San Diego Gas & Electric (SD&E), a subsidiary of the Fortune-500 company Sempra Energy, has recently confirmed two long-term contracts to purchase a total of 300 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from 8minutenergy and from Manzana Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. Mount Signal Solar Project in … [continued]
A truly massive 709 MW Stirling solar thermal project from Tessera Solar and a tiny 45 MW one from Chevron have won approval from the BLM today as part of a slew of solar projects being rushed to approval by the end of the year, when the Recovery Act cash … [continued]
Until this year, California homeowners have usually arranged to have their solar installations slightly undersized, because it didn’t pay to get stuck with excess “roll-over” kilowatt hours at the true-up period at the end of each year. But that will change in six months. If voters are not tricked by … [continued]
In the last two years, with the 20% by 2010 Renewable Energy Standard deadline looming, California utilities had to look well outside the California border to buy some last minute wind power. [social_buttons] Over 11 GW of California projects are still stalemated by bureaucracy. So all three major utilities added … [continued]
