California

Hydrogen Production

ABB and Hynamics Collaborate to Lower Green Hydrogen Production Cost

A group of robot engineers at the University of California Santa Barbara has designed and built a robot that mimics the way roots and vines move toward moisture…

Energy Saving

Vine-Inspired Robot Can Turn Toward a Heat Source

A group of robot engineers at the University of California Santa Barbara has designed and built a robot that mimics the way roots and vines move toward moisture…

Solar Power Plant

New Coalition Urges California to Create Western Regional Transmission Organization

The Lights on California coalition was launched on February 6 by a growing number of clean energy, business and environmental advocates committed to expanding r…

Hydropower Plant

Corps Completes Lake Isabella Dam Safety Work, Begins Refilling

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is preparing to refill Lake Isabella to pre-construction levels, after completing dam safety work on Isabel…

Nuclear Reactor

Tritium: Ultra-Rare Fusion Fuel We Can’t Make Nearly Enough Of

After the National Ignition Facility in California's first successful scientific breakeven through nuclear fusion, mankind is all the more serious about rea…

Energy Transition

Community Solar: Can California Get It Right This Time?

Episode 33 of the Factor This! podcast features Aaron Halimi, president and founder of the California-based community solar developer Renewable Properties. Subs…

Net Zero Emission

A fifth of new cars in California zero-emission in 2022: data

Teslas are a common sight on roads around Los Angeles and San Francisco, and data shows electric vehicle sales in the state are rising.One-in-five new cars sold…

Hydrogen Production

Yosemite Clean Energy wins $1M for biomass-to-hydrogen projects

Yosemite Clean Energy was selected to receive two $500,000 Forest Biomass to Carbon-Negative Biofuels grants from the California Department of Conservation. The…

Biobattery

USD Clean Fuels to Develop New Biofuels Terminal in California

USD Clean Fuels LLC (USDCF) announced its intention to build a new biofuels terminal in National City, California, that will have the capability to transload re…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Nikola to Move Romeo Battery Production to Arizona

After acquiring battery maker Romeo Power last year, Nikola Motor is now relocating its battery production from Cypress, California, to Nikola’s own plant…

Gas power plant

Energy Storage Being Added to California Gas-Fired Peaker Plants

A North Carolina-based group that provides battery energy storage and software technology is set to co-locate 420 MWh of storage at four natural gas-fired facil…

Solar Power Plant

Union-Built 310-Mw Solar + Storage Project Comes Online in California

Intersect Power started the commercial operation of its Athos III solar project in Riverside County, California, on December 22, 2022. The Athos III solar proje…

Wind Turbine

How Do Floating Wind Turbines Work?

Once the water gets deeper than an 18-story building, building wind turbines from the ground up is no longer an option.Nicholas Doherty / UnsplashNorthern Calif…

Electricity Transmission

Hundreds of Thousands Left Without Power in California as Forecasters Warn of ‘Relentless’ Cyclones

Guerneville resident Sam Ishii fills up gas cans for his generators after the power in the area went out the night before, during the first string of rainstorms…

Energy Storage Battery

Energy Vault Partners With California Utility PG&E on Battery-Plus-Hydrogen LDES Microgrid Project

　　　　 California utility PG&E is developing a long-duration energy storage microgrid combining batteries and green hydrogen, in partnership with Energy Vau…