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Base Power home battery installation. [Photo: Base Power]
Austin’s Base Power Expands to DFW, Providing Energy with Home Battery Backup
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.
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jun 28, 2023
The awards are for "the engineering, procurement, and construction of three utility-scale solar facilities with a combined generation capacity of over 1.4 GW located in the Southwest," the company announced. See why the projects were awarded, according to Tom McCormick, the company's president and CEO—and catch up on two big leadership moves Primoris made earlier this year.
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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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Noble solar and storage project in Denton County. [Photo: National Grid Renewables]
The Home Depot to Supply 8% of Its Power Needs from Denton County Solar and Storage Project
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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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 29, 2022
Chint Power Solutions America, a subsidiary of electronic components maker Chint Group, has made Richardson the new home of its U.S. HQ and Innovation Center—in yet another California HQ move to North Texas.
As CPS seeks to grow its presence in the solar and clean energy space, it will use the Innovation Center "to shape what’s next in solar and energy storage technology."
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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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Electric DART Proterra bus turns onto Main Street in Downtown Dallas. [Video still: Proterra]
Texas Will Get Billions for Environmental Projects from $1.2T Infrastructure Bill, from Clean Water to EV Charging to Public Transit
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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by Mallory Houser |
May 26, 2017
From solar panels that generate electricity for the entire house to minimal wood that requires painting, The New Modern Home wants to take upkeep worries out of home buying.
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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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Reliant Gives a Charge to UTA Campus, Dallas Zoo
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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