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Thursday, August 9, 2012

California Energy Update 8/9

Seven renewable energy projects expedited
RenewablesBiz
Another project with a December approval timeline is the McCoy Solar Energy site also in Riverside County, California, being developed by NextEra Energy Resources. The 750-MW site is on 4893 acres of BLM land. A solar project developed in cooperation ...
Geothermal energy industry stalls in California, officials tell Sacramento summit
Sacramento Bee
The core of the U.S. geothermal energy industry came to Sacramento this week with a message: California is not paying enough attention to this underground power source. "There's no question the industry is stalled in California," said Karl Gawell ...
California Public Utilities Commission rulings investigate energy storage ...
solarserver.com
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has voted to adopt a proposed framework for analyzing energy storage needs, which could ultimately result in mandating energy storage for utilities. The agency has also voted to increase incentive ...

California's Hydroelectricity Production Is Vulnerable to Climate Change
CleanTechnica
These are the findings of a report released July 31 by the California Natural Resource Agency and the California Energy Commission, and led by Kaveh Madani, a former postdoctoral research scholar in UC Riverside's Water Science and Policy Center who ...
Like Renewable Energy- Consider Investing In NextEra Energy
Seeking Alpha
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is the largest generator of wind energy in North America and is one leg of NextEra Energy. Based in California, it focuses upon renewable energy with $1.2 billion invested in wind and solar power in the state. It currently ...
Gasoline prices spike on U.S. west coast
UPI.com
The U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration reports it increased its average retail price forecast for a gallon of regular unleaded to $3.49, up 10 cents compared with last month's prediction. "EIA expects regular gasoline retail ...
Marine Exchange of Southern California Goes Green
Your Olive Branch
... of Los Angeles and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, joined by representatives from trade and maritime industry, environmental organizations and the harbor community today launched a new era of clean energy for the Marine Exchange of Southern California.

Concentrating solar power: Ivanpah project 50% complete
solarserver.com
BrightSource Energy Inc. (Oakland, California, U.S.) and project partners NRG Energy Inc. (Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.) and Google Inc. (Mountain View, California, U.S.) have reached the halfway mark of construction on the 370 megawatt (MW) Ivanpah ...

 USDA Undersecretary Weighs In on California Renewable Energy
High-level USDA officials from Washington, D.C. will be descending on Sacramento this week as the California Energy Commission (CEC) kicks off its work ...
www.pacificforest.org/news_story10218.htm


lCalifornia Energy Commission partners with Sierra Energy to ...
Sierra Energy Corporation and SacPort BioFuels jointly announced today that the California Energy Commission has invested $5 million to help construct a ...
www.sierraenergycorp.com/california_energy_commission_si...
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