June 2013 Archives
Wind:
A rare bird that had attracted a number of British birders was struck and killed by wind turbine blades as the onlookers watched in horror.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Sabretooth cat fossils have been found during construction of the Desert Sunlight solar project in the California desert, and some feds seems pretty happy about it.
Nuclear :
An unpleasant aspect of shutting down Southern California's only nuclear power plant started Monday, as plant operator Southern California Edison (SCE) laid the groundwork to begin laying off about 600 plant workers.
Utilities:
L.A.'s Feed-in Tariff program, in which rooftop solar owners can make money selling unused energy to the LADWP, launched today.
Wind:
Though the Obama administration has recently renewed its commitment to approve more wind facilities on public lands as part of the Climate Action Plan it released this week, a new study indicates that wind development in California has far fewer environmental and social benefits than it does elsewhere in the United States.
Conservation:
The project, which was four years in the making, was officially completed earlier this month -- slashing carbon emissions by 47,583 metric tons.
Solar:
With the cancellation of one of the biggest solar projects proposed for the California desert, the utility-scale solar boom of 2009 continues to falter. And analysts deep in the energy industry are taking notice.
Photovoltaic (PV):
A 450-megawatt solar project may break ground as early as next year at Edwards Air Force Base in the western Mojave Desert. The project, now undergoing environmental review, would sell power to utilities outside the military base.
Climate Change:
His long-awaited Climate Action Plan contains some overdue good ideas -- and some outdated bad ones.
Conservation:
Friday is the first day of summer, and summer is when Californians tend to use the most energy to keep those air conditioners chugging along. With that in mind, the California Energy Commission is offering a few handy tips for those of us looking to trim down our electricity use so that there's more to go around. And they include stocking up on refrigerated goodies.
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
