The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has signed an agreement to buy wind power from a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables in Sherman County, Ore.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced today it has entered into a long-term agreement with Klondike Wind Power III LLC, a subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, to purchase 90 megawatts (MW) of renewable wind energy from the Klondike wind facility in Sherman County, Oregon. "Acquiring more clean wind power is a key part of PG&E's commitment to providing our...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
The California State Fair has an amusement ride powered by cow manure. It's called the "Barnyard Animal Train", and uses biogas from Pacific Gas and Electric. The fair runs through September 1st, so there's still time to go! Via Ecogeek More: The power of poo On Human Manure Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Events | Digg this!
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
The California Energy Commission committee reviewing the proposed Humboldt Bay Repowering Project south of Eureka has recommended the approval of the 163-megawatt power plant.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
Sponsorship Demonstrates Commitment to Community AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to support the North Canton community, Virtual Hold Technology, LLC (VHT) participated in the North Canton Main Street Festival over the weekend in downtown North Canton, Ohio. (Logo: ) As a major sponsor of the annual event, VHT hosted an on-site booth to educate event-goers on VHT's business operations,...
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
PG&E says 21,000 customers lost power Monday afternoon.
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Source: [b]USA Today[/b] Pacific Gas and Electric (PCG) in California announced last week it will buy 800 megawatts of solar-generated electricity from two companies, enough to light 239,000 homes. Within three years, PG&E will buy its solar energy from OptiSolar and SunPower, which plan to buil...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
Going Green Program Includes Educational Resources, Rewards, Certification and LEED-Expertise GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- FoodServiceWarehouse.com today launched its Going Green Program, an industry-vetted program aimed at helping commercial kitchens cope with the costs and complexities of going green. Through educational resources, rewards and the industry's only free certification...
übergizmo (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
The sunny state of California will play home to the world's biggest solar plants - two of them in total, which will see up to 250,000 homes being powered by these whicl re-establishing the United States as the global leader in solar power. These will be constructed by Pacific Gas and Electric, helping the state achieve its goal of generating 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by the time...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 17/08/2008
California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company entered into two utility-scale, photovoltaic (PV) solar power contracts for a total of 800 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy. These contracts will deliver cumulatively 1.65 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy annually—equivalent to the...
Science Pal (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
Written by Ariel Schwartz Pacific Gas and Electric Now Under Contract to Deliver 24 Percent of Energy from Renewables by 2013 In a landmark announcement today, Optisolar and the Sunpower Corporation said they plan to build 2 solar plants that will produce a total of 800 MW of power. During peak hours, the plants will produce as much energy as a small nuclear reactor or a large coal plant. According...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
California's largest utility company has signed deals to build the world's two biggest solar plants that would supply electricity to 250,000 homes and reestablish the United States as the global leader in solar power, officials said Friday. Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), which is based in San Francisco and serves most of northern California, will use the two massive solar facilities to help it meet...
Tammy Bruce (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
A post by Maynard Pacific Gas and Electric , a California utility, has donated $250,000 to the campaign to defeat Proposition 8 on the California November ballot. The state of California compels us to buy from this company if we're in their distrct. Setting aside the especial controversy surrounding gay marriage, it's just wrong for a regulated monopoly to be politically active. If businesses insist...
The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Shares of SunPower Corp. soared more than 20 percent Friday, a day after the solar-panel maker announced a joint power project with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (SPWR)
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008
Our regular roundup of sci-tech stories from across the web includes: massive solar energy plants, using Facebook to get a job, and one man’s attack on Georgia’s cyber infrastructure. Let’s kick it off: Jobs – The social network as a career safety net If you have avoided social-networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook with the excuse that [...]
