California

Energy Storage Project

California ISO Adds Over 5,000 MW of Battery Storage Capacity

California Independent System Operator (ISO) on Tuesday said that more than 5,000 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity was online and fully integrated int…

Oil Exploration

PBF's Martinez, California, Refinery Reports Release of Coke Dust on Communities

PBF Energy's (PBF.N) 156,400 barrel-per-day capacity oil refinery in Martinez, California released petroleum coke dust, a byproduct of the refining process,…

Energy Storage Project

BESS Systems Planned at Four California Power Plants

Ameresco, a renewable energy asset developer, has secured an order for four battery energy storage design/build project contracts totaling 379MWH with Middle Ri…

Power Construction

California Secures $67 Million to Bolster Clean Energy Projects for Electric Grid

Net Zero

California Investing $1.5B in Port Infrastructure Upgrades; Includes $450M to Support Zero-Emission Projects

California will invest more than $1.5 billion—including approximately $450 million for zero-emission infrastructure, locomotives, vessels and vehicles—in port…

Microgrid

Study: Microgrids Could Reduce California Power Shutoffs—to a Point

Scott Hensen, vice president of floor planning for KB Home, points to a battery display panel on a SunPower SunValut storage system inside the garage of a model…

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

Nikola Secures $41.9M Grant to Fund Six Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Refueling Stations in So Cal

Nikola Corporation announced that the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has awarded Nikola and sponsor California Department of Transportation (Caltran…

Geothermal Power Plant

Port of Oakland, California Signs 12-Year Contract for Geysers Geothermal Power Supply

The Port of Oakland in California will be supplied with geothermal power from the Geysers geothermal field for 12 years under a USD 13.5 million contract.

Thermal Coal

California Company Wants to Revive West Virginia Coal Plant With Hydrogen

(Pleasants Power Station in West Virginia. Source: Wikimedia.)California-based company Omnis Global Technologies wants to convert West Virginia’s Pleasant…

Solar Battery (Storage)

Maxeon Lifts Its Annual Capacity to 2.5 GW in Mexico

Maxeon Solar Technologies hosted an opening ceremony for its recently expanded and renovated manufacturing plant located in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. M…

Biofuel

DOE Collaborative to Establish Biomanufacturing Hub

Northern San Joaquin Valley, California, which includes San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced counties, has been historically underserved. The region lacks qualit…

Geothermal Power Project

CTR Signs Partnership With Aquatech for Geothermal Lithium Processing Technology

Controlled Thermal Resources has engaged with Aquatech as technology partner for the the geothermal lithium project in Hell's Kitchen, California.

Photovoltaic （PV）

RWE’s Largest Utility-Scale Energy Storage System Goes Live in California

RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independ…

Solar Technology

Lancaster Becomes First Solar Hydrogen Customer for Heliogen

The renewable energy tech company will produce green hydrogen for the Californian city.Heliogen, Inc. (NYSE: HLGN), which specializes in AI-enabled concentratin…

Solid-State Batteries

Scientists Create Long-Lasting, Cobalt-Free, Lithium-Ion Batteries

In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt—which is often mined using child labor—in the batteries that power electric cars and othe…