October 2012 Archives
Utilities:
California's electric power utilities pay their bosses enough that all three made the top ten richest utility CEOs list for 2011.
Policy:
Investment pundits are declaring solar "over" these days. But they're badly wrong, for a handful of reasons.
Solar:
LADWP will buy power from a tribe hoping to replace their coal-polluted life with renewable energy.
Photovoltaic (PV):
One of California's largest rooftop solar companies plans an IPO.
Photovoltaic (PV):
An electrical hazard on some solar modules knocks down First Solar's stock value.
Trade:
Nevada renewables companies complain that without exports to California, their businesses will falter
Technology:
By predicting the movement of atoms inside a battery, UC San Diego researchers hope to make batteries more efficient and faster to charge
Government:
The Interior Department announces it's reached a 10,000 megawatt public lands renewable energy goal set by President Obama.
Elections:
More than nine in ten Americans think it's important that the U.S. develop more solar power capacity -- and that includes 85% of Republican voters.
Government:
The California Governor wraps up the 2012 legislative session by signing 19 renewable energy and energy efficiency bills -- and vetoing three.
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
