April 2013 Archives
Wind:
In an era when many mainstream green groups seem willing to turn a blind eye to wind power development near our national parks, NPCA has been a voice for caution. Now its recent president is paid to advocate for 1,200 wind development companies.
Photovoltaic (PV):
The campaign was kicked off Tuesday to get LADWP to generate 1,200 megawatts of power -- a fifth of the utility's peak demand -- on L.A. rooftops..
Solar:
Construction has launched on a solar project its developers are calling the world's largest, on more than 3,200 acres straddling the Kern-Los Angeles county line in the Antelope Valley.
Wildlife:
A photo making the rounds of social media may prove embarrassing to Pattern Energy, the developer of the huge Ocotillo Express Wind project in Imperial County.
Government:
The BLM has announced that it's taking measures to ensure that applications for solar and wind projects on the lands it manages are given higher priority than other potential uses.
Solar:
Follow the energy industry long enough and you learn that certain people in that industry usually have things to say that are both interesting and entertaining.
Utilities:
The Board of Supervisors of the Bay Area's semirural Sonoma County has voted 4-1 to launch a publicly owned electrical utility, starting in unincorporated areas but eventually encompassing the entire county. If successful, the new utility would eventually take 220,000 home and business customers away from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E.)
Conservation:
LEDs' light output tends to "droop" when high amounts of electrical current are run through them, though, which is an obstacle to their wider use. A recent study has uncovered the reason, raising hopes of circumventing the problem.
Solar:
Despite the rhetoric, the real world rapidly undermined the project.
Transportation:
Fisker Automotive is testifying before a congressional committee to answer questions about that loan, which Republicans are calling "Solyndra on Wheels."
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
