California Energy Update 8/22

China Threatens Action Over California Renewables Program KCET (blog) ... World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on the grounds that several renewable energy programs in six states constitute prohibited subsidies. Though yesterday's announcement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce does not specify which California program ...

California power plant stakes sold to Japanese utility MarketWatch (blog) s /quotes/zigman/252515 /quotes/nls/exc EXC ownership stakes in five California power plants for an undisclosed sum Tuesday. Exelon was required to sell the stakes as part of its acquisition of Constellation Energy. All of the plants burn either ...

Ridgeline to present at the 2012 Southern California Investor Conference The Herald | HeraldOnline.com ... Inc. ("Ridgeline" or the "Company") (TSXV: RLE, OTCQX: RGDEF, FSE: RL7) an energy services and water treatment company, today announced that Tyler Heathcote, president, will present at the 2012 Southern California Investor Conference on Thursday, ...

Researchers reach a milestone in solar energy San Antonio Express Officials with Houston's Phillips 66 said Tuesday their partnership with California start-up Solarmer Energy and a Chinese university has yielded the most efficient polymer-based organic solar cell yet, a milestone that puts them closer to marketing ...

CEA Statement on California State Senate Decision to Strike Down AB 1850 Virtual-Strategy Magazine “California has a broken energy efficiency regulatory process, resulting in phantom energy savings in support of the state's goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as outlined in AB 32, California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.

Faulty Cooling Fan Cause Fisker Karma Fire in California GTspirit The California-based already recalled its cars due to the fire hazard and to top up to more Fisker problems; the Department of Energy had denied them access to more than half of a $529 million government loan guarantee with a major investor telling the ...

Conservation pays off for Southern California Edison Fierce Energy Last week, a heat wave called for repeated statewide "flex alerts" issued by the California Independent System Operation whereby customers are urged to conserve energy to reduce grid strain. A variety of conservation programs helped contribute nearly ...

$3.5m in contracts awarded for new CHP technology in California Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine GTI has received a grant of $1.8m in PIER (Public Interest Energy Research) natural gas funding from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to develop and demonstrate a fuel-flexible hybrid-generation CHP system that can use natural gas and biogas ...

enXco is Now EDF Renewable Energy RenewableEnergyWorld.com California, USA -- The world of mergers, acquisitions and strategic investments got a little bit more interesting this week with the announcement that enXco, once a winner of a RenewableEnergyWorld.com Excellence in Renewable Energy Award, will become ... See all stories on this topic »

Mapping US Renewable Energy Potential, State by State SustainableBusiness.com Rural utility-scale solar projects lead all other clean energy technologies in terms of their overall estimated technical potential, says NREL. Texas and California have the highest estimated capacity because of their geography and because their large ...