September 2012 Archives
Photovoltaic (PV):
From a prestigious Swiss engineerng university comes a potential breakthrough in inexpensive and productive solar panels.
Biomass:
Every time you flush in San José, you're creating renewable energy. Sort of.
Photovoltaic (PV):
California's toxic substances agency and environmental groups wrangle over how best to dispose of old solar panels.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Thin-film solar company First Solar may be in line to sell developer NExtEra a gigawatt worth of solar panels.
Concentrating Solar:
A war of environmental documents is taking place between the developer of the Hidden HIlls solar project and California Energy Commission staff, with a Commission decision on the dispute due Monday.
Photovoltaic (PV):
A Bay Area company may have a rooftop solar solution for commercial buildings that can't support conventional panels
Wind:
A 1980s-era wind turbine complex in the Sacramento Delta gets a big makeover.
The Grid:
The Interior Department approves a transmission line across an Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
Utilities:
The Los Angeles City Council votes in favor of a rate hike for the L.A. Department of Water and Power.
Transportation:
You'll be able to fast-charge your Tesla Model S for free, for life, using solar electricity, at any of the network of Supercharger stations the company is building across the country. If, that is, you ever get your hands on one of the cars.
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.
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- 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
