Wind Energy

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:…

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…

Texas is not a state known for strong environmental protections. The fact is, many green groups head into legislative sessions more concerned about…

A lot of what you read in the news boils down to numbers. What's the unemployment rate? How's the stock market? What’s the price of a gallon of gas? When…

From Texas Standard.Global warming and climate change are two oft-used phrases in the conversation about energy production. Much of the time, scientists…

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…

Trey Murphy is a grad student in North Carolina, but he has dreams of owning land in West Texas. A few months ago, he was looking at real estate online…

Energy company Luminant says it’s shutting down three of its coal-fired power plants in Texas by early next year. The sudden closure of so many plants is…

Texas leads the country in wind energy production and, because of the way the state’s electric grid is set up, most of that power stays right here. But a…