The Woodlands-based Talen Energy Corp. is considering a $150 million solar-power farm development in South Texas, according to documents filed with the Texas comptroller’s office. Noria Hondo Solar, south of Kingsville, would be the power company’s first renewables project in…
Category: Generation
Texas wants to strengthen the power grid. Are batteries the answer?
The deadly winter storm that gripped Texas tragically showed the need — or opportunity — for large scale battery storage. As the bitter cold knocked power plants and wind turbines offline in rapid succession, stored energy might have been able…