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News
for June 11, 2002
Pt. Hueneme - Bldg 850 - Green Building Winner
Half-gas,
half-electric equals totally cool in L.A.
Reality
Confronts Future Cars
Monday's
partial solar eclipse peaked in California at 6:16 p.m
3
of 10 COTE AIA "Green Building" award winners are
in California
SMA
receives UL Listing for 1800 Watt Sunny Boy string inverter
Proposed
Distributed Generation Strategic Plan From The California
Energy Commission Nears Approval
NABCEP
takes first step to PV Installer Certification
Turnaround
on Climate Change - New Report from EPA 2002
Cypress
invests in SunPower Corp, maker of Ultra-High-Efficiency Silicon
Solar Cells [Silicon Valley]
CalSolar
lays off all workers but says should restart soon
Ten
Shades of Green - Architectural Exhibit in Orange County
Eye
on the World: Hydrogen Puts Iceland on Road to Oil-Free Future
IN BRIEF
Deadline Approaches
for Local Implementation of California Zoning Simplifications
for Small Wind Systems -
Last October, Governor Gray Davis signed AB
1207 into law to aid the siting and permitting of small
wind systems for homes and businesses. The new law requires
California cities and counties (excluding some densely populated
areas) to enact ordinances allowing wind turbines towers of
at least 65 feet on any property sized an acre or more - and
at least 80 feet on 5-acre or larger properties. This bill
also defined appropriate setback, noise, and engineering analysis
requirements for small wind turbines. If cities and counties
fail to enact ordinances by July 1, 2002, AB 1207 specifies
that small wind turbines become a "use by right"
and will receive a building permit by default, provided they
meet the state's minimum specified requirements. For more
information about this and other California wind incentives,
see the American
Wind Energy Association small wind website
Summer Solar
Events.
June 2002
6/3-5 Designing and Installing Code-Compliant Photovoltaic
Systems - San Diego
6/10 OR 6/11 One Day PV Installation Workshop(s) - FREE -
Los Angeles
6/11 Photovoltaic Systems (PV's) for Architects - San Jose
6/18 to 7/25 Introduction to Alternate Energy Systems- at
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
6/23-28 Muir Commons PV Installation workshop - Davis
6/15-20 Solar 2002 - Sunrise on the Reliable Energy Economy
- Reno, Nevada
6/22 Summer Solstice Parade in Santa Barbara
6/25 PG&E Self Generation Incentive Workshop - San Francisco
July 2002
7/26-28 The fourth annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair -
Grant County Fairgrounds - John Day, Oregon.
August 2002
8/24-25 SolFest 2002 - Hopland, CA
8/24 to 10/19 Introduction to Alternate Energy Systems- Saturdays
at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA
Details about each
program are listed here
http://www.californiasolarcenter.org/events.html
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