Renewable energy will transform Texas if lawmakers stay out of the way

Plus Power is building three new energy storage facilities in Texas. The company says each will boost the reliability of Texas' energy grid. As the state grows, Texas must add power from all sources, including natural gas generation and from batteries that can flexibly dispatch stored power when needed to avert energy emergencies and catastrophic blackouts.Solar and wind power are often dismissed as niche sources of power that are more of a novelty than an energy staple.

That hasn’t been true for quite some time and was underscored on Feb. 25. Energy expert Doug Lewin astutely notedthat the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ power grid on that Sunday reached 82.8% carbon-free power, 71.2% of which was provided by renewables, both all-time records.

The reality is that Texas will have extreme temperature days that will set peak load records and edge ERCOT to consider emergency conservation or rotating outages to ensure grid stability. But renewables provide opportunities, not vulnerabilities. The ability to run industrial sites during high peak periods with lower-cost, carbon-free energy supported by a robust battery network is a competitive net plus for economic productivity.

solar and battery storage in the United States will make up 81% of new electric-generating capacity in 2024 and that Texas, aided by the Inflation Reduction Act’s investment tax credits for stand-alone storage, is on pace to surpass California.The expansion of renewables on the grid validates more than two decades of support for a competitive energy marketplace in Texas that dates back to Govs. George W. Bush and Rick Perry. Texas has come a long way and has an opportunity to secure a robust energy mix that is able to sustain this state’s vast economy..

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

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