Refinery

Aramco’s Motiva Expands Texas Refinery to Become Largest in US

Motiva Enterprises has quietly expanded its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery to become the largest fuelmaking plant in the US.The refinery can now process as much a…

Electricity Transmission

US Power Use to Reach Record Highs in 2025 and 2026, EIA Says

Wind turbines operate at sunrise in the Permian Basin oil and natural gas production area in Big Spring, Texas, U.S., February 12, 2019.U.S. power consumption w…

Oil Field

New U.S. Metals Tariffs to Drive up Oilfield Equipment Costs, Championx Exec Says

Oil pump jacks work at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2019.ChampionX (CHX.O), expects new U.S. import tariffs on steel and aluminium to drive up e…

Oil & Gas Supply

Energy Transfer and Cloudburst Sign Agreement for Natural Gas Supply to Data Centre Project in Central Texas

The agreement calls for Energy Transfer’s Oasis Pipeline, LP to provide up to 450 000 million Btu/d of firm natural gas supply to CloudBurst’s Next-…

Crude Oil

Chevron Says Fading U.S. Crude Growth Casts Pall on Port Projects

The tanker Eagle Seville discharges crude oil at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., as seen in this aerial photo taken on Monday, Dec. 2…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Enel Switches on Hybrid Solar-Bess in Texas

Enel North America has switched on its new hybrid solar and energy storage plant in Delta County, Texas.The project, named Estonian Solar, combines a 202MW phot…

Gas power plant

Gemma to Provide Epc Services for 1.2GW Natural Gas-Fired Plant in Texas

Construction will begin in summer 2025 with the project anticipated to be completed by 2028.Gemma Power Systems, a subsidiary of Argan, will work with Sandow La…

SMR

X-Energy Secures $700M in Funding to Advance SMR Technology

The company is currently developing its first Xe-100 plant at Dow’s UCC Seadrift Operations manufacturing site on the Texas Gulf Coast.X-Energy Reactor Co…

Crude Oil

US Permian Oil Output Growth to Slow in 2025 Despite Trump’s Plan, Executives Say

A flare burns excess natural gas in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 23, 2019. Picture taken November 23, 2019.Growth in oil output from…

Solar Inverter

TMEIC Starts Full Operations at 9-GW Solar Inverter Factory in Texas

Solar panels. Author: John S. Quarterman.TMEIC Corporation Americas, part of Japan’s TMEIC Corporation, has kicked off full production at its new factory …

Nuclear Reactor

Texas A&M to Host a “Cluster” of Advanced Nuclear Reactor Projects

Texas A&M University, home to one of the top nuclear engineering programs in the U.S., plans to host four different companies who would build small modular reac…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Xcel Energy Converts Texas Coal Plant to Gas

Harrington Generating StationXcel Energy has converted its coal-fired Harrington Generating Station in Potter County, Texas to natural gas, following an agreeme…

Nuclear Reactor

Texas A&M Partners With Energy Companies on Nuclear Reactors

Texas A&M University will be the first university to host multiple commercial-scale nuclear energy reactors, through an emerging partnership with four energy co…

Methane

Senators Float Resolution to Overturn Biden Methane Fee Rule

A flare burns off excess gas from a gas plant in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 21, 2019.U.S. Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduce…