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drought
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Despite Drought, Sunny California Set for Summer Power Needs
Post date:California's drought means a lot less power coming from dams, but the state has plenty of solar power.
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wind
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Wind Project Pulled From San Bernardino Mountains
Post date:A proposal that would have placed 71 wind turbines on the north slope of the San Bernardino Mountains has been withdrawn by its owner, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
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CaISO
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Summer Power Stayed on Despite Drought, Fires, Closed Nuke
Post date:Despite losing more than 2,000 megawatts of power from the shuttered San Onofre nuke and almost as much from drought-depleted reservoirs, California's power grid sailed through the long hot summer of 2014 -- with a little help from renewable energy.
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geothermal
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New U.S. Power Plants Entirely Renewable in July
Post date:Every single U.S. electrical power plant that came online in July was renewable, according to the federal agency that regulates the nation's power grids.
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How California's Renewable Energy Actually Performed in 2013
Post date:ReWire looked into the state grid's renewable energy numbers for the last 13 months, and what we found surprised us. It might surprise you, too.
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725-Mile Transmission Line for Renewable Energy Could Hatch Harm to Eagles
Post date:A major transmission project now being considered by the BLM and other agencies could bring 3,000 megawatts of power from Wyoming to cities in California, Nevada, and Arizona, removing an obstacle to much greater expansion of wind turbines in Wyoming's...
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Grid Storage Cost-Effective for Solar, Not So Much for Wind
Post date:On a cost-effectiveness basis alone, electrical power storage may make a lot more sense for solar energy than it does for wind.
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BP
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Keeping the Renewable Energy Industry Honest
Post date:ReWire started reporting on renewable energy in California a year ago this month, and the reaction since has been mainly quite gratifyingly favorable. Still, at the end of a week in which we've asked some very pointed questions about solar facilities i...
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commentary
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The New York Times Vs. the Condor
Post date:The paper this week covered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to allow a wind facility to kill a condor, and among other problems the story contained a howler of a misstatement about wind development in the Mojave.
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wind
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California Breaks 3 New Renewable Energy Records
Post date:Between May 23 and 26, California broke three records for renewable energy feeding into the grid: two for solar, and one for wind.
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Renewables Easier to Manage Than Expected for Grid Operators
Post date:Even a resource as unpredictable as wind power isn't that hard to incorporate into a grid the size of California's.
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wind power
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Opposition Grows To Wind Development Near Mojave Preserve
Post date:Developers are eyeing the area just north and east of the Mojave National Preserve.
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CaISO
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California Solar Beats Wind For Several Days This Autumn
Post date:On a few calm days this fall, solar has actually outpaced wind in California energy production.
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Interior Department
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Feds Reach 10-Gigawatt Public Land Renewables Goal
Post date:The Interior Department announces it's reached a 10,000 megawatt public lands renewable energy goal set by President Obama.
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CaISO
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Confirmed: Solar Gigawatt Mark Passed in California
Post date:CaISO data confirms that California had more than a gigawatt of solar power flowing through the grid yesterday.
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CaISO
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It Looks Like California Passed the Solar Gigawatt Mark Today
Post date:More than 1,000 megawatts of electrical power is coming into the state's transmission grid from solar sources today.
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del norte county
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Bill Would Introduce Renewables Leasing on Public Lands
Post date:A new bill would make renewables permitting more like public land oil and gas lease sales.
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Bird Group Sues Feds over Disclosure on Wind Projects
Post date:Is the federal government suppressing information on the effects of wind power development on wild birds and bats?
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Palm Springs
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Fierce Winds Hit Desert: Sandstorms and More Temporarily Cripple Coachella Valley
Post date:Saturday's winds were an impressive reminder that for all the Coachella Valley's seeming domestication, despite our manicured lawns, fountains, and irrigated gardens, we still live in the desert.
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Yosemite National Park
SoCal Wanderer
Yosemite Death Highlights Concerns Rangers Have for Public
Post date:"The real danger is that a lot of trees haven't completely come down. They are hanging, still buckling," said Nancy Upham of the Inyo National Forest. "More wind will push the trees over eventually."