Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2608: Maria Telkes
Posted on · Episode: 2608 Maria Telkes: Solar Energy Pioneer. Today, here comes the sun.
Tag: solar energy
Energy & Environment
Houston Launches Citywide Solar Co-op
Posted on · The co-op model works by bringing a group of people together to lower solar installation costs.
Energy & Environment
Houston Doubles Its Solar Capacity For The Second Year In A Row
Posted on · Despite its growth, Houston ranks fourth in total solar energy capacity in the state, behind San Antonio, Austin and El Paso.
Local
Houston Plans Large Solar Farm To Revitalize Sunnyside Neighborhood
Posted on · The Sunnyside Energy project is part of the city’s participation in the C40 Reinventing Cities competition, which Houston joined in 2017.
News
For Houston, ‘Energy Capital’ May Mean More Than Oil And Gas
Posted on · The CEO of a solar energy company calls for a focus on all energy sources.
Business
Shell Is Investing In Solar Energy But Does It Make A Difference?
Posted on · The oil giant is buying a large share of a solar power company
News
Perry’s Plan To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Power Fails As Another Texas Coal Plant Closes
Posted on · The state's former governor is lobbying to extend a hand to the nation's struggling coal and nuclear industries
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2608: Maria Telkes
Posted on · Episode: 2608 Maria Telkes: Solar Energy Pioneer. Today, here comes the sun.
Politics
Once A Critic, Perry Now A Defender Of Energy Department
Posted on · The former Texas governor says he’s having the time of his life running an agency he once pledged to eliminate.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1321: Century-Old Solar Collector
Posted on · Episode: 1321 A modern solar collector, a century before its time. Today, an idea whose time had not yet come.
Arts InSight
New Planets Discovered, and an Expansion in Renewable Energy: Thursday’s Show (March 2, 2017)
Posted on · (Above: This artist’s rendering depicts the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, based on available data about their diameters, masses and distances from the host star. The cool, reddish star is about 40 light-years awayfrom Earth. Image Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Here in Space City, we talk a lot about whatâs next in space travel and the role we may […]
News
Houston’s New Residential Construction Code Favors Solar Energy
Posted on · The City Council recently approved it to facilitate the use of an alternative energy source that is plentiful in Texas.
Houston Matters
Could Houston Follow Austin’s Footsteps Towards Solar Energy?
Posted on · Last month, Austin’s City Council updated the city’s Energy Resource, Generation and Climate Protection Plan, with an auspicious goal: to see that 55 percent of Austin’s energy comes from clean, renewable resources by 2025. One component of that effort is to expand the use of solar energy. How about Houston? What could we accomplish here […]
Full Show
Social Security, Solar Energy, and Ulysses (Yes, Really): Houston Matters for Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015
Posted on · Texas Congressman Kevin Brady wants to change a long-standing provision of Social Security to provide more benefits to some public sector employees who work second jobs. He’s pushing for passage of a bill called The Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act to repeal and replace the Windfall Elimination Provision first passed back in the 1980s. […]
Good, Bad and Ugly
Oil Layoffs, Holiday Travel and BBQ Blunders: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Houston News
Posted on · From some potential layoffs in the Houston oil and gas industry, to a bustling holiday travel season getting underway, to a journalist’s errors in an article about Texas barbecue: we discuss The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of this week’s Houston news (albeit a shortened holiday week). Our panel of non-experts this week includes: […]