Not just Europe ...Texas Gas Power Boom
June 20, 2025By Paul Homewood
The Greenies are throwing their toys out of the pram because Texas is planning to build dozens of new gas power stations.
Power Magazine reports:
A nonprofit environmental group said at least 130 natural gas-fired power plant projects are planned in Texas over the next few years as part of that state’s effort to meet growing demand for energy. The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), in a report published June 11, said the projects would provide more than 58 GW of new generation capacity, while noting that many of the proposed facilities may not move beyond the planning stage.
The group noted the build-out is supported by the Texas Energy Fund, a taxpayer-supported program created by state lawmakers that provides grants and loans for construction of power generation projects. The fund was created in the wake of the February 2021 Uri winter storm, when as estimated 10 million Texans lost power, prompting officials to look at how to avoid future blackouts caused by extreme weather or other events.
The group in its report said it “has created a statewide inventory of proposed gas power plant projects … using information from a wide variety of publicly available sources, including the Energy Information Administration, Global Energy Monitor, ERCOT [Electrical Reliability Council of Texas, the state’s grid manager], application documents for the Texas Energy Fund, permit documents from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, trade publications, and news articles.” The report focused not only on the construction of new gas-fired projects, but also on the environmental impact, saying the new facilities would, if built, emit an estimated 115 million tons of greenhouse gases (GHG).
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How dare Texas want reliable power!
