KQED Morning Edition | KQED report The largest solar power plant of its kind is about to turn on in California’s Mojave Desert. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will power about 140,000 homes and will be a boon to the state’s renewable energy goals, but it was no slam dunk. Now, California is trying […]
Solar power plant tours in Nevada, California enlighten Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
July 3, 2013
Las Vegas Review-Journal | By Henry Brean | Link to article Calling them trailblazers in an industry she expects to grow and improve, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on Monday applauded the developers of two very different solar energy projects built with federal help on public land near Primm. “It’s paving the way for […]
California Grid Operator Asks Geothermal to Help ‘Feed the Duck’
June 28, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article By 2015, the need for grid support will double. California’s 33-percent-renewables-by-2020 mandate is becoming a reality, and the state’s electricity system operator wants the geothermal industry to help keep the grid stable as more generation comes from variable resources. By 2020, due largely to […]
Fact Sheet: President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
June 25, 2013
The White House | Office of the Press SecretaryComplete release President Obama’s Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution Taking Action for Our Kids We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged, and by taking an all- of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut […]
What Happens When California’s 33 Percent Renewables Mandate Is Met?
June 7, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article “If we are going to go beyond 33 percent, it matters how the resources fit together. We have to plan for that.” A just-proposed California law would do away with the state’s 33 percent renewables mandate in favor of a coherently procured greentech future. […]
Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez Advances New Statewide Energy Procurement Policy
June 6, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article Sacramento, California – Today, Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez put forth a legislative proposal for a new coordinated approach to state energy procurement that emphasizes affordability and reliability, while helping the state meet its greenhouse gas emission goals and improve air quality through the enhanced […]
Senator Calls for Justice Investigation of SCE on San Onofre Renovation
May 29, 2013
Greentech Media | By Herman K. Trabish | Link to article Faced with no nuclear power, the state’s system operator is making alternate plans and issuing warnings. Letters suggesting that the San Onofre nuclear plant operator purposely misrepresented renovations at the facility to regulators means the plant will likely not be back on-line in time […]
Despite Fears, New Renewables Are Not Bankrupting California
May 22, 2013
RenewableEnergyWorld.com | By Susan Kraemer | Link to article Until recently, the potential rate impact of all the new contracts for renewable energy being added to meet California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard since 2006 has been a matter of some concern. According to the Division of Ratepayer Advocates in early 2012, an estimated $20.8 billion will […]
‘Peak Fossil Fuels’ Is Closer Than You Think: BNEF
April 24, 2013
Bloomberg | By Tom Randall | Link to article Every time an iPhone is charged or an episode of “Mad Men” plays on a television, puffs of vaporized carbon join the atmosphere, products of power-plant combustion. And every year the world demands more. That era may be nearing an end, as the world approaches “peak […]
