California

Solar Power Plant

Ground broken on 2.7-GW solar complex in California

Real estate and infrastructure company CIM Group has kicked off construction on the first phase of an over 2.7-GW solar photovoltaic (PV) park in California’s …

Oil & Gas Trade

Oil Looks Into Abyss as Coronavirus Threatens Demand Contraction

Flights canceled in Europe, schools closed in Japan, towns quarantined in Italy and panic in California. The coronavirus crisis has gone global, and with it, it…

Carbajal Introduces Bill to Halt Future Oil and Gas Drilling

​Rep. Salud Carbajal (CA-24) introduced the California’s Land Preservation and Protection Act to place a moratorium on fracking and new oil and gas drilling o…

Wind Turbine

Vestas Wins 108 MW EPC Order in Mexico

Vestas has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order for the 108 MW Energía Sierra Juárez II wind park, to be located in Tecate, Baja C…

Geothermal Power Plant

California Geothermal Energy to Grow for the First Time in Nearly a Decade

Two new geothermal power plants have been planned for the Golden State.

EV Market

Tesla Takes The Lion’s Share of The Electric Vehicle Market in Australia

California car-maker Tesla has taken the lion’s share of the electric vehicle market in Australia, with the recently released Model 3 sedan taking a dominant p…

Electric Car

Tesla Model Y Certified Means Possibility of Launch in February

The Tesla Model Y has obtained important certification from the Californian Air Resources Board (CARB), suggesting that a possible launch of the electric car ma…

Solar Power Panel

New Law Says Newly Constructed Homes in California must Have Solar Panels

A law that kicked in at the new year mandates that from now on, every new home that's built must has to have solar panels installed on the roof.

Electric Car

Fisker Inc. Calls Its Ocean Crossover “World’s Most Sustainable Vehicle”

California-based electric-auto maker Fisker Inc. debuted its Ocean crossover at CES, calling it the “world’s most sustainable vehicle.”

FuelCell Energy Begins Operations at California Site

American fuel cell solutions company FuelCell Energy has begun operations at its 2.8megawatt fuel cell project in Tulare, California’s waste-water treatment fa…

California Begins Enforcing The Light Bulb Efficiency Rule Trump Wants to Reverse

California can now begin enforcing new minimum standards for light bulb efficiency, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. It's the latest split between the state and t…

Microgrid

California Utility Builds Solar Microgrid in 27 Days

A solar microgrid, built in 27 days in cold and windy weather, was Southern California Edison’s (SCE) solution to an urgent need to avert wildfires near a remo…

Microgrid

Microgrids are a Power System for the 21st Century

A rapidly growing climate crisis demands that we all examine the way we live and work. Nowhere is that imperative more evident than in the recent wildfires that…

Concentrating Solar Power

New Energy Solar Announces U.S. Solar Farm Completion

Australia’s New Energy Solar has announced construction of the Mount Signal 2 solar plant in California is complete.

Microgrid

Five Things to Know about Power-Storing Microgrids

More than a million Californians were left in the dark for days recently as their big utility companies shut off power for fear of sparking wildfires.