After its natural gas supply dropped sharply during Winter Storm Uri, the Midlothian Power Plant, pictured here, had to reduce electricity generation. (Gabriel C. Pérez/KUT) State oil and gas ...

Battery Power - A start-up company could give homeowners a new way to keep the lights on when the electric grid has power problems. Science reporter Eric Henrikson gives us an inside look at the ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Texas’ ...

Dust from strong southerly winds partially obscure wind turbines spinning on the plains near Southland on Jan. 18, 2022. Sandra Haverlah rebuts a recent WJS editorial that claimed renewables are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Blackmon is a Texas-based public policy analyst/consultant. If there’s one industry that has become synonymous with the ...

Electricity demand is surging in Texas, and solar, wind, and battery storage are meeting it. According to new data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity demand across the ...

State oil and gas inspectors are not adequately verifying that Texas natural gas production and delivery systems are prepared to keep running in severe winter storms. Regulators have also failed to ...