Reliability has improved dramatically in the U.S. grid with the most renewable energy – in Texas - and electricity prices ...

The ERCOT has reported significant improvements in grid reliability and reduce electricity prices compared to the national average.

One data center developer using curtailed renewable power in Texas is IREN. The firm owns and operates facilities optimized ...

Some people object to the aesthetics of wind and solar farms, or note that turbines and panels can harm some wildlife. Texas is not alone.

Texas is famous for producing oil and gas, but renewable energy has become deeply embedded in the state’s culture and economy. Texas led the nation in generating electricity from wind power and ...

Against long odds, Sweetwater’s public hospital recruited counselors to help address a wave of mental health crises in rural Texas—yet struggles continue.

Local leaders and rural revitalization experts say Texas’ smallest towns can survive — despite a shift to urban and suburban counties — but it will take investments.

The small town of Sweetwater, in Nolan County, Texas, sits north of three of the world’s largest onshore wind farms. Some call it the “wind turbine capital of Texas.” On West Alabama Avenue ...

Wind turbines and power transmission lines near Sweetwater, Texas. Nationwide, battery storage is being used to address renewable energy's biggest weakness: the fact that the wind and sun aren't ...

Texas State Technical College wind energy technology instructor James Chung, center, helps Steven Vasquez, left, and Shayne Howard, right, during a class in Sweetwater on March 5. Wind energy ...

Texas State Technical College wind energy technology instructor James Chung, center, helps Steven Vasquez, left, and Shayne Howard, right, during a class in Sweetwater on March 5. Wind energy ...