December 2012 Archives
Technology:
Is it an emergency battery backup, or a "personal massager"? Wei Long's "Juice Can" is a creative approach to a slightly pedestrian need.
Wind:
A leading wind power group wants a federal tax credit extended for another six years
Photovoltaic (PV):
Space-X founder Elon Musk's SolarCity changes course on this week's IPO, cuts its stock price almost in half.
Conservation:
Want to reduce your energy use, but can't afford the upgrades? A bill just introduced in the State Senate may offer you a solution.
Concentrating Solar:
Inyo County's Board of Supervisors is having second thoughts about a large solar project on the Nevada state line.
Solar Thermal:
If solar hot water heating works above the Arctic Circle, why isn't it more popular here in the land of sunshine?
The Grid:
Researchers find that a very large power grid could conceivably be run almost entirely on renewable energy, with fossil fuel backup for about a tenth of a percent of the power consumed in total.
Photovoltaic (PV):
The cost of installing solar panels on your roof has dropped significantly, according to a report by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
Utilities:
If you don't want a smart meter on your property, here's your chance to tell the CPUC.
Transportation:
A manufacturer of a crucial component of electric cars gets carved up and sold off at auction.
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
- Transportation and Renewable Energy
- Biomass
- Geothermal
