July 2012 Archives
Policy:
California's ten largest publicly owned utilities have made significant renewable energy gains, but some have a lot more work to do.
Solar:
A developer's attempt to win routine approval for a major redesign of a desert solar project just got hit by a freight train.
Technology:
A $2 million grant to study evening out renewable power in California goes to four companies, one of which could really use a break right about now.
Wildlife:
Renewable development, if done carelessly, can harm wildlife populations. Scientists gathering in Oakland this week discuss how, and why we need to do better.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Three quarters of Californians installing rooftop solar aren't paying now to do so -- but will they pay later?
Policy:
Admitting the possibility of climate change is enough to get you drummed out of the GOP these days, but Reagan's former Secretary of State George Shultz is taking it a lot further.
Technology:
U.S. customers are lining up to buy a hot renewable technology toy that had previously been available only to struggling entrepreneurs in Uganda.
Government:
One of green energy's strongest allies in Sacramento says that old-school utilities are gearing up to fight renewables.
Technology:
The California Energy Commission ponies up more than $1 million to aid research into climate forecasting and renewable energy technologies.
Solar:
California's 30th-largest city leads the state in solar... but it had better watch its back.
News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
- Wind Power
- PV and Solar Thermal
- Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROEI)
- Watts and Watt-Hours, Kilo and Mega
- 'Enough To Power X Thousand Homes'
- The Grid
- Distributed Generation
- Conservation and 'Negawatts'
- Grid Storage
- PACE Loans, Feed In Tariffs and Net Metering
- Base Load and Peaking Power
- Capacity Factor
- Renewable Portfolio Standards
- Biomass
- Transportation and Renewable Energy
- Geothermal
