Archive for October, 2011

Solar parking meters invade Los Angeles

The upcoming time you pull up to a parking spot in Los Angeles, give the meter a as soon as over. It could be solar powered. San Diego-centered IPS Team Inc. this week stated it has accomplished putting in 10,000 of the new coin and credit score-card parking meters throughout the city. And they seem [...]

Algae fuel and solar could use a little entrepreneurial True Grit

Latest developments in solar and biofuels lead me to imagine that the sunny San Joaquin Valley could indeed turn out to be a leader in the emerging clear vitality market. My co-worker Sandy Nax has called the Valley a Petri dish for option electricity advancement simply because it has so many of the necessary attributes: [...]

Sun, wind & geothermal get federal boost

The U.S. authority has unleashed a relative torrent of measures — but a fairly modest quantity of cash — to accelerate President Obama’s clean electricity goals. And simply because they contain wind, sun and geothermal, it’s practically as if the god of thunder, also acknowledged as The Mighty Thor, son of Odin, played a function. [...]

Biofuel Research Taking Center Stage

I sit in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, a bountiful location that has been referred to as the world’s salad bowl – and for great reason. Farmers here generate $ twenty billion worth of meals and fiber each year that is delivered globally. Growers in Central California are efficient, productive, technologically advanced and [...]

Utility To Operate Big Solar Farm Near Fresno

In the very same week that Southern California Edison flipped the change on its new 5 million watt solar project in close proximity to Porterville, it was declared that a neighboring utility will create 3 solar plants in close proximity to Fresno. The a few jobs, which are part of Pacific Gas and Electric’s dedication [...]