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Ever find yourself wanting to know where California's solar, wind, and other renewable energy facilities are? That just got a lot easier, thanks to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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By predicting the movement of atoms inside a battery, UC San Diego researchers hope to make batteries more efficient and faster to charge
Photovoltaic (PV):
A Silicon Valley firm envisions a solar future in which patient robots quietly turn solar panels to face the sun.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Photovoltaic cells made out of common elements may be coming soon to a rooftop near you.
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Natural gas may be a stepping stone to a renewable future, but that doesn't make it renewable on its own.
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Could California's renewable energy future depend on rust?
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A Santa Barbara company's solar hydrogen process was inspired by plant biology.
Photovoltaic (PV):
Windows that generate power from the sun may become a reality, according to UCLA engineers.
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A $2 million grant to study evening out renewable power in California goes to four companies, one of which could really use a break right about now.
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U.S. customers are lining up to buy a hot renewable technology toy that had previously been available only to struggling entrepreneurs in Uganda.
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The California Energy Commission ponies up more than $1 million to aid research into climate forecasting and renewable energy technologies.
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China's decision to stop exporting strategic minerals may boost reopening of a California Desert mine
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
