Solar Energy

One proposed idea for legislation would allow homes and businesses with solar panels to sell any extra power they generate back to the electric grid.

The City of Georgetown earned international attention a few years ago by becoming the largest city in the U.S. to run completely on renewable power. Now,…

For the first time ever, wind has surpassed coal as an energy source in Texas. Data released this month by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows…

Solar power continues to grow in Texas, new research finds, and that growth is due in part to another renewable energy the state has in abundance:…

Facebook is building a massive solar farm in West Texas that's believed to be one of the largest solar projects in the nation and the social media giant's…

Wind power in Texas is often seen as one of the state’s great success stories. It’s grown so much in the last 20 years that the state now leads the…

In East Austin – just east of Airport Boulevard and a short drive from downtown – you’d rightly expect to find a new crop of houses going up. Instead,…

When Billy Whipple was learning carpentry as a young man in New England, he got some strange advice from a veteran carpenter.“He had his old beliefs that…

At a new 28-home development in East Austin, workers for Lighthouse Solar pull solar panels from the back of a trailer, haul them to a ladder, and then…

Texas' energy industry is in flux.The state's seen recent closures of three coal-powered power plants, as the state market shifts toward renewable sources…