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ERCOT

Retired EV Batteries Scored a New Gig: Bolstering Texas’ Grid

After reaching the end of their automotive careers, the batteries have been repurposed and are online in Texas.

By Arcelia Martin

B2U Storage Solutions repurposes electric vehicles batteries which have reached the end of their automative lives to provide power to the grid. Credit: Arcelia Martin/Inside Climate News
An aerial view of the Sabey Data Center in Round Rock, Texas. Credit: Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas to Study ‘Batch Zero’ of Data Centers by Late Summer

By Arcelia Martin

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens to a briefing as he prepares for a winter storm at the State Operations Center in Austin. Credit: Jay Janner/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas’ Grid Holds Up During Winter Weather

By Arcelia Martin

Somervell County Commissioner Jeff Harris shows where a route for a high-voltage transmission line is proposed near Dinosaur Valley State Park. Credit: Arcelia Martin/Inside Climate News

A Town’s Opposition to Proposed Power Lines Sparks Discussion About the Cost of Texas’ Growth

By Arcelia Martin

Transmission lines connect to a power plant near Richmond, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’

By Arcelia Martin

Jupiter Powers battery storage complex in Houston. Credit: Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

The Texas Power Grid Will Get a Boost from Batteries This Winter

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the Blue Jay solar and battery storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

ERCOT’s Market is Transitioning Toward Storage and Solar

By Arcelia Martin

In Houston, solar panels run down the line to the next manufacturing process at Elin Energy's solar panel manufacturing facility. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables

By Arcelia Martin

An electric substation is seen at a power plant in Houston. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

‘Rapid Explosion’ of Data Centers Causes Planning Struggles in Texas

By Arcelia Martin

In Houston, a transmission tower in July, as ERCOT, the state's power grid, urged customers to preserve electricity. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Grid Operators and Regulators Iron Out New Rules for Data Centers

By Arcelia Martin

The Blue Jay solar and storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images.

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

By Arcelia Martin

An aerial view of the Azure Sky Solar Project in Haskell, Texas, on August 12, 2024. Credit: Ramsay de Give/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Texas’ Risk of Summer Blackouts Reduced Thanks to Solar and Batteries

By Arcelia Martin

Sisters Abigail and Jennifer Lindsey stand on their rural property on May 27 outside New Braunfels, Texas, where they posted a sign in opposition to a large data center and power plant planned across the street. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Data Centers Are Building Their Own Gas Power Plants in Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Arcelia Martin

In Fort Worth, Texas, a swinging bench hangs from a tree after a snow storm during Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, when residents went days without electricity and fresh water after a catastrophic failure of the power grid in the state.Credit: Ron Jenkins/Getty Images.

The Chairman of Texas’ Public Utility Commission Has a To-Do List

By Arcelia Martin

The sun sets behind power transmission lines, part of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid. Credit: Nick Wagner/Xinhua via Getty Images.

As Texas Cranks Up the AC, Congested Transmission Lines Cause Renewable Power to Go to Waste

By Keaton Peters

Workers repair a power line in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Credit: Thomas Ryan Allison/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Inside Clean Energy: The Right and Wrong Lessons from the Texas Crisis

By Dan Gearino

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