Solar Energy

North Texas’ Vesper Energy Launches Massive Solar Project Near Amarillo

by | Apr 16, 2025
Vesper Energy raised $590 million in financing to build Hornet Solar. Featuring 1.36 million solar panels, it's one of the largest solar installations in the U.S. and will deliver 600 MWac of energy, the company said.
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Irving’s Vesper Energy Installs Over 1 Million Panels at Its Hornet Solar Project
by | Dec 10, 2024
Located in Swisher County at the base of the Texas Panhandle, Vesper's Hornet Solar project is slated to feature 1.36 million solar panels and will deliver 600 MWac of renewable energy—enough to power 160,000 homes annually.
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Google To Invest More than $1B in Texas This Year To Support Its Cloud & Data Center Infrastructure
by | Aug 15, 2024
Google's "Dallas cloud region," first announced in 2022, includes sprawling data center campuses in the North Texas cities of Midlothian and Red Oak. At a press conference in Midlothian, the company announced an additional $1 billion investment in Texas, for a total of over $2.7 billion invested in the state to date.
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Leeward Renewable Energy Names New Chief Technology Officer
by | Mar 26, 2024
Nate Graham will be responsible for all aspects of enterprise-wide IT operations, including architecture, development, and infrastructure and for ensuring seamless alignment between LRE’s technology roadmap and strategic objectives.
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Dallas-Based Crow Holdings Launches Renewables Business to Capitalize on Nationwide Solar Energy Demand

by | Jun 6, 2023
By adding solar panels to millions of square feet of industrial rooftops in the company's portfolio, Crow Holdings Renewables aims to "help meet the energy needs of hundreds of businesses and thousands of residential customers." See who's leading the charge—and how they plan to do it.
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My Possibilities
My Possibilities Uses $200K Grant to Fund Solar Power for Campus
by | Apr 26, 2019
My Possibilities will install a 471-panel, 160 kW solar system on the Fischer Family School of Life Skills at the Campus for Higher Learning in Plano, putting the nonprofit on the 'cutting edge.'
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renewable energy
How a Dallas Meeting Will Help Bring Renewable Energy to a Pacific Island Country
by | Jan 16, 2018
Dallas-based EARTHx, GridMarket, and the Republic of Palau are working together to bring more renewable power to the country.
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Texas Tops Nation in Wind Power, and Capacity Still Rising

by | Feb 10, 2017
Texas has more than 20,000 megawatts of wind power capacity, nearly one-fourth of the total capacity in the country.
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electric vehicles
Toyota Switching Gears to Electric Cars
by | Nov 23, 2016
The automaker is planning to have its electric vehicles on the road by 2020.
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