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Sempra signs 150 MW solar deal with PG&E
October 13, 2010A Sempra Energy subsidiary said Tuesday it signed a deal to sell the electricity from a 150-megawatt solar farm in Arizona to Northern California's Pacific Gas & Electric. The deal ... Source: San Diego Union-Tribune -
Brightsource Energy's Ivanpah solar power plant gains final clearance
October 8, 2010Brightsource Energy Inc. on Thursday cleared its final permitting hurdle for its proposed solar power plant. It expects to begin construction in the California desert in the next few weeks. ... Source: Los Angeles Times -
SolarReserve Moves Forward on Southern California Solar Thermal Project
October 6, 2010SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, will continue to move forward on its Rice Solar Energy Project now that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has received ... Source: Business Wire -
Probe Finds Energy Meters Accurate, Service Lacking
September 7, 2010A four-month investigation spurred by a surge in energy-bill complaints found new smart meters installed in Northern California by PG&E Corp. are accurately measuring energy use. But the probe found ... Source: Wall Street Journal -
Bright ideas: S.J., PG&E flip switch on New Energy Academy, where students' studies will focus on green tech
September 2, 2010One of San Joaquin County's newest schools - PG&E's New Energy Academy - is a place where the wind blows and a low-wattage light bulb glows. Partners in bringing the ... Source: The Stockton Record -
Santa Cruz Mountains redwoods lure cash for trapping carbon
August 30, 2010PG&E is handing over tens of thousands of dollars to the nonprofit Sempervirens Fund to protect a 425-acre stand of redwoods once slated for logging deep in the Santa Cruz ... Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel -
Conserving energy and money during the heat
August 25, 2010During these hot summer months, if PG&E designates a "smart-day", participants have to reduce their energy use between peak hours. In return, they pay a discounted day-to-day rate, which can ... Source: ABC30 -
Energy Storage Market Report: 26.6% Annual Growth in the U.S.
August 25, 2010Utilities know they have to figure out how to store energy produced intermittently, such as wind and solar, or store energy from fossil-fuel power plants to keep the grid loaded ... Source: Earth2Tech -
More Pumped Hydro Storage Could Help Wind & Solar Power
August 24, 2010Last week, California's PG&E filed a request with regulators to study the feasibility of building a new "pumped hydro storage" facility in the Mokelumne River watershed in Amador County. It ... Source: TreeHugger -
PG&E pushes 'pumped hydro' for energy storage
August 23, 2010Despite all the advances in battery technologies, pumped hydro storage-essentially pumping water uphill and releasing it through a generator later-remains one of the cheapest ways to store bulk electricity on ... Source: CNET
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