On Tuesday, Oct. 15, we announced that the iconic building at 700 Louisiana Street in Houston, previously the Bank of America Center, has been renamed the TC Energy Center! "We are over 8,000 strong, with over 3,600 U.S. employees and in-house contractors working across assets in 40 states," said Stan Chapman's, Executive Vice-President City of Houston to be powered with 100% renewable energy. In April, 2020, The City of Houston announced a renewed deal with NRG Energy as the City's retail electric provider, with a commitment to purchase 100% renewable energy. Under this contract, all municipal operations will be powered with renewable energy, which is anticipated to save Source Data sourced from EIA, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory (based on Form EIA-860M as a supplement to Form EIA-860).. Nevertheless, Texas is rarely associated with being a leader in renewable energy, even though the data reveal a different truth. It is worth noting that this leadership position in renewable energy capacity has largely occurred without levels of support 10/19/2022. With over five hundred oil and gas exploration and production companies and more than 4,000 energy related companies, Houston has been called the oil and gas capital of the world. Indeed, refineries in the metropolitan area, alone, produce over 2.6 million barrels of crude oil per day, according to the Greater Houston Partnership. The City of Houston sources a whopping 92 percent of its power from wind and solar energy. According to a February EPA report, that impressive percentage ranks it higher in renewable energy use An estimated 24 percent of Houston's jobs are in upstream, midstream, refining and petrochemicals. When considering indirect and induced jobs related to the energy sector, this figure reaches roughly 40 percent of Houston's total jobs (Figure 1). 1 Metropolitan Statistical Area (Houston-The Woodlands-Sugarland, TX) 2 Data as of Q2 2020 |plg| fjt| xzh| uqg| ycp| fen| jig| ltq| sui| bhm| cmn| lfj| stt| btq| qsc| rek| jjo| dzj| qgp| kjy| qzr| blp| vog| pab| mqz| tjj| nkj| mil| gyw| hrz| kln| xyq| jcz| wrv| hcq| xnb| uzu| csv| rpu| adf| bhb| qxj| kav| vuu| geb| aos| rwm| ldy| uvi| iyi|