The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week approved a $38 million fine against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) as a result of a natural gas explosion and fire that occurred on December 24, 2008, in Rancho Cordova, Calif., which resulted in one fatality, other injuries, and property damage. The CPUC determined that PG&E violated [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week increased the budget for the California Solar Initiative (CSI) Program by $200 million in order to cover a budget shortfall. Thses actions implement Senate Bill (SB) 585 signed by Governor Brown on September 22, 2011. The amount Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week approved a Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) renewable energy power purchase agreement with Mojave Solar, LLC. The following provides a summary of the project: Generating Facility Mojave Solar Technology Solar thermal (wet cooled, trough, no storage) Contract Length 25 years Facility Capacity 250 megawatts Annual Deliveries [...]
Utility-scale solar project is creating hundreds of jobs and will generate clean, renewable electricity for 100,000 homes. NRG Energy, Inc. held a ceremony today to celebrate the formal groundbreaking of the 250-megawatt (MW) California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR). Construction of the San Luis Obispo County project commenced in September. First announced more than three years [...]
Pratt & Whitney’s Waste Heat-to-Power Organic Rankine Cycle Solutions Now Eligible for the California Self-Generation Incentive Program State incentive program now includes ORC technology for Waste Heat-to-Power and CHP applications Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS), a world leader in Organic Rankine Cycle solutions for waste heat, biomass, geothermal and solar thermal power applications, announced [...]
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 [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has voted unanimously to approve the Renewable Auction Mechanism (RAM) program, which is designed to drive small- to mid-sized renewable energy development. This feed-in-tariff program will require investor-owned California utilities to purchase electricity from solar and other renewable energy systems up to 20 MW in size.
260 MW Of SolarReserve Solar Thermal Projects Proceed To Final Stages Of Financing SolarReserve, a developer of utility-scale solar power projects, says it is proceeding with purchases of long-lead materials and equipment as it advances in financing arrangements with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) loan-guarantee program for its Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in [...]
Cogenra Solar™, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, has been awarded a $1.5 million research grant from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration (CSI RD&D) Program. The funding will support the accelerated development and commercial deployment of Cogenra’s proprietary solar cogeneration technology and will finance the [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, today announced that it has signed contracts with Siemens to purchase two steam turbine generators for use at its Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Today’s announcement follows BrightSource Energy’s purchase of its first Siemens steam turbine generator in December 2008 to be used at Ivanpah’s [...]
Energy developer’s 150-megawatt power contract with PG&E will utilize innovative molten salt storage technology for utility scale solar power—available on demand, day or night SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, will continue to move forward with it’s investment in its Rice Solar Energy Project now that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that it has signed a series of contracts with Riley Power Inc., a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., for three boilers to be operated at its 392-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California’s Mojave Desert. The Ivanpah project will couple Riley’s solar [...]
Solar Millennium AG has hit another milestone in the permitting process for realizing its first parabolic trough power plants in the American southwest. Solar Millennium, LLC, the U.S. project development subsidiary of Solar Trust of America, today announced that its proposed Blythe Solar Power Project was recommended for final approval for licensing by the California [...]
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