Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2713: Storing Energy for the Power Grid
Posted on · Episode: 2713 Storing energy for the power grid. Today, power.
Tag: Power Plants
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3261: Heavy Lift Vessels
Posted on · Episode: 3261 Meeting Global Construction Deadlines with Heavy-Lift Vessels. Today, heavy lift vessels.
Energy & Environment
Is Your Renewable Energy Electricity Plan Really Supporting Texas Wind And Solar?
Posted on · Unlike most cities across the country, Houstonians have lots of choices when it comes to buying electricity – including plans for people who want to support renewable energy.
Energy & Environment
Texas Legislature Approves Bills To Require Power Plants To ‘Weatherize,’ Among Other Measures To Overhaul Electric Grid
Posted on · The Texas House and Senate both approved negotiated versions of Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3, the two sweeping bills to change the state’s power grid and the people who oversee it.
News
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1884: Avery’s Turbine
Posted on · Episode: 1884 Avery’s turbine: Important, but little-known, nineteenth-century precursor. Today, Avery’s turbine.
News
Houston Oil Company To Invest In Zero Emissions Power Plant Technology
Posted on · Oil companies already use captured carbon to produce more oil from old fields, a process called "enhanced oil recovery."
News
Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal
Posted on · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.
News
EPA Proposal Could Weaken Mercury Rule Power Companies Wanted Kept in Place
Posted on · The EPA argues the Obama Administration inflated the benefits of the rule.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1553: In Vacuo
Posted on · Episode: 1553 Galileo, Torricelli, von Guericke, and the idea of a vacuum. Today, we invent vacuum.
News
Texas Grid’s Big ‘Test’ Could Last Beyond The Heat Wave
Posted on · The state is breaking records for electricity use at a time when power reserves have dropped.
Energy & Environment
Third Texas Coal Plant Closes Since Start Of 2018
Posted on · About 850 jobs are being lost from the plants shutting down.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2713: Storing Energy for the Power Grid
Posted on · Episode: 2713 Storing energy for the power grid. Today, power.
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Latest Texas Haze Rule
Posted on · The new plan gives Texas power plants alternatives to installing costly emissions controls
Energy & Environment
Coal Struggles In Texas, Despite Pro-Coal Administration
Posted on · "Rhetoric's one thing, money’s another," said one energy researcher
Energy & Environment
Environmental Groups Worry About New EPA Haze Rule
Posted on · The agency plans to let Texas power plants pursue "alternatives" to retrofitting plants with emission controls