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33 Projects, One Channel and What Industry Is Lining Up at the Port of Brownsville, and the $607 Million Lithium Refinery Few People Are Talking About
An Australian company wants to refine imported lithium ore on 35 acres at the Port of Brownsville. It is one of 33 tracked projects and components lining up along the ship channel, and records produced by the Port do not show a combined assessment of what all of them will need together.
4 hours ago12 min read
35 Gas Turbines, One Data-Processing Code: Inside SpaceX's Filing for a Power Plant at the Port of Brownsville
SpaceX has asked Texas regulators to authorize 35 natural gas turbines, roughly 748 megawatts, along Boca Chica Blvd near the Port of Brownsville. The filing lists a data-processing industry code and caps NOx emissions 1.14 tons below a federal threshold.
6 hours ago7 min read
Brownsville's closed-door "Project Fortress" item sits on the new city agenda.
Brownsville's 90-day data center moratorium is on Wednesday's consent agenda for its final vote. The same agenda lists a closed session on "Project Fortress," with no other details.
2 days ago7 min read
Port Chairman Tours Karpower Shipyard as $3 Billion Plan and 713-Acre Lease Talks Move Forward
The Port of Brownsville's board chairman toured the former AmFELS shipyard now owned by Karpower Valley. Behind the visit is a $3 billion plan, a 1-gigawatt power plant, an AI data center pitch and a 713-acre lease whose terms have not been made public.
2 days ago4 min read
THE WATER WILL BE PRIVATE: AN ISRAELI DESALINATION GIANT'S TWO BETS ON SOUTH TEXAS
An Israeli-headquartered private company is positioned to build Texas' first major seawater desalination plants, including one for the Rio Grande Valley. Water prices and contract terms are still not public.
3 days ago5 min read
BROWNSVILLE — Rio Grande LNG wants the Valley to know it is not finished.
NextDecade says Rio Grande LNG Phase 1 is only the beginning. With a Gulf war squeezing global gas supply, here is what the Brownsville expansion means for the Valley and the world.
3 days ago7 min read
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