{"id":10088,"date":"2019-10-25T16:39:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T11:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/10\/port-houston-to-purchase-renewable-electricity\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T11:39:36","slug":"port-houston-to-purchase-renewable-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/en_us\/2019\/10\/25\/port-houston-to-purchase-renewable-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Houston to purchase renewable electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-container non-grid static-frame\" data-id=\"article-gallery-14561765\" data-title=\"Port Houston to purchase renewable electricity\" data-gallery-mode=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-wedge\">\n<ul class=\"hst-resgallery non-grid\">\n<li class=\"hst-resgalleryitem\" data-item-id=\"photo-3937064\" data-frame-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap landscape\">\n        \n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. Karen Warren \/ Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. Karen Warren \/ Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Karen Warren, employee<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallerynav small hidden\">\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n<li class=\"thumb selected\" data-frame-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1572009737_781_Port-Houston-to-purchase-renewable-electricity.jpg\" class=\"icon-thumb\" alt=\"Picture\" title=\"\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"control-panel\">\n\t\t<span id=\"gallerySection\" data-gallery-section=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"control-panel-inner\">\n<div class=\"control-bar\">\n<div class=\"control-bar-left\">\n<p>\n                                                    <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Karen Warren, employee<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-remote\">\n                                            <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. Karen Warren \/ Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. Karen Warren \/ Houston Chronicle<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photos: Karen Warren, employee<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Port Houston to Purchase Renewable Electricity<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Port Houston plans to purchase renewable power by signing a 10-year contract that is expected to save about $ 240,000 per year compared to the current three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Executive director Roger Guenther was commissioned Tuesday to launch a final deal with three retail electricity suppliers, Constellation New Energy, MP2 Energy Texas, and NRG Business Solutions. According to a press release, the cost of a 10-year contract with selected suppliers can reach up to $ 35 million.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Since last month: Houston will continue to grow cargo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy can be collected from sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves or geothermal energy. This will remove about 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year or 250,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 10 years from Port Houston&#39;s carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>            <!-- fixed --><br \/>\n                                <!-- hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/ hearst\/ads\/duplicatable.tpl -->            <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Port Houston reported operating results this week and found that in the first nine months of this year, the industry&#39;s typical unit of measure for a container, or 20 foot equivalent device or TEU, increased 11 percent to 11 million TEUs.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Steel fell slightly by 1{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} to September from last year. In the same period, the total tonnage of the port increased by 5{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5}.<\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl -->    <\/div>\n<\/pre>\n<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. Karen Warren \/ Houston Chronicle Wednesday, May 23, 2012, the vessel is unloaded at Bayport Container Terminal, one of two Port Houston container terminals in LaPorte. 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