Texas Wind Energy The latest boom in renewable energy is happening right in our own backyard. Texas is the leading state for wind energy with over 18,500 megawatts generating capacity.[1] The first wind turbine in …
Production Begins While offshore wind resources are more abundant and consistent than their land-based counterparts, until this past December, offshore wind had remained an untapped source of energy here in the United States.[1] According to …
The World Energy Council—a global energy body accredited by the United Nations and made up of over 3,000 member organizations in 90 countries[1]—has released a report that may be alarming to long-term investors in the …
Amazon recently announced the company’s largest renewable energy project to date, a new wind farm in Texas. The objectives are to realize Amazon’s goal and company-wide initiative of promoting long-term sustainability efforts across its corporation …
A recent extension of federal tax credits for renewable energy, signed by President Barack Obama on December 18th, 2015,[1] has ensured that wind-energy projects will continue to reap federal benefits for the next five years …
As you glance over the rolling plains of West Texas, you will most certainly see wind turbines and pump-jacks. Both of these industries have historically represented a large part of the economy in Texas. The …
Imagine that you spend millions of dollars and build your dream home as far away from civilization as possible. But then, one day, up pops a two hundred foot tall metal tower with one hundred …
The wind energy industry currently benefits from a federal tax credit that allows wind energy projects to reduce their federal taxes by 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced over a ten-year period.[1] Over ten …
By Maggie Griffin – 2L Established property law has told us that the mineral estate is dominant to the surface estate. But what if the State of Texas allowed the aerial estate to be …
