RFQ alert: City of Austin seeks quotations for 111 solar installations
Austin, Texas seeks offers of design, engineering, installation, operations and maintenance and decommissioning of solar projects on municipal facilities.
RFP Alert: CPS Energy seeks 500 MW of Texas battery storage
CPS Energy, which acts as sole provider of electricity in San Antonio, Texas, plans to have 1,000 MW of operational or contracted storage capacity following the completion of its latest request for proposal for an additional 500 MW of additional storage capacity.
Texas electric utility co-op taps networked residential batteries for outage protection
The residential battery program, which deploys Base Power’s 11.4 kW/25 kWh battery systems, is designed to provide affordable, whole-home backup for members of Farmers Electric Cooperative while also delivering grid-balancing services to the wider region.
Extreme cold weather preparedness for renewable energy facilities
The devastating impact of Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 fundamentally transformed how the electric power industry approaches cold weather preparedness, exposing critical Bulk Electric System vulnerabilities and catalyzing sweeping regulatory changes, including new mandatory NERC standards, that renewable energy facilities must now navigate.
What to know about ERCOT’s new RTC+B program
Under the real-time co-optimization structure, batteries will be recognized as both generators and loads.
Waaree secures 288 MW hail-resilient module order for Texas utility-scale solar projects
Sabanci Renewables agreed to purchase hail-resilient modules produced by Waaree Solar Americas for two utility-scale solar projects.
Battery energy storage revenues for ancillary services fall nearly 90% in ERCOT
Revenues for ancillary services have fallen 90% since 2023. An Enverus report says market saturation is driving operators to seek other strategies.
Over 13 GW, or half of planned Texas solar and storage, at risk to fail to come online next year
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released an analysis indicating that new federal policies targeting renewable energy are placing a significant majority of planned solar and battery storage capacity in Texas at severe risk.
Betchtel inks EPC contract for Doral Renewables 430 MW solar, 340 MWh storage project in Texas
Bechtel will manage the construction of Doral Renewables’ solar and battery storage facility in Texas, underscoring the shift toward co-located storage as the standard for ERCOT projects.
Vesper Solar 600 MW Texas project shows how an agrivoltaics mindset can unlock prime sites
Developer Vesper Energy engaged local land owners on pollinator mixes and sheep grazing for its Hornet Solar project.
