August 2013 Archives
Photovoltaic (PV):
Sometimes we hate having our suspicions confirmed. Look for thefts like this to grow.
Concentrating Solar:
The Quechan Indian Tribe minces no words about a proposed solar energy project in Riverside County.
Biofuels:
Remember biodiesel? The fuel that was going to save the world back 10 or 12 years ago, but then fell off many people's radar? Now the fuel is on the upswing. California's biodiesel sector is growing by leaps and bounds.
Photovoltaic (PV):
The Rocky Mountain Institute suggests a way that solar companies might entice homeowners to go solar: give them a whole lot of cash up front.
Photovoltaic (PV):
A group concerned with the preservation of Native sacred sites in the Colorado River valley has charged that the Federal Government isn't reaching out to local Native people as the law requires.
Wind:
The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a study this month that's bound to generate some controversy: its authors are saying they found no evidence that the presence of utility-scale wind turbines causes a drop in nearby resiidential property values.
Climate Change:
Could humans really drive themselves to extinction by changing the global climate? Maybe, but that's really the wrong question to ask.
Photovoltaic (PV):
First Solar has identifed its two staff members killed in Monday's plane crash near its Desert Sunlight solar facility in Riverside County as Mike Cyr, 41, and Jeff Randall, 35.
Photovoltaic (PV):
A small fixed-wing aircraft apparently crashed early Monday afternoon in the Riverside County desert west of Blythe, and police say that the plane was likely occupied by employees of the company building the Desert Sunlight Solar facility near Joshua Tree National Park.
Climate Change:
The EPA has released a series of videos on everyday actions you can take to slow down climate change, aimed at those of us who haven't yet devoted our entire waking lives to worrying about the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.
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
