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America's Oil & Gas Capital Is Turning To Renewables

When we think of Texas, we think of Big Oil. Even more so in its largest city, Houston. Home to some of the world’s largest private energy companies, Houston lives and dies on oil. But it is also the biggest buyer of….renewable energy

The city of Houston has committed to purchasing 100% renewable energy as a part of a renewed collaboration with NRG Energy. Throughout the seven-year agreement, the city predicts seeing the cost of electricity for the community falling, resulting in $9.3 million saved every year. 

Mayor Sylvester Turner noted, “All they see in the city of Houston is Chevron and Shell and Exxon. They kind of look past the city of Houston, but there are some incredible things that are happening in the city of Houston when we start talking about renewables.” 

This new deal is just the most recent in a string of initiatives helping to push the city in a more eco-friendly direction. In addition to the renewables pledge, the city is also building new bike lanes and encouraging the use of electric cars. It's even proactively courting Elon Musk to move Tesla Inc. and SpaceX to the "Space City" in hopes the offer will help other businesses see Houston for what it really is, rather than simply the global capital of the oil & gas business. 

The strategy also looks to expand Houston's investments in its own renewable resources, with the goal of powering the city with 100% renewable energy by 2025, rather than purchasing it. Houston is currently the biggest customer of renewable energy in the country, according to the United States EPA.

Houston’s chief sustainability officer Lara Cottingham explained, “As a city, we have a really long and strong history of sustainability. From a sustainability perspective, we’ve been the largest municipal user of renewable energy for some time now.” 

By Michael Kern for Oilprice.com

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  • Lee James on May 29 2020 said:
    Texas is home to fossil fuels -- of course -- but also the state currently holds the U.S. record for annual wind power production. Texas not only built turbines, they also built the West-to-East power transmission lines for getting power where it's needed.

    Last year, 21% of Texas power was from renewables. That's now only a state record, but it also slightly beats out coal power production in the state.

    What a land of contrasts! And the trend is definitely toward renewable energy. It saves them money. Not sure "clean" is grabbing them, but money talks.

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