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Base Power battery connected to a home. [Photo: Base]
Battery Backup: Austin’s Base Power Expands to Dallas
by David Seeley | Aug 20, 2025
Aiming to serve as a "virtual power plant" to bolster the Texas grid, Base—co-founded by CEO Zach Dell, son of billionaire Dell founder Michael Dell—offers residential customers an all-in-one energy plan including a whole-home backup battery that can power homes during a blackout.
by David Seeley |
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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by David Seeley |
Aug 26, 2024
Co-founded by CEO Zach Dell—son of Dell Founder and CEO Michael Dell—Base Power is building distributed battery storage for both customers and the grid, one home at a time. It does that by providing energy to homes along with a backup battery that can be used for up to 24 hours in a blackout.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 11, 2023
By having a solar farm built on a former city landfill, Farmers Branch plans to be the first Texas city to power all its facilities with 100% locally generated renewable electricity. Groundbreaking is slated for early next year, with operations starting as soon as Fall 2024.
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Ian MacVicar, Task Contract Solutions and Chris Griffin, Hover Energy, after being presented the Sanctuary Award for Innovation at the U.S. Embassy in London. [Photo: Hover Energy]
Dallas’ Hover Energy Gets Innovation Award from the British Ministry of Defence
by David Seeley | May 12, 2023
The Sanctuary Award for Innovation was presented to Hover and the HMS Eaglet during a roundtable discussion on energy security and sustainable energy design at the U.S. Embassy in London. Hover CEO Chris Griffin, above right with Ian MacVicar of Task Energy Solutions, quoted King Charles during the event.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 1, 2023
Hoymiles Power Electronics, a leading global "smart solar" supplier based in China, has announced the opening of its first U.S. subsidiary in Plano, north of Dallas. Founded in 2012, the company says it empowers homeowners and professionals in more than 110 countries and regions to join the journey to what it calls "open energy for all."
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by David Seeley |
Dec 1, 2022
Nearly 8% of The Home Depot's total electricity usage is going to be based on renewable energy from a project right here in North Texas. The Atlanta-based home improvement giant announced that it has purchased 100 MW of solar energy from National Grid Renewables' Noble solar and storage project in Denton County. The solar farm is NGR's largest solar energy project to date, and its first utility-scale energy storage project, The Home Depot says.
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Plano-Based Universal EV Chargers Gets Nearly $10M in Federal Grants for Hotel EV Charging Expansion
by David Seeley |
Sep 21, 2022
Plano-based Universal EV Chargers is laser-focused on getting its charging systems outside hotels nationwide. Now, with nearly $10M in federal grants as a result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, it's aiming to secure business with brands like IHG, Wyndham, Marriott, and Hilton.
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That's a lot of panels—and it's just one of 16 communities in the project. Installation by The Solar Company at Granite Redevelopment's Spanish Hills Apartments, south of White Rock Lake in Dallas. [Photo: The Solar Company]
The ‘Largest Multifamily Solar Installation in the U.S.’ is Going Up Now in North Texas
by David Seeley | Apr 14, 2022
The Solar Company, a Dallas-based startup founded in 2021, has partnered with Granite Redevelopment Properties LP to install a 15-megawatt, 40,000-panel system across 16 of GRP's "all bills paid" apartment communities in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
The startup's co-founder and CEO, Travis Wildeman, tells us the system will offset between 90% and 100% of Granite Redevelopment's electricity costs—and pay for itself in 5 to 7 years.
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‘The CliffsNotes of the Courthouse’: Fort Worth-Based Tracts and Austin’s Enverus Release TitleNotes
by David Seeley |
Jan 10, 2022
The new property rights solution "distills" deeds, leases, and other court documents from 1,700 words to 40 or less. That can help oil and gas firms and residential developers to quickly and efficiently determine ownership rights—so they can make the deal while others are still wading through data.
We talked with Tracts' co-founder and CEO about his startup—and how it aims to "disrupt title as a whole."
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by David Seeley |
Nov 16, 2021
$550 billion in new infrastructure spending is coming to projects nationwide—and a big slice is bound for Texas. From new electric buses to rail projects to improved power infrastructure to lead water service line removal and more, Texas' environment may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of all.
AECOM CEO Troy Rudd says the bill will help support critically needed innovation and sustainable solutions projects.
AECOM CEO Troy Rudd says the bill will help support critically needed innovation and sustainable solutions projects.
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by David Seeley |
Jun 15, 2021
Funded by the Department of Defense's Office of Naval Research, the additive manufacturing breakthrough is a huge step toward more affordable and available flexible solar panels—for aircraft carriers, ocean-going drones, and more.
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Installation of an 8.79-megawatt SunPower solar energy system is underway at Toyota Motor North America’s new headquarters in Plano. [Photo courtesy of Axium Solar]
Toyota’s Plano HQ to Have Texas’
Largest Solar Power System
by Julia Falcon | Apr 17, 2017
The system will offset 33 percent of the headquarters' energy reliance on the traditional grid.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 3, 2016
The 7th Annual DFW Solar Tour aims at showing the advantages of solar and other alternative power sources.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 21, 2016
The solar-powered charging stations were recently donated to the institutions by the Houston-based energy company.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
