Getting the renewable energy mix right
I was out at Desert Mirage High School in Thermal on Wednesday, talking with students in the school’s green tech career academy about what I do as an energy and green tech reporter — ask people a lot...
View ArticleSolar Professionals Day at the Green Zone
If you want to know what’s going on in the solar world in the Coachella Valley, head to the Green Zone in Palm Desert, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday for Solar Professionals Day. The event is aimed at...
View ArticleThe U.S. solar market: mixed views
GreenTech Media held its Solar Market Insight Conference Monday and Tuesday in San Francisco, bringing together major players in residential, commercial and utility-scale solar to track the trends in...
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Riverside County solar fee: Where has $1.2 million gone?
Construction workers at the Desert Sunlight solar project connect wiring to photovoltaic solar panels at the 550-megawatt project near Desert Center. (Courtesy of Desert Sunlight) Riverside County’s...
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K’s excellent green staycation
I have been told, on more than one occasion, that I have peculiar ideas about having fun and relaxing. I was off last week, staying in town, and without deadlines and editors to deal with, had time to...
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2012 Green news round-up
I’m starting work on my Sunday column, which will be a wrap-up of 2012′s top energy and green tech stories in the Coachella Valley, and as background, hopped online to see what stories other green...
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The Sentinel funds wrap-up: Behind the back-patting, something extraordinary
The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Governing Board meeting Friday was some of a self-congratulatory show. The main attraction was the final vote that will provide about $50.9 million for...
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The Cal ISO-PacifiCorp deal — Getting more green energy on the grid
The best way to integrate wind and solar energy onto the electric grid — without creating big spikes that require the frequent firing-up of natural gas peaker plants to even things out – is to spread...
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The green learning curve: Tesla, the New York Times and commercial real estate
The Tesla-New York Times kerfuffle has been interesting to watch. A brief recap — Tesla Motors pitched the NYT to do a road trip in its Model S all electric sedan from Washington, D.C. to Boston, using...
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Solar projects taking off in Imperial and Kern counties — the math of PPAs
Southern California Edison may have backed out of its agreement to put a 10-megawatt solar plant at College of the Desert’s West Valley campus in Palm Springs, but it’s still signing contracts with...
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