October 2012 Archives
Photovoltaic (PV):
A new report on the forecast for the photovoltaic manufacturing sector is about as bearish as you can get.
Technology:
Could Pennsylvania's smart meter overheating problems happen in California? Looks that way.
Photovoltaic (PV):
A California company breaks its own world record for photovoltaic cell effiiciency.
The Grid:
On a few calm days this fall, solar has actually outpaced wind in California energy production.
Biofuels:
Biofuels face some economic and policy hurdles in the U.S., but the industry is still growing.
Solar PEIS:
Environmentalists react to Interior's approval of its sweeping public lands solar plan.
Elections:
Renewable energy didn't come up much in the Vice Presidential debate, but what one of the candidates did say on the topic was almost completely wrong.
Trade:
Solyndra is suing three Chinese solar panel makers for allegedly conspiring to drive U.S. manufacturers out of business.
Technology:
Ever find yourself wanting to know where California's solar, wind, and other renewable energy facilities are? That just got a lot easier, thanks to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Solar PEIS:
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today that it had approved an environmental impact statement for developing solar energy facilities on almost 20 million acres of public lands in six states -- nearly a million acres of that in California.
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
