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U.S. DOE Announces $15 Billion Loan Guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company to Expand Hydropower Generation, Battery Energy Storage, & Transmission

January 20, 2025 admin batteries, California, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, hydroelectric, investing in america, Joe Biden, lithium-ion batteries, loan programs office, pacific gas & electric, PG&E, us department of energy (doe), virtual power plants

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:51:32 +0000

Section 1706 Loan Guarantee Will Maintain Affordability for Customers and Improve System Resilience and Reliability As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced today the closing of a $15 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas & Electric Company … [continued]

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Biden’s DOE Finalizes $15 Billion Loan Guarantee to California’s PG&E

January 17, 2025 admin bankruptcy, Business, California, DOE, finance, Legislative, loan programs office, lpo, news, PG&E, power, utility, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:17:59 +0000

The Biden administration has finalized a $15 billion loan guarantee to California utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), in the biggest outlay to a single group in the history of […]

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Los Angeles’ $150 Billion Fires Have Lessons For All Urban Planners

January 13, 2025 admin air quality, buildings, California, California wildfires, carbon emissions, climate change, managed retreat, policy & politics, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:04:28 +0000

The United States, and indeed much of the rest of the world, has been transfixed by the devastation in Los Angeles over the past week. As of January 12, 2025, multiple wildfires are still burning across the Los Angeles area, consuming around 40,000 acres or 62.5 square miles. At least … [continued]

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EDP Brings 300 MW of Solar Power Online in Southern California

January 7, 2025 admin California, edp renewables north america, kern county, news, power, renewable energy, Renewables, sandrini i, sandrini ii, Solar

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:27:15 +0000

Renewable energy developer EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) said two solar farms with a combined 300 MW of generation capacity are now operating in Kern County, California. The two-phase […]

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The Inside Scoop On The First Ever Electric Vehicle To Hit The Rose Bowl Parade

December 28, 2024 admin California, circular economy, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, COLLEGE, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev parade, ev parades, events, football, lithium iron phosphate, lithium iron phosphate battery, recycling, repurpose, reuse, rose bowl, usa, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 23:27:41 +0000

For the first time ever in Rose Bowl history, an electric vehicle will power a float in the 136th annual Rose Bowl Parade on January 1, 2025.

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Heat Pumps For Electric Buses Blow Another Meme Out Of Water

December 25, 2024 admin batteries, buses, California, Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric buses, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, Europe, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, heat pumps, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, Oil

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Every time I publish anything on electric buses — and I’ve published a lot on them recently — hydrogen bus fans point out that in the west, diesel heaters are often included in buses for winter time use. They say that as if the waste heat from fuel cells was … [continued]

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Local Energy, Global Lessons: How Ranch Sereno Models the Future of Community-Centered Energy

December 19, 2024 admin California, clean power, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, Solar energy, solar energy advantages, solar energy benefits, solar power benefits, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 01:30:31 +0000

Clean energy isn’t just about power — it’s about people. The Ranch Sereno project shows how solar developers can navigate community opposition by designing projects to serve multiple local needs. As a solar developer, I’ve experienced firsthand how renewable energy projects can struggle to address community opposition, navigate complicated permitting … [continued]

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US Supreme Court Rules Against Red States In California Emissions Waiver Case

December 18, 2024 admin California, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EPA, exhaust emissions, exhaust emissions waiver, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 23:26:51 +0000

The US Supreme Court has ruled that California may keep its EPA waiver to set its own exhaust emissions standards.

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Giant Solar + Storage Project Turned on in California

December 18, 2024 admin arevon, batteries, California, california renewable energy, california solar, california solar energy, clean power, Energy Storage, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 15:51:42 +0000

Solar power and battery storage projects continue to grow strong around the world, in the US, and in California. A big project just commissioned in California adds to that story. The new project is from renewable energy developer, owner, and operator Arevon Energy. It is the Eland 1 Solar-plus-Storage Project … [continued]

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Tesla 2nd Highest Selling Automaker in California

December 13, 2024 admin California, california ev sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, tesla, tesla sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 21:10:20 +0000

I published earlier today about the top selling electric vehicle models in California. For a thorough exploration into those, see that article. Below I’m taking a broader look and examining auto brand sales and the EV share of the overall market. To kick off, it’s certainly highly notable that 22.2% … [continued]

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