September 2012 Archives
Policy:
A new program launched this week in 14 California counties allows commercial property owners to finance energy upgrades and pay the loan off through their property tax bills.
Concentrating Solar:
The EPA clears a procedural roadblock for a gas-fired power plant in Palmdale that has some solar attached.
Solar:
A Tennessee solar company shoots itself in the foot with sexist advertising.
Government:
You might imagine a facility of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) going off the grid in the back of beyond. But a USFS facility is now generating all of its own power with solar panels in the middle of the suburban San Gabriel Valley.
Solar PEIS:
The National Parks Conservation Association says we should learn from three solar project siting "mistakes" near desert national parks.
Concentrating Solar:
California's grid operator expands into southwestern Nevada to serve a planned 500-megawatt solar project.
Elections:
Republicans gear up to end the war... on coal.
Government:
Twentynine Palms' Planning Commission takes a strong stand against commercial solar development in town
Conservation:
We can have lower power bills and dark skies without fancy new technology.
Photovoltaic (PV):
The U.S.'s main solar trade association ranks commercial firms by their commitment to rooftop solar.
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
