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No, we shouldn’t pump desert groundwater near Joshua Tree to help store electricity
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostFor years developers have tried to figure out how to repurpose Kaiser Steel’s former open-pit iron mine at Eagle Mountain in Riverside County. One idea: Use it as a massive landfill, a proposal that fortunately never came to fruition. The current owners of the site now want to convert it into an immense, $2.5-billion hydroelectric battery, using daytime power to […]
An abandoned mine near Joshua Tree could host a massive hydropower project
/0 Comments/in All News, Inland Empire /by The Los Angeles TimesAn abandoned iron mine on the doorstep of Joshua Tree National Park could be repurposed as a massive hydroelectric power plant under a bill with bipartisan support in the state Legislature. Senate Bill 772, which was approved by a panel of lawmakers last week with no dissenting votes, would require California to build energy projects […]
Southern California Edison Picks 195MW Battery Portfolio in Place of Puente Gas Plant
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire, Los Angeles /by Greentech MediaWhat started as a routine gas plant procurement ended as a testament to the changing electrical grid. This week, utility Southern California Edison selected a roster of energy storage projects to supply local capacity needs around the coastal city of Oxnard, instead of the 262-megawatt natural-gas peaker plant it had chosen previously. If regulators give their approval, […]
LA traffic top cause of smog for valley, but area power plants, hospitals and tram also contributors
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostConrad Lopez notices it late at night: a bloom of smoke blowing from the power plant within eyeshot of his home and 40-acre date farm, blotting the sky over Mecca. Drivers on Route 86 often see billowing black clouds streaming out of the plant too. The Desert View Power facility bills itself online as a […]
San Jacinto Power Celebrates Its One-Year Anniversary
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostSan Jacinto Power (SJP), the City of San Jacinto’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program, celebrated its one-year anniversary on April 1, 2019. The City launched SJP a year earlier in partnership with California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice), providing residents and local businesses, for the first time in history, an alternative energy provider to Southern California […]
LA leads nation in solar power, Riverside is up and coming, report says
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostLos Angeles produces more solar power than any city in America, with San Diego a distant second, according to a new study that looked at sun-generated electricity in 57 U.S. cities from 2013-2018. The City of Angels’ No. 1 ranking is part of an overall six-year growth trend in which solar energy doubled in 45 […]
City of Fontana receives recognition from SCE for energy efficiency efforts
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostRepresentatives from Southern California Edison (SCE) and the San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG) presented the City of Fontana with an award for being a local leader in energy efficient efforts through the San Bernardino Regional Energy Partnership. City staff earned the Gold tier recognition by participating in SCE’s direct install program, an HVAC optimization […]
California cannabis cultivator to power indoor production with solar energy
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostMarch 19 (Renewables Now) – US cannabis cultivator Canndescent has completed a 282.6-kW solar power system to supply electricity to its indoor production facility in Desert Hot Springs, California. This is the cannabis industry’s first commercial-scale solar project, the company said in a statement on Monday. After two years of trying to win project approval […]
Green power runs up against desert conservation in California
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by The Los Angeles TimesCalifornia lawmakers’ grand ambitions to fight climate change are running into a familiar obstacle: the parochial concerns of local governments and property owners. The latest battle over state needs vs. local control is being fought in San Bernardino County, where the Board of Supervisors voted last month to ban solar and wind farms across vast stretches of […]
Including community’s input vital in achieving successful clean energy transition
/0 Comments/in Inland Empire /by News Article RepostLast session, California’s State Legislators voted to move California to 100 percent carbon-free energy. While national attention has shifted on the dire situation the National Climate Assessment Report foretells, right now, here, in the Inland Empire, nearly a third of our days registered poor air quality; thus, reducing pollutants with clean energy is of critical […]