August 2012 Archives
Photovoltaic (PV):
There's good and less-good solar news in California today.
Technology:
Natural gas may be a stepping stone to a renewable future, but that doesn't make it renewable on its own.
Photovoltaic (PV):
2.6 billion of us lack access to sanitary facilities, and contamination of drinking water is one of the world's leading causes of infant death. But Caltech engineers may have a partial solution to the problem, and the whole thing runs on solar power.
Concentrating Solar:
The Ninth Circuit says BrightSource can keep building the Ivanpah Solar project for the time being.
Concentrating Solar:
The California Energy Commission has released photos and reports on the July flooding at Genesis Solar.
Photovoltaic (PV):
The future of renewable energy might just be encapsulated in the old saying "Small is Beautiful."
Government:
House Resolution 762 exhorts communities to develop distributed generation -- and it was written by a Tea Party Republican.
Climate Change:
Democrats seem to be getting fed up with debating climate change denialists.
Wind:
When Pattern Energy heard a protest was scheduled for their Ocotillo Express Wind construction site last weekend, they packed up and left for the day.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Could we cap our state's hundreds of miles of canals with solar panels?
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
