Mill Valley, a city just north of San Francisco is in step with communities throughout California. It has undertaken an energy upgrade that spells savings in energy and money. The Marin County city of just under 13,000 has switched to a more energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and replaced light bulbs [...]
A new report issued today by Fitch Ratings discusses the clean energy practices settlement enacted by California legislators on Nov. 23, 2011. The settlement, know as the Qualifying Facility and Combined Heat and Power (QF/CHP) Program, took the following steps: –Established capacity targets under the settlement for investor-owned utilities (IOUs); –Revised the calculation of Short [...]
SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission awarded $4,643,200 for research projects to expand the state’s smart grid, improve power plant pollution measurements, and conserve energy and water. The Commission’s grants are leveraged by $392,709,016 of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, and matching funds from the grant recipients. [...]
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved $724,998 for energy research projects involving energy-storage technology and energy efficiency. The two research projects are funded by the CEC’s Public Interest Energy Research program. The California Institute for Energy and Environment, a branch of the University of California (UC) Energy Institute, plans to assemble a research team [...]
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of utility-scale solar power projects, has received a final decision from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for construction and operation of the Rice Solar Energy Project. This approval, the key state-level permit for the 150-megawatt solar power tower project, was achieved in the record time of less than 13 months from [...]
NextEra To Replace Thousands Of Altamont Pass, California Wind Turbines California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. announced an agreement to upgrade the quarter-century-old wind turbines in Altamont Pass to make them more efficient and less deadly to migratory birds. The turbines were constructed in the Altamont Pass Wind Resources Area in Alameda and Contra [...]
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of utility-scale solar thermal power projects, today announced it is proceeding with purchases of long-lead materials and equipment as it advances in financing arrangements with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program for its Crescent Dunes Energy Project in Tonopah, Nevada, and Rice Solar Energy Project in Riverside County, [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Palen Solar Power Thermal Project in Riverside County. The project is a concentrating solar trough thermal electric generating facility with two adjacent and independent units of 250 megawatts each for a total capacity of 500 megawatts. The proposed project would use parabolic trough [...]
Bechtel joined BrightSource Energy in a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a groundbreaking project that will usher in a new era of advanced solar power in the United States.The ceremony was held in California’s Mojave Desert next to the Ivanpah site. Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel’s [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Rice Solar Thermal Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 150-megawatt plant, as mitigated, will have no significant impacts on the environment and complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and [...]
SRS Energy, a leading developer of designer solar products, was recently featured on DIY Network’s This New House. The segment highlights their innovative Sole Power Tile™, the first curved solar roof tile designed to integrate seamlessly with profiled clay roof products. “SRS Energy has received tremendous response from homeowners around the globe that have chosen [...]
Imperial Valley Solar Project First Utility Scale Project to Receive Both California Energy Commission and Bureau of Land Management Approval Tessera Solar’s Imperial Valley Solar Project became the first utility scale solar power project to be approved by both the state and federal governments, with the issuance today of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [...]
The California Energy Commission today approved the construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System project in the Mojave Desert. It is the fourth solar thermal power plant licensed by the Commission in the past month. In a unanimous vote, the Energy Commission adopted the presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) that recommended licensing the facility [...]
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