The approval of a solar thermal plant by the California Energy Commission is the most up-to-date in a string of comparable proposals that, if produced, could provide a lot more than 1,five hundred megawatts of electrical energy – adequate to electricity 1.5 million properties. Electricity commissioners just licensed the Blythe Solar Electricity Project a concentrated solar thermal [...]

Very a bit has been said about the price tag of solar. Even I was turned off by the up-front expenses of amongst $ 20,000 and $ 26,000 to include panels to the roof of my house. Nonetheless, new data demonstrate the price of electricity produced by the sun could shortly could value no a [...]

Suppliers of sorghum biofuel, electric trucks and lithium-ion battery packs are amid eight to acquire about $ 9.6 million in grants from California, reportedly producing a likely 2,500 work. The cash comes from the California Electricity Commission’s Option and Renewable Fuel and Motor vehicle Transportation system and is described to be beefed up with $ [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]