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The following news clips highlight Texas involvement in recent renewable energy and energy efficiency projects and list in chronological order. Here you can scroll through of stories dating back to 2003. Alternatively, you can search state energy news by state and topic.

February 8, 2012

Houston Joins DOE's Better Buildings Challenge

The City of Houston has joined DOE's Better Buildings Challenge, a public-private partnership that seeks to improve energy efficiency by 20% by the end of the decade. More

February 1, 2012

DOE Solar Decathlon 2013 Moves to California

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the 20 teams, representing 13 states and Washington, D.C. plus 3 foreign countries, that will compete U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2013, which will be held in California for the first time. More

January 25, 2012

Austin Using Green Innovation to Beat the Utility Blues

A biosolids plant in Austin, Texas, is using an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant to replace old equipment with modern biogas generation equipment. More

May 25, 2011

World's Largest Medical Center now among the Most Energy Efficient

The Texas Medical Center recently celebrated the completion of a 48-megawatt combined heat and power system. The system, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will help save $200 million in energy costs over the next 15 years. More

May 25, 2011

World's Largest Medical Center now among the Most Energy Efficient

The Texas Medical Center recently celebrated the completion of a 48-megawatt combined heat and power system. The system, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will help save $200 million in energy costs over the next 15 years. More

March 23, 2011

A Former "Most Wanted" Building Gets a Reprieve

"Most Wanted" posters identifying bandits and desperadoes are familiar images to anyone who has ever seen a Western movie. If they still made those posters, and if they offered rewards for turning in energy inefficient buildings, the Cedar Park City Hall would have been one of the meanest outlaws this side of West Texas. More

March 23, 2011

A Former "Most Wanted" Building Gets a Reprieve

"Most Wanted" posters identifying bandits and desperadoes are familiar images to anyone who has ever seen a Western movie. If they still made those posters, and if they offered rewards for turning in energy inefficient buildings, the Cedar Park City Hall would have been one of the meanest outlaws this side of West Texas. More

September 30, 2010

Southwestern Joins EPA's Green Power Partnership Program

Southwestern University will purchase more than 17 million kWh of wind energy annually for the next 18 years, equivalent to 100% of its estimated annual use, through an agreement between the City of Georgetown and AEP Energy Partners. More

September 30, 2010

Southwestern Joins EPA's Green Power Partnership Program

Southwestern University will purchase more than 17 million kWh of wind energy annually for the next 18 years, equivalent to 100% of its estimated annual use, through an agreement between the City of Georgetown and AEP Energy Partners. More

September 16, 2009

DOE Delivers $354 Million for Energy Efficiency Projects in 22 States

DOE has awarded $354 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to 22 states under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program. More

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