Texas have experienced battery betrayal. Texas brothers have given millions to the right wing and they are doing everything to bankroll lawyers as well as organisers who are denying climate change. The Wilks Brothers have sold their stake in the Frac Tech Services for a few billion and now they are sending billions to pro-fossil fuel projects as well as a number of religious projects.

Batteries are Keeping Texas Afloat

Right now it seems that batteries are helping to keep the Texas grid afloat but there are concerns that operators are going to chill the industry. Even though 6 warnings have been sent out over the last six months, it seems that grid-battery storage has helped the grid to survive fossil fuel outages as well as a heat wave that has been seen as brutal. The rules are stating that battery assets now have to maintain a two-hour state for charges.

More Energy than the Hoover Dam

After more than a decade of having to wait, it seems that Pattern Energy have broken ground on the new SunZia transmission line,. One thing to note about this is that it is going to carry clean energy to a wind farm in Mexico. The prolonged development timeline is going to highlight how urgent this is and how much work is going to be done to try and support federal lands.

White House are Speeding up EV Production

In other news, it now seems that the White House are speeding up EV production. The Biden Administration are now using funds from the Inflation Reduction Act and they are now providing up to $10 billion in loans, as well as $2 billion in grants to support EV production as well as ensuring that more is done to give support to those who need it in the sector.