Energy Transfer

  • This VoltaGrid microgrid in Midland, Texas, supplies 70 MW of natural gas-generated power to support production operations and a low-carbon hydraulic fracturing site. The system transmits 40 MW via a dedicated 25-kV line to an electrical submersible pump (ESP) production grid, ensuring continuous, 24/7 operations. A second independent 30-MW line powers a low-carbon electric fracturing site, where portable, custom-designed mobile substations convert the voltage for site distribution. Courtesy: VoltaGrid
    Data Centers

    Oracle Taps VoltaGrid for 2.3-GW Modular Gas Fleet to Power AI Data Centers Across Texas

    Texas-based rapid-deployment power specialist VoltaGrid will deploy 2,300 MW of modular, ultra-low-emissions natural gas generation to support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI’s) artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, backed by firm fuel from Energy Transfer’s 140,000-mile pipeline and storage network. Under the collaboration announced Oct. 15, VoltaGrid said its proprietary modular platform—featuring INNIO Jenbacher reciprocating engines and […]

  • Data center StockCake
    Data Centers

    Energy Transfer Will Provide Natural Gas to Texas Data Center Project

    Texas-based oil and gas major Energy Transfer said the company has entered into a long-term agreement with Colorado-based CloudBurst Data Centers for the energy supply to serve a data center development in Texas. The agreement announced Feb. 10 calls for Energy Transfer to provide as much as 450,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas to […]

  • pipeline_170315
    Legal & Regulatory

    Pipeline Company Shifts Ultimatum in Vistra Natural Gas Supply Dispute

    Energy Transfer, a major pipeline firm that threatened to terminate natural gas service to five Vistra Corp. gas-fired power plants in Texas next week as part of a $21.3 million penalty payment standoff, has relaxed its ultimatum, though the underlying dispute continues. In a letter filed with the Texas Railroad Commission late on Jan. 20, […]

  • odessa-ector-powerplant-2017
    Gas

    Vistra Claims ‘Extortion’ by Pipeline Company, Says Natural Gas Supply to Texas Power Plants Threatened

    Two Vistra Corp. subsidiaries have alleged in a complaint filed with the Texas Railroad Commission that a major pipeline firm has threatened to terminate natural gas service to five Texas gas-fired power plants—a combined 2 GW—“at any time” after Jan. 23. If escalated, the issue could pose new hurdles for the state’s electricity security as […]