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TREIA, founded in 1984, represents some 500 member companies, organizations, agencies and individuals providing products, services and information in the areas of solar electric generation, solar hot water, large and small-scale wind electric generation, biomass electric generation and liquid renewable fuels, geothermal heating and cooling, geothermal electric generation, and sustainable (green) building design and construction.

Solar + Wind + Biomass + Geothermal + Hydrokinetic
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U.S. Solar Market Grows 76% in 2012
A Solar Energy Industries Association Report Executive Summary
March 14, 2013




TREIA Members get FREE Visitor Registration ($150 value) plus 10% off on various conference packages.
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TREIA Members can get 10% off registration.
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Long Term Study Assessment Report 2012 for the ERCOT Region - Electric Reliability Council of Texas [ERCOT] - December 28, 2012 - PDF format, 6.9 MB



American Solar Energy Society (ASES)
Primer on Small, Distributed and Community Wind
November 8, 2012 * PDF format, 622 KB


 

NEW - Hart Research Poll on Nature and Extent of Public Support for Solar



TREIA Policy Statement of Distributed Renewable Generation (DRG) and Renewable Energy Efficiency Technologies (REET) Best Practices
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TREIA Policy Statement of Distributed Renewable Generation (DRG) and Renewable Energy Efficiency Technologies (REET) Best Practices - downloadable PDF format, same content as link above, 139 Kb

In this policy document, TREIA offers sample objectives and best practices for incorporating Distributed Renewable Generation and Renewable Energy Efficiency Technologies into utilities’ resource planning processes.

 
 

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TREIA's Texas Renewable Energy Jobs Board




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"Alternative and Innovative Ways to Finance Wind and Solar - PPAs, Synthetic PPAs, Hedges, and Unicorns"
Greentech Media, March 11, 2013 - Story from Texas Energy Independence Week 2013

Getting More Renewables Into The Texas Energy Mix
Greentech Media, March 7, 2013 - Story from Texas Energy Independence Week 2013

The Key Decision That Can Make or Break an Energy Project
Greentech Media, March 7, 2013 -
Story from Texas Energy Independence Week 2013

Energy Project Developers See Solar as Easier Than Wind
Greentech Media, March 7, 2013 - Story from Texas Energy Independence Week 2013

Fortune 500 Bank: Tier 1 Solar Panels Aren't Necessary for Financing Solar Projects
Greentech Media, March 5, 2013 - Story from Texas Energy Independence Week 2013

Texas Energy Independence Week 2013 highlights
including articles about the events, photographs, and 10 presentations.






December 10 - 13, 2012 * Lost Pines, Texas

PARTICIPANT LIST HERE (PDF format)
PHOTOS, VISUAL PRESENTATIONS, and SESSION RECORDINGS


TREIA's Business Builder Luncheon with
Citigroup's Michael Eckhart
discussing
"Global and U.S. Outlook on Renewable Energy"
Nov. 28 * 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. * Houston, Texas
Download and review the presentation slides here

(PDF format, 813 KB)


TREIA Filed Comments on Interim Charge for Senate Natural Resources Commitee - September 6, 2012 - PDF format, 352 KB



Texas Renewable Energy Industry 2012 Report
 - released by the Governor's Office Economic Development and Tourism Department - August 24, 2012 - PDF format, 3.9 MB


 

 TREIA Suggested Questions for July 27 PUC Workshop on the Brattle Group Report on Resource Adequacy - July 20, 2012 - PDF format, 203 KB


TREIA Testimony on Interim Charge re. ERCOT Protocols - Senate Business & Commerce Committee Hearing- July 10, 2012 - PDF format, 600 KB



Testimony on Interim Charge Re: Encouraging Additional Energy Production in Texas
- by Bob Webb, TREIA Legal Committee Co-Chair - House Committee on Energy Resources - June 26, 2012 - PDF format, 150 KB



TREIA Policy Luncheon w/ 
Texas State Senator José Rodríguez


June 26, 2012 * 12 - 1:30 p.m. * Austin, Texas
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here for further details


TREIA files comments re. PUC Project 40268 regarding Resource Adequacy in the ERCOT Power Region - June 15, 2012, PDF format, 1.6 MB



TREIA files comments in PUC Project 39674 (Energy Efficiency Rule) in support of changes that may improve the opportunity for Renewable DSM.



TREIA lauds the Public Utility Commission of Texas’ approval of rule implementing SB 981 facilitating new marketing, finance, and project structures for distributed renewable generation in the state.



ERCOT Reports That Texas Increased Energy Generated by Renewable Sources by 13 % in 2011
May 16, 2012 - PDF format, 219 KB



Solar Thermal Energy: The Time is Now

William T. Guiney
, Director, Solar Heating & Cooling Business, Johnson Controls Inc.,
also co-chair of TREIA Solar Water Heating Policy Subcommittee
PDF format, 577 KB



On May 8, TREIA hosted the

TREIA Electric Generation Adequacy & Reliability Forum:
The Case for a More Diversified Grid


Presentations can be reviewed on the Public General Archives page.



Renewable Energy World North America Conference 2012 Session
"Transmission Access and Lessons from ERCOT and FERC"
Organized and Moderated by Russel Smith, TREIA Executive Director
February 15, 2012 - Long Beach, California

Building a Robust Transmission Grid with Significant Renewable Generation, Ken Donohoo, P.E. - Director, System Planning Distribution and Transmission: Oncor Electric Delivery Company, LLC - PDF format, 2 MB

Transmission Policy & Variable Resource Integration, Paul Hudson - Founder and Principal: Stratus Energy Group - PDF format, 9 MB

Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities, Andrea Spring - Specialist: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) - PDF format, 422 KB



Testimony on House Interim Charge relating to the issue of Resource Adequacy in the Texas Electric Market


- by Steve Wiese, TREIA President - Comments at Texas House State Affairs hearing - Feb. 9, 2012 - PDF format, 714 KB.



Comments at Senate Business & Commerce Committee hearing on Sen. Interim Charge relating to Impact of Drought on Texas Electric Generation Capacity

by Bob Webb, TREIA Legal Committee Chair - Jan. 10, 2012 - PDF format, 156 KB


 



 

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2012 is a Record Year for Wind Industry
Power Engineering Magazine

Clean Energy Creates Jobs
Environmental Defense Fund


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Description: Production figures for Alternative energy sources. Measurements are in Btu (British thermal units) and MBtu (1,000 btu) - Adjusts every second.

Data Source: Latest Energy Surveys, IEA, DOD. Updated monthly or when new figures are released. 

 

New Analysis Continues to Disprove Food v. Fuel Canard

(July 11, 2011)  Washington—There is no statistical evidence to support the argument that growth in ethanol production is driving consumer food prices higher, according to a comprehensive study released today by Informa Economics. Rather, the report concludes that retail food prices are determined by a complex set of inter-related factors, including supply chain costs for energy, labor, transportation, packaging and other marketing-related expenses.

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