Environmentalists and dam operators, at war for years, start making peace -
The New York Times – October 13 -
The National Hydropower Association and several environmental groups announced an agreement this Tuesday to...more
10/19/2020
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California grants western Joshua trees temporary endangered species protections -
Bullet Los Angeles Times – September 22 -
The California Fish and Game Commission this Tuesday granted temporary endangered species...more
9/28/2020
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Wildfire smoke decreases California solar energy output -
KQED – September 11 -
Thick layers of ash and smoke in California have made it harder for solar panels to absorb sunlight, decreasing their energy output by as...more
9/21/2020
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CCAs eye PPAs for 1 TWh of renewable power -
Bullet Renewables Now – August 3 -
California community choice aggregators (CCAs) San Jose Clean Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy are jointly seeking proposals to buy 1...more
8/11/2020
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Renewable energy provided more than 25% of U.S. electricity in first half of 2020 -
Renewables Now – July 28 -
Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind) produced significantly more...more
8/4/2020
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BLM approves First Solar’s 450-MW project in Riverside County -
SFGate – January 15 -
The U.S. Department of the Interior this Wednesday announced the authorization of a roughly 3,000-acre solar farm near...more
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BLM says it will approve largest U.S. solar farm -
Los Angeles Times – January 1 -
Federal officials plan to approve a massive solar farm with energy storage in the desert outside Las Vegas, paving the way...more
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Congress overlooks solar, wind obtains modest victory in tax deal -
Greentech Media – December 17 -
The clean energy industry secured minimal tax credit extensions in the $1.37 trillion end-of-year spending...more
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New San Diego regional energy program to file with state regulators -
The San Diego Union-Tribune – December 9 -
The San Diego Community Power (SDCP) board voted this Monday to adopt an implementation plan...more
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California demands 3.3 gigawatts of new resources as grid shortfall looms -
Greentech Media – November 8 -
California regulators have approved a 3.3-gigawatt "all-source" procurement that will pit new...more
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Saving water with solar and wind -
PV Magazine – November 6 -
Scientists at Princeton University have found that solar and wind energy offer the added environmental benefit of reducing water usage, by...more
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Clean Power Alliance is looking for renewables, at all scales -
PV Magazine – October 23 -
Community choice aggregators (CCAs), entities formed by local governments to take over the procurement of energy in...more
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NREL study shows mass potential for storage to provide peaking capacity -
Utility Dive – July 10 -
The booming U.S. battery storage market is showing no signs of slowing down, and a new report says its prospects...more
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Solar, onshore wind costs set to fall below new fossil fuel energy -
Reuters – May 29 -
Electricity generated by onshore wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies will in the next year be consistently...more
6/3/2019
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U.S. surpasses 2 million solar installations -
Solar Power World - May 9 -
The U.S. is now home to more than 2 million solar PV installations, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy...more
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California bill proposes a backstop authority to secure state’s power grid needs -
Greentech Media - April 17 -
California lawmakers are grappling with a complicated yet critical issue — how to secure the...more
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AMS breaks 2 gigawatt-hours in grid services -
Greentech Media - March 19 -
The competition for the title of "world’s largest virtual power plant (VPP)" has largely been focused on residential solar-battery...more
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Corporate renewables procurement accounted for nearly a quarter of all deals in 2018 -
Greentech Media - February 5 -
According to a new report from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables (WoodMac), corporate...more
When harrow met solar: U.S. land-use competition heats up -
Reuters - January 28 -
Installed solar capacity in the U.S. last year reached 60 gigawatts, up from about 9 gigawatts a decade ago, according to the Solar Energy...more
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EIA sees strong renewable growth over next two years -
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD - Jan 22 The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects that non-hydroelectric renewable energy resources such as solar and...more
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Majority of new electric generating capacity this year to come from wind and solar -
SOLAR INDUSTRY MAGAZINE - Jan 10 According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), new electric...more
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San Diego Mayor Faulconer calls for government alternative to SDG&E -
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE - Oct 25 San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced last Thursday his support for the creation of a government-run...more
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Residential solar capacity additions to remain flat in 2018 -
GREENTECH MEDIA - Jun 12 After a year of 15 percent contraction from 2016, the residential sector will remain flat through 2018, according to the...more
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GOP senators want to exempt giant solar farm panels from tariffs -
BLOOMBERG - May 11 Republican senators from five states with big solar farms are asking the Trump administration to exempt the workhorse of...more
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Wind and solar provided 98% of new U.S. generating capacity in January and February -
RENEWABLE ENERGY WORLD - Apr 24 Wind and solar accounted for more than 98 percent of all new U.S. electrical generation...more