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Amazon warns Texas: Don’t pass bill that would drive up wind power costs

Enlarge (credit: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Fallout from Texas’ statewide power outages in February continues to spread. Today, the Texas House of Representatives is scheduled to debate a bill that would require power producers to bear the costs of services that help keep the electrical grid stable. If the bill passes, it would “unfairly shift […]

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US grid-battery Prices dropped 70 Percent More than 3 Decades

Expand (charge: Diana Robinson / Flickr) In the past several decades, the price of solar energy and wind power has dropped precipitously, which has {} the development of those renewable energy technology. Increasingly, utilities are currently looking for a prospective grid controlled by wind and solar. Which will require adjustments in grid control and transmission […]