What if you had the option to directly pick and choose exactly where the power you are using in your house came from? Would it matter to you? What would the criteria be that you would use to choose that option? Price? Reliability? “Green” sources? The people of San Diego California are working towards answering those questions.
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 … [continued]
California achieved a major milestone when it crossed 1 GW of installed solar power capacity through the California Solar Initiative (CSI) recently, the state regulators have just reported. The initiative accounts for about 50% of the total solar power capacity installed in California. According to the state regulators, San … [continued]
Smart City San Diego and the mayor of San Diego unveiled their completed solar-powered electric vehicle charging project this week. It is called the “Solar-to-EV” project, and it directly charges electric vehicles in the San Diego Zoo. Using ten solar canopies, this system generates 90 kW (90,000 watts) of electricity, and … [continued]
San Diego’s Borrego Solar has closed a new, $47 million fund with U.S. Bank and East West Bank, another indication that private sector US financial institutions view solar energy as a viable, sound investment choice. Borrego’s intergrated power purchase agreement cuts customers’ up-front capital costs significantly and improves the cash flow profile of solar energy systems’ projects.
