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NRG Energy wants to develop 1.6 GW of quick-start natural gas generation in ERCOT
June 18, 2024 - NRG Energy submitted the first of three loan applications to the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) to develop the previously announced 1,600 MW of new quick-start natural gas power generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The TEF is administered by the Public Utility Commission...
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NRG Applies to the Texas Energy Fund to Bring Essential Dispatchable Power to ERCOT
June 9, 2024 - Today, NRG Energy Inc. (NYSE: NRG) submitted the first of three loan applications to the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) to develop the previously announced 1,600 megawatts (MW) (1.6 Gigawatts) of new quick-start natural gas power generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). The TEF is administered by the Public Utility...
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Container Logistics Provider Expands Its Industrial Space Near Port Houston
June 5, 2024 - A container logistics provider is relocating to a larger industrial space within a Houston-area business park and more than doubling its footprint in the process.Houston-based Tigerhawk Logistics plans to move out of its 135,285-square-foot space at Building 2 of Portside Logistics Center and relocate to Building 1 in the same park,...
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Entergy Texas proposes new power plants to support rapid growth in Southeast Texas
June 3, 2024 - Southeast Texas is experiencing extraordinary economic and population growth, leading to a significant rise in electricity demand and the urgent need for Entergy Texas to add 40% more generation capacity to its power grid in four years. To help address this challenge, Entergy Texas filed an application with the...
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Movin’ on up - Grand Parkway is bringing development to the northeast side of Houston
May 16, 2024 - To someone driving down U.S. Highway 90 into Dayton in Liberty County, it may not be apparent what many residents of the roughly 10,000-resident town have known for a while: Change is coming to the area.While most of the land along the highway outside the city is lined...
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ONEOK to acquire Gulf Coast NGL pipelines for $280 million
May 12, 2024 - ONEOK, Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire a system of natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines from Easton Energy, a Houston-based midstream company, for approximately $280 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.The transaction includes approximately 450 miles of NGL pipelines located in the strategic Gulf Coast market...
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Exxon Mobil OKs second advanced recycling facility at Baytown complex
May 6, 2024 - Spring-based Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is developing a second advanced recycling facility in Baytown as it plans to have processing capacity for more than 1 billion pounds of plastic waste globally by 2027.Exxon announced on May 6 that the second facility reached a final investment decision, with startup planned for 2025.The...
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Port Houston Awarded Nearly $27 Million For Clean Truck Program
April 24, 2024 - In a release issued on Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration announced that Texas was awarded a $26.9 million grant for the Port Houston new clean truck program to help reduce air emissions. Port Houston’s CLEANSTACS Program (Catalyzing Lower Emissions with Alliances and...
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Port Houston awarded $26.9 million, mostly for electric trucks for cargo yard
April 23, 2024 - Thirty new electric trucks are coming to Port Houston, as part of a federal program aimed at reducing pollution around America's ports.Transportation officials announced Wednesday that Port Houston would receive $26.9 million for new short-haul trucks, portable chargers and other upgrades at the cargo...
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Riceland ‘sprouts up,’ buyers respond
April 23, 2024 - They’re going vertical at Riceland.Hundreds of home-building construction workers are raising walls and tacking down roofing plywood on dozens of houses sprouting up in the first phase of the master planned Mont Belvieu housing development at the corner of Eagle Drive and Eagle Pointe Boulevard.Developers expect...
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