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SOLAR ECLIPSE: In Calif., it’s like planning for a cloudy day
By Debra Kahn | E&E News Link to article How much of California’s solar will go offline during today’s eclipse? Matthew WMF/Wikipedia Today’s full solar eclipse will mesmerize the entire U.S., but...
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By Debra Kahn | E&E News Link to article California lawmakers are pursuing changes to the state’s electricity markets through a sweeping new bill unveiled Friday. The head of the state Assembly...
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U.S. Climate Change Policy: Made in California
A peculiar confluence of history, legal precedent and defiance has set the stage for a regulatory mutiny in California that would reverberate throughout the country. By HIROKO TABUCHI | The New York...
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Wine Country fires: Could a better power grid save us?
California’s outdated power poles and lines need upgrading, say critics By LISA M. KRIEGER | The Mercury News Link to article People walk past fallen transformers along Parker Hill Road in Santa Rosa,...
View ArticleRenewable-Power Sector Sees Senate Tax Bill as Major Threat
By Tim Puko | WSJ Link to article Advocates for renewable energy are warning the Senate tax bill could have a devastating impact on its businesses. The Senate’s latest tax-overhaul bill includes rules...
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Toyota and FuelCell Energy Plan to Build a Giant Renewable Power and Hydrogen...
By Emma Foehringer Merchant | Greentech Media Link to article FuelCell Energy and Toyota will bring a hydrogen fuel project to the Port of Long Beach in 2020.Photo Credit: Flickr/Scott Lederer Toyota...
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Trump raises the thermostat for geothermal energy
By John Siciliano | Washington Examiner Link to article Geothermal power plants are one of the few renewable energy resources, outside of hydroelectric dams, that can provide a constant source of...
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24-Hour Solar Energy: Molten Salt Makes It Possible, and Prices Are Falling Fast
By Robert Dieterich | ICN Link to article Molten salt storage in concentrated solar power plants could meet the electricity-on-demand role of coal and gas, allowing more old, fossil fuel plants to...
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Why a Big Utility Is Embracing Wind and Solar
By Justin Gillis and Hal Harvey | NYT Link to article DENVER — Imagine planning your next trip and finding that Delta was selling first-class seats for less than the cramped middle seats in the back of...
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Big Batteries Are Taking a Bite Out of the Power Market
By Russell Gold | WSJ Link to article Giant batteries charged by renewable energy are beginning to nibble away at a large market: The power plants that generate extra surges of electricity during peak...
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Solar power’s greatest challenge was discovered 10 years ago. It looks like a...
By David Roberts | Vox Media Link to article A researcher discusses the “duck curve” he helped discover. Back in 2008, a group of researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) noticed...
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A Fossil Fuel Company Tried to Put a Dirty Gas Plant on a Beautiful...
By Jessica A. Knoblauch | Earth Justice Link to article Karina Montoya, whose mother is an agricultural worker, was among the Oxnard, California, teens who spoke out against a proposed gas plant in...
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Solar and Wind Need a Larger Electric Grid—and California Might Just Create One
By LAURA WISLAND | [ Blog ] Union of Concerned Scientists Link to article Over the past decade, thousands of megawatts of clean renewable energy have been installed in the West thanks to the declining...
View ArticleFirst Floating U.S. Wind Farm May Be Built Off California Coast
By Lynn Doan | Bloomberg Link to article A project off Northern California’s coast is vying to become America’s first commercial-scale floating wind farm. An agency that leads sustainable energy...
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2018 Climate Denier Hall of Shame
I have had the pleasure of working with a group who cares very much about our country, called the Cowboys for Liberty. It is a group of volunteers from all over the country, with a high concentration...
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The Natural Gas Industry Has a Leak Problem
By John Schwartz and Brad Plumer | The New York Times Link to article A technician searching for methane leaks with an infrared camera in Damascus, Ark. The American oil and gas industry is leaking...
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A Prophet of Doom Was Right About the Climate
By Justin Gillis | The New York Times Link to article The night before the day that would make him famous, James E. Hansen listened to a baseball game on the radio. But his mind kept wandering: What...
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Link California’s clean energy to the rest of the west? Sounds great, but...
By The Times Editorial Board | The Los Angeles Times Link to article The state of California is considering forming a regional electrical grid to jointly manage power transmission in multiple western...
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California’s Energy Diet Is Working
The state’s efforts to curb emissions are far ahead of schedule, with transportation innovations poised to keep leading the way. By Nathaniel Bullard | Bloomberg Opinion Link to article In 2006,...
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How California can regionalize its energy system without handing Trump the grid
By V. John White | Special to The Sacramento Bee Link to article In this Aug. 17, 2017 file photo Solar Tech Joshua Valdez, left, and Senior Plant ManagerTim Wisdom walk past solar panels and at a...
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