California

Green Hydrogen

The World's Cheapest Green Hydrogen Will Likely Come From a Newhydrogen Innovation

The California company is improving H2 production efficiency with its disruptive tech.NewHydrogen, Inc. (OTC: NEWH) announced it has entered a research agreemen…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Environmental Group Tried to Shut Down Diablo Canyon. Judge Just Dismissed Case

PG&E can continue to operate California's last nuclear power plant past 2025 despite a contract it signed with environmentalists to shutter it, a San Franci…

Solar project

Avangrid to Build 57 MW Solar Project in California

AVANGRID developed the 162 MWac/205 MWdc Pachwáywit Fields solar farm in Gilliam County. (Courtesy: AVANGRID)Avangrid, a leading sustainable energy compa…

Hydrogen Production

Trailblazing Hydrogen Refueling Leader Secures Funding for Expansion

FirstElement Fuel is awarded $7.7 million grant from the CEC.The grant awarded to FirstElement Fuel Inc. (FEF) from the California Energy Commission (CEC) will …

Carbon Capture

Greenfire to Provide Closed-Loop Tech to Doe-Funded Direct Air Capture Project

Closed-loop testing equipment (source: GreenFire Energy)GreenFire Energy will be providing its GreenLoop technology to a network of direct air capture and stora…

Carbon Emissions

Southern Californians Support Policies That Fight Climate Change, Even in More Conservative Regions

Ana Gonzalez has lived in Rialto since childhood and it's where her children were born and raised.When her son was around 12 years old, Gonzalez said he had…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

2 California Hydrogen Fueling Station Projects Awarded $6 Million Grant

The California Energy Commission has given its approval to bring the state closer to its 200 locations goal.The California Energy Commission has awarded grants …

Electrolyzer

California Hydrogen Company Gets Massive Funding for Its Innovative Electrolyzer Tech

Verdagy Inc. announced it has raised $73 million Series B funding.The hydrogen company, which specializes in scaling electrolyzer technologies for industrial ma…

Renewable Energy

US Investor Group Clinches Tax Credit Deal for $1.5 Bln Renewable Power Acquisition

Power-generating Siemens 2.37 megawatt (MW) wind turbines are seen at the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility California, U.S., May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File P…

Hydrogen Production

Mote Kicks off Second Biomass to Hydrogen Project in Northern California

This news comes on the heels of state and federal recognition for the company’s Bakersfield facility, which has completed its FEL-2 study.As more utilitie…

Oil & Gas Trade

CPUC, Socalgas Reach $71 Million Settlement Over Aliso Canyon Gas Leak

Aliso Canyon entrance in Porter Ranch on Monday, August 7, 2023. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)Compounding the financial fallout from the…

Power Construction

Closure of 3 Southern California Power Plants Likely to Be Postponed, State Energy Officials Decide

A man pushes a stroller near the AES power plant in Redondo Beach, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022. The California Energy Commission voted Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, to ext…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Terawatt Infrastructure Breaks Ground on EV Charging Site for Light-Duty Fleets Near LAX

TeraWatt Infrastructure hosted a groundbreaking event in Inglewood, California for a new charging site for light-duty fleets in the LA area. The site will be ow…

Nuclear Fusion

LLNL Researchers Achieve Fusion Ignition for Second Time

Researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have reportedly achieved net energy gain …

Hydropower Plant

Climate Change Is Making Hydropower Less Reliable

As drought settled in over the Pacific Northwest this year, some electric utility managers did something unusual: They looked to California for hydropower.While…