Texas

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…

Oil & Gas Trade

Encino’s Owner Mulls $7 Billion Sale, IPO of Energy Producer

Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019.Canadian pension fund CPP Investments is weighing strategic options, including a sale or…

Battery

IPP Enfinity Global Announces Two Texas Bess Totalling 850MWh

3D rendering of battery energy storage systems.IPP Enfinity Global has announced two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US, with a total ca…

Crude Oil

WTI Oil Prices Down as Trump Agrees to Pause Tariffs on Mexico, Canada

A view of an oil pumpjack in a farmer’s field near Kindersley, Saskatchewan, Canada September 5, 2024U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices were …

Virtual power plants

Texans Can Now Join a VPP and Get 2 Sonnen Batteries at No Upfront Cost

A new sonnen storage + solar VPP for TexansSOLRITE Energy, which finances solar and battery storage, and global battery storage manufacturer sonnen today announ…

Oil Refinery

Lyondell to Begin Closure of Houston Refinery This Weekend, Sources Say

A general view of the Lyondell-Basell refinery in Houston, Texas February 1, 2015.LyondellBasell Industries (LYB.N), opens new tab will begin the permanent clos…

LNG

LNG Companies Hail Trump Decision to Lift Freeze on Export Permits

Three companies developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Texas and Louisiana said they will move full speed ahead with their plans after U.S. Presiden…

LNG

With Funds for Louisiana LNG Terminal Secured, Texas Firm Eyes FID in Second Half of 2025

Rendering of the proposed Commonwealth LNG terminal;Kimmeridge Texas Gas (KTG), an affiliate of the energy-focused alternative investment manager Kimmeridge, ha…