The Local Clean Energy Alliance is the California’s Bay Area’s membership-based organization working at the local, state, and national level to promote a clean energy future through the development and democratization of local renewable energy resources. The organization is putting on an event next month you won’t want to miss — the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Gathering.
San Francisco’s Bay Area Bike Share program will be renamed Ford GoBike in early 2017, as part of a new partnership between the operating firm Motivate and Ford Motor Company.
An interesting analysis of the California electric vehicle market was recently published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), providing a nice overview of the effects of various policies and promotional activities in effect there through 2015, as well as lessons for other locations/jurisdictions. The analysis is based around … [continued]
The shared-vehicles-for-on-demand-drivers firm Evercar has expanded into the Bay Area of California, according to a press release from the startup. What that means is that on-demand drivers in San Francisco and Oakland who want to make use of “environmentally friendly” shared vehicles rather than their own can now do so. … [continued]
Powerhouse is a solar incubator and accelerator based in Oakland, California. They house 20+ startups, and we got to meet their team at their annual New Dawn summer party last week.
Oakland is already setting a lovely example for other cities by offering a free bus service on Broadway. 2,700 riders enjoy the use of this service weekdays and 1,000 on the weekends. Every city should offer the same, in my opinion. Oakland is not stopping there, however. The city plans to integrate … [continued]
I recently found out that Oakland Mayoral candidate Dan Siegel referenced CleanTechnica in his policy platform. I don’t know much about the candidates vying to be the next mayor of Oakland, so I’ll try not to go outside of my expertise commenting on this, but I thought he deserved a … [continued]
Even though California once again dominates Clean Edge’s annual Clean Tech Leadership Index, clean energy keeps growing in almost every corner of America.
This article was originally published on Bikocity: I get lost in a time warp playing with this bike score map. What a pleasant diversion and a bit of fun after being outside on my bike for hours this evening. The map is interesting and useful. Especially diverse and informative are the … [continued]
It’s not a team from the Sunshine State (Florida), but one from equally sunny California. The NBA team with a huge new solar installation is the Golden State Warriors. [social_buttons] You may think that putting some solar panels on a practice facility isn’t a big deal. But when you consider … [continued]
