CleanTechnica » San Diego http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 November Transit Savings = $803 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/november-transit-savings-803/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/november-transit-savings-803/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:58:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75560 Saving money on transportation is always helpful, especially if we blunt air pollution at the same time. Any time of the year, it’s nice; however, this season it allows for more to spent on the family for the holidays. According to the American Public Transportation Association’s November Transit Savings Report, the average annual savings for public transit

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/november-transit-savings-803/feed/ 9 Movers in the Spread of California’s PACE programs http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/movers-in-the-spread-of-californias-pace-programs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/movers-in-the-spread-of-californias-pace-programs/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:29:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75473 The origins and growth of property tax assessed clean energy - PACE programs - within California and the first company to start-up in another state

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/movers-in-the-spread-of-californias-pace-programs/feed/ 1 SolarCity & US Navy Bring Solar To 6000 Homes In San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/solarcity-us-navy-bring-solar-6000-homes-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/solarcity-us-navy-bring-solar-6000-homes-san-diego/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:30:59 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75439 Originally published on Solar Love. The U.S. Navy and SolarCity have struck a deal to bring solar power to almost 6,000 homes in the San Diego area. The rooftop solar systems will be designed, built, and installed by SolarCity for Lincoln Military Housing, a private company that manages family housing for the military. The cost

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/26/solarcity-us-navy-bring-solar-6000-homes-san-diego/feed/ 0 US Could Generate 100x Electricity Needs From Solar (+ Other Solar News & Views) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/us-generate-100x-electricity-needs-solar-solar-news-views/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/us-generate-100x-electricity-needs-solar-solar-news-views/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 14:52:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75345 For the solar obsessed, here’s some more good solar news and views from around the interwebs. 1. The US Could Generate 100 Times Its Electricity From Solar Power 2. Nearly 6,000 Homes To Get Solar Power In San Diego Area 3. SolarCity & NREL Team Up In Hawaii 4. Does Solar Power Make Sense for Your Home? 5. Solar Stocks Headed

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/24/us-generate-100x-electricity-needs-solar-solar-news-views/feed/ 0 The Next Breakthrough in Grid Capacity http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/next-breakthrough-grid-capacity/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/next-breakthrough-grid-capacity/#comments Fri, 21 Nov 2014 21:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75243 The next breakthrough in grid capacity may combine the best features of ultracapacitors - greater speed and power - with the capacity of battery storage

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/21/next-breakthrough-grid-capacity/feed/ 75 Same Price, More Renewables – San Diego’s Fight for Community Controlled Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/price-renewables-san-diegos-fight-community-controlled-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/price-renewables-san-diegos-fight-community-controlled-energy/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:12:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74480 “San Diego and its community choice energy district would be able to offer a diverse energy mix with all of the solar, biodiesel, biogas, and energy storage resources that we have in San Diego.  A product that is price competitive and yet at the same time would strive for and achieve a higher level of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/price-renewables-san-diegos-fight-community-controlled-energy/feed/ 1 Car2Go Launching Drop-Off Location Incentives Program In San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/car2go-launching-drop-location-incentives-program-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/car2go-launching-drop-location-incentives-program-san-diego/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 08:02:49 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74361 Car2Go — the well-known carsharing service based in North America and Europe — will now be offering an incentives program as part of its all-electric offering in San Diego, with the aim of motivating users to leave their cars in a downtown “incentive zone,” as per recent reports. The incentives program is, quite obviously, intended to help

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/02/car2go-launching-drop-location-incentives-program-san-diego/feed/ 0 2.7 Billion+ Trips Taken On Public Transportation In 2nd Quarter http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/24/2-7-billion-trips-taken-public-transportation-2nd-quarter/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/24/2-7-billion-trips-taken-public-transportation-2nd-quarter/#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:55:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73904 US public transportation ridership increased yet again in the second quarter of 2014. A press release report released by the American Public Transportation Association showed urban mobility increasing to over 2.7 billion trips on US public transportation in the second quarter. Urban travelers are making commonsense choices for their pockets and the environment, effecting a 1.1% increase in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/24/2-7-billion-trips-taken-public-transportation-2nd-quarter/feed/ 2 California Keeps Crushing America’s Clean Energy And Tech Rankings http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/15/california-keeps-crushing-americas-clean-energy-and-tech-rankings/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/15/california-keeps-crushing-americas-clean-energy-and-tech-rankings/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:49:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69503 Even though California once again dominates Clean Edge's annual Clean Tech Leadership Index, clean energy keeps growing in almost every corner of America.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/15/california-keeps-crushing-americas-clean-energy-and-tech-rankings/feed/ 7 Sullivan Solar Power Day in San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/08/sullivan-solar-power-day-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/08/sullivan-solar-power-day-san-diego/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:50:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=69178 Originally Published in the ECOreport June 30th was Sullivan Solar Power Day in San Diego. The County Board of Supervisors gave it that name in honor of the county’s leading solar installation company. Supervisor Dave Roberts presented CEO Daniel Sullivan with a proclamation in a ceremony at the company headquarters . “The declaration commends Sullivan

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/07/07/longer-need-car-car/feed/ 0 World’s Largest Tracking Solar PV Plant Completed In California http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/23/worlds-largest-tracking-solar-pv-plant-completed-california/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/23/worlds-largest-tracking-solar-pv-plant-completed-california/#comments Fri, 23 May 2014 20:30:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67314 Originally published on Renew Economy. By Sophie Vorrath Construction of the world’s largest single-axis tracking solar PV plants – the 206 MW Mount Signal Solar farm in southeast California – has been completed and is ready to generate enough electricity to power 72,000 households in San Diego and surrounds. The project – constructed and commissioned in

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/23/worlds-largest-tracking-solar-pv-plant-completed-california/feed/ 1 Residential PACE Comes To Rural San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/residential-pace-comes-rural-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/residential-pace-comes-rural-san-diego/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:50:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65511 Originally published in the ECOreport. As a result of recent Californian legislation, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved the residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program. Though commercial PACE is available throughout San Diego, up until now only cities that opted to go on their own have offered residential programs. Now Home

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/18/residential-pace-comes-rural-san-diego/feed/ 2 eLab Accelerator: New Approaches On Utility Business Models and Regulation (Part 2) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/08/elab-accelerator-new-approaches-utility-business-models-regulation-part-2/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/08/elab-accelerator-new-approaches-utility-business-models-regulation-part-2/#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:50:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65015 Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute.  By Rebecca Cole  In this second installment of our eLab Accelerator blog series (read part 1), we are exploring how companies, organizations, states, and communities are working to evolve utility business models, rate structures, and regulatory structures so that renewable and distributed resources can be reliably and economically integrated

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/08/elab-accelerator-new-approaches-utility-business-models-regulation-part-2/feed/ 0 Largest Net-Zero Energy Commercial Office Building Opened In San Diego http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/opening-net-zero-energy-office-building-lpl-financial-san-diego/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/opening-net-zero-energy-office-building-lpl-financial-san-diego/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2014 15:50:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64901 Update: Lloyd Alter wrote up a very insightful critique of this building back in January 2013. I’d definitely recommend checking that out. It also raises some questions about the entire Net Zero Energy standard. Originally published on Green Building Elements. LPL Financial today announced the opening of its new net-zero energy San Diego headquarters, Tower II at La

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/05/opening-net-zero-energy-office-building-lpl-financial-san-diego/feed/ 2 Autolib’ Electric Carsharing Program http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/02/autolib-electric-carsharing-program/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/02/autolib-electric-carsharing-program/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:00:25 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64725 By Ben Holland This post is the first in a series of profiles on innovative programs advancing the future of electric mobility. These programs and others will be featured in the upcoming EV City Casebook, set to be published in September of 2014. How Autolib’ is cracking the Code to Electric Carsharing One Ride at a Time Your

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/02/autolib-electric-carsharing-program/feed/ 2 Borrego Is Installing Solar At San Diego International Airport http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/01/borrego-installing-solar-san-diego-international-airport/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/01/borrego-installing-solar-san-diego-international-airport/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:00:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64700 Originally published on the ECOreport. Someone from Borrego Solar is either flying out from San Diego International Airport (SDIA) or coming through it two or three times a week. Seventy company employees will be taking off for a meeting in May. Borrego has witnessed the transformation that started in 2008 when San Diego became the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/01/borrego-installing-solar-san-diego-international-airport/feed/ 14 Solar Power Leaders — 10 Metro Areas Leading The Way In Solar Power Per Capita http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/solar-power-leaders-10-metro-areas-leading-way-solar-power-per-capita/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/solar-power-leaders-10-metro-areas-leading-way-solar-power-per-capita/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:00:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63557 Editor’s note: Absolute rankings give far too much credit to big cities, countries, and companies. Absolute numbers are important for some purposes, but if you really want to see who is taking the lead on a specific technology, relative metrics are what you want. That’s why I put together rankings of the top solar power

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/06/solar-power-leaders-10-metro-areas-leading-way-solar-power-per-capita/feed/ 3 Top 10 Regions For Electric Car Growth (In US) — Hotlanta Crushing It! (Updated) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/top-10-regions-electric-car-growth-us-atlanta-crushing/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/top-10-regions-electric-car-growth-us-atlanta-crushing/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2014 07:00:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=63351 Update (March 3, 7:30pm ET): the % growth of electric car sales in the top 10 cities was added (following the infographic). ChargePoint, which has the largest and “most open” electric vehicle charging station network, last week released a list of the top 10 US regions in terms of electric vehicle (EV) sales growth. “The rank

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/03/top-10-regions-electric-car-growth-us-atlanta-crushing/feed/ 1 Top 10 Cleantech Cluster Companies http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/30/top-10-cleantech-cluster-companies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/30/top-10-cleantech-cluster-companies/#comments Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:00:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59583 For a third year in a row, the Top 10 Best of cleantech’s cluster companies were honored at the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Later Stage Awards Gala. The GCCA’s Global Top 10 Winners represent the best of the association’s nearly 50 member clusters and over 10,000 member companies. The GCCA Global Top 10 Winners were selected by 22 cleantech

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