Renewable Energy Focus -
Renewables challenge natural gas plants on price in latest Lazard analysis -
Utility Dive -
Dec 20 -
The latest version of Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (LCOE) shows...more
Renewable Energy Focus -
California needs to invest $5B in transmission to support renewables goals -
Utility Dive -
Nov 2 -
Staff of the California Energy Commission have completed an assessment of the...more
Renewable Energy Focus -
California becomes a global laboratory in fight against climate change -
Los Angeles Times - Sep 8 -
California will become a petri dish for international efforts to slow global warming...more
9/12/2016
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Renewable Energy Focus -
Tesla acquires sister firm SolarCity for $2.6 billion -
VentureBeat -
Aug 1 -
SolarCity Corp agreed to be acquired by sister company Tesla Motors Inc. in a deal worth $200 million...more
8/5/2016
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Renewable Energy Focus -
Tesla opens Gigafactory to expand battery production and sales
NBC News -
Jul 27 -
It's Tesla Motors' biggest bet yet: a $5 billion factory in the Nevada desert that could nearly...more
8/1/2016
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Renewable Energy Focus -
Apple plans to sell excess rooftop solar energy from headquarters -
Renewable Energy World - Jun 10 -
Apple Inc. plans to sell excess electricity generated by solar panels on the roof...more
6/17/2016
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Renewable Energy Focus -
Ninth Circuit upholds wind farm approval -
Courthouse News Service - Jun 7 -
Federal regulators adequately addressed whether a proposed wind turbine project near San Diego would...more
6/13/2016
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Regional energy market could yield $1.5B in savings annually to ratepayers -
Energy Manager Today - May 25 -
A multi-state, regional electric market would provide environmental and economic benefits to California...more
6/1/2016
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Renewable Energy Focus -
Solar power more lucrative than crops at some U.S. farms -
Renewable Energy World - Apr 5 Farmland has become fertile territory for clean energy, as solar and wind developers in North...more
Renewable Energy Focus -
BLM issues new guidelines to streamline solar development in Western U.S. -
UtilityDive - Mar 5 -
New guidelines from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) streamline the implementation...more
Renewable Energy Focus - EPA warns of high cost of climate change: New York Times - Jun 22:
In the absence of global action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the United States by the end of the century may face up to...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Obama commits $4 billion to form clean energy investment clearinghouse: The Guardian - Jun 16:
With $4 billion and a new government office, the White House has unveiled its latest clean energy...more
6/23/2015
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Environmental and Policy Focus - Crews struggle to clean up oil spill near Santa Barbara: KQED - May 21:
Crews will begin excavating the 24-inch pipeline that ruptured Tuesday, unleashing a flow of crude oil that has...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - House votes to block EPA, Army Corps of Engineers' proposed definition of "waters of the United States": Visalia Times-Delta - May 12:
House Republicans on Tuesday voted to block...more
Environmental and Policy Focus:Governor Brown issues executive order requiring statewide mandatory water restrictions - Allen Matkins - Apr 3:
Responding to severely depleted water supplies and a record low snowpack at...more
4/6/2015
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Renewable Energy Focus: Carbon Emissions Stop Rising for First Time in 40 Years - Renewable Energy World - Mar 16:
Global emissions were unchanged last year. This was the first time in four decades that emissions...more
4/1/2015
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Environmental and Policy Focus: Berkeley Hillside: New Supreme Court decision defines limits of CEQA exemption challenges to development: Allen Matkins - Mar 2:
On March 2, the California Supreme Court issued the...more
3/9/2015
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Environmental and Policy Focus - President Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline, leaving it in limbo: Reuters - Feb 24:
President Barack Obama on Tuesday, as promised, swiftly vetoed a Republican bill approving the...more
3/9/2015
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Renewable Energy Focus:
California to spend $20 million on building part of 'hydrogen highway' -
Los Angeles Times - Feb 22:
The California Energy Commission is spending $20 million to build nearly half...more
Renewable Energy Focus: Citigroup sets $100 billion funding goal for green projects - Bloomberg - Feb 18:
Citigroup Inc. plans to lend, invest, and facilitate deals worth $100 billion by 2025 to support projects that...more
2/24/2015
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Environmental and Policy Focus: California lawmakers introduce sweeping new measures to increase renewable energy, cut fossil fuel use - San Jose Mercury News - Feb 10:
Last Tuesday, California lawmakers unveiled a...more
2/24/2015
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Environmental and Policy Focus: State Water Board launches investigation into claims of senior water rights - Allen Matkins - Feb 9:
On February 4, 2015, the State Water Resources Control Board issued an order seeking...more
Renewable Energy Focus:
Obama budget aims to make solar and wind incentives permanent -
PV Magazine - Feb 2:
President Obama just unveiled a $3.99 trillion budget for 2016 that asks Congress for a permanent...more
Environmental and Policy Focus - Rail case heading to state Supreme Court: Willits News - Jan 27:
The Supreme Court of California has accepted review of a lower court decision holding that federal law implemented by...more
2/3/2015
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Renewable Energy Focus -
California Governor Brown calls for 50 percent renewables by 2030 - Greentech Media - Jan 5:
California Governor Jerry Brown has upped the ante on the state’s green energy goals, calling...more
1/27/2015
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