How do you know if an eco-friendly product or service is truly “green”? Are there ways to verify companies’ promises to save you money with their solar panels, bamboo flooring and cabinets? Jaimi Julian Thompson , a nationally known “green” interior …
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Con: Solar power in urban areas is far better
San Diego Union Tribune But rooftop solar can now compete effectively in price with any form of renewable energy, including wind. Solar panel prices have dropped by half over the … GREEN ENERGY PUSH BEGINSPower-Gen Worldwide MENA renews focus on green techKhaleej Times |
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Year in review: Big wind and solar farms get approvals, face critics
San Diego Union Tribune I'll put it in the comments below Facing a year-end deadline for federal stimulus subsidies, developers of big wind and solar farms in California's … Calico solar project sold to San Diego firmDesert Dispatch The Alternative Agenda: Edison Cancels Tessera PPA; Chinese Co. to Develop Ill …IBTimes NTR's Tessera Solar sells its Calico CSP project unexpectedlyRecharge Solar Novus Today all 115 news articles » |
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Energy storage key to future of power grid
San Diego Union Tribune For now, Avery sees their value in taking power off the grid at night, when more power is produced than needed because it's difficult to throttle back large … |
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Q&A: What the guy who opposes SDG&E thinks
San Diego Union Tribune SDG&E executives say it's not an either-or question if it is to reach its stated goal of getting one-third of the power it delivers in 2020 from solar, wind … |
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SDG&E signs wind, solar contracts
San Diego Union Tribune SDG&E already has a contract for 120 megawatts from that solar farm. The company also said it has agreed to 7.5 megawatts from a Tehachapi Pass wind farm. … SDG&E Bolsters Its Renewable Portfolio With More Solar and Wind Energy From …MarketWatch (press release) Five Greentech Startups Thinking Outside The BoxTechCrunch |
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Horsing around with hats
San Diego Union Tribune Off the grid and a little off their rockers, the faithful, the fearless and the fashionable descended on the Del Mar Racetrack on Wednesday for the annual … |
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PUC votes to stop use of 'renewable energy credits'
San Diego Union Tribune The credits, used in 29 other states, are a way to account for the green benefits of solar or wind projects separately from the power they produce. … California highlights support for solarCooler Planet PUC, shifting postion, blocks rule on renewable energyCapitol Weekly |
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Solar showdown in remote California valley
Red Bluff Daily News If approved, the measure would all but kill 19 large solar and wind farms proposed for the area. Feinstein said she wants no large-scale solar or wind … Green talk vs. green action / Feinstein's scuttling of solar, wind projects a …San Diego Union Tribune Californian "energysts" let downBiofuels Watch Senate Bill Could Block Solar & Wind Projects in CaliforniaRenewableEnergyWorld.com Merced Sun-Star -Press-Enterprise -Boston Herald (blog) all 21 news articles » |
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Senate Bill Could Block Solar & Wind Projects in California
RenewableEnergyWorld.com … week introduced a bill that she says will improve the federal permitting process to advance large-scale wind and solar development on suitable lands. … Green talk vs. green action / Feinstein's scuttling of solar, wind projects a …San Diego Union Tribune Search Past 7 days ArchivesBoston Herald (blog) Solar panels in the desert; Jonah Goldberg on Obama's first year; Toyota's …Los Angeles Times CleanTechnica -OregonLive.com -The Desert Sun all 15 news articles » |