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News
for November 12, 2002
US Navy
Coronado [San Diego]: largest Federal PV system in US - 750kW
California
saves $1.4 billion in new energy deal. Portion goes to solar
on schools.
Solar
Pioneer Ken Adelman's new project - Photographing the California
Coast
US
Navy deploys Largest Federal Solar Electric System in the
Nation at San Diego
San
Diego Mayor Murphy commissions City's first "energy independent"
municipal building
Solar
Power Used to Extend Broadband Internet Access into Remote
Areas [UC San Diego]
New
Solar Lights for UC Santa Barbara Bikepaths
States'
Experience with Renewable Energy may provide best bet [REPP]
Berkeley
Solar Power Company Earns High Rank for Growth
County
won't sue over alleged cause of Croy fire
New
day dawns on Davis use of PVUSA Solar Array
Shell
Solar restructures to improve competitive position
IN BRIEF
Solar Forum
(California Solar Center) Presentations posted online
- presentations from the recent series of Forums held in San
Diego, Sacramento, and Los Angeles are now available online.
Over 300 people attended the Solar Forums to learn about solar
programs and projects in California.
UCI students
call for solar energy use
- UC Irvine students joined their University of California
peers in supporting solar power and energy-efficient building
design. The student government passed a resolution in late
October to let the UC Board of Regents know that it supports
renewable energy and sustainable building design for the rapidly
expanding UC system. With the system's 10th campus awaiting
construction, the UC system will create massive demand for
new buildings over the next five years. The UC Go Solar initiative
asks the Regents for a commitment of 25% on-site renewable
energy for all new buildings and an additional purchase of
25% renewable energy from power companies, upon availability.
The Board of Regents will have a chance to discuss the issue
at its Nov. 13 and 14 meeting in San Francisco. [source: Daily
Pilot via LATIMES 2002.11.05]
Renewable Energy
Reports from LBNL online - Several reports (published
in 2002) from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) Renewable
Energy team of Ryan Wiser and Mark Bolinger are now available
online free. Titles include:
*Case Studies of State Support for Renewable Energy;
*Transacting Generation Attributes Across Market Boundaries:
Compatible Information Systems and the Treatment of Imports
and Exports;
*Innovation, Renewable Energy, and State Investment: Case
Studies of Leading Clean Energy Funds;
*Analyzing the Interaction Between State Tax Incentives and
the Federal Production Tax Credit for Wind Power;
*Quantifying the Value that Wind Power Provides as a Hedge
Against Volatile Natural Gas Prices;
*Customer-Sited PV: A Survey of Clean Energy Fund Support;
*Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Projects: A Survey of Clean
Energy Fund Support
Fall
Events...Workshops/Conferences/classes...
11/21 Moscone
Center Dedication [San Francisco]- This month, exactly
a year after San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approved
a $100 million solar bond, you're invited to come help dedicate
San Francisco's first solar project - a $7.4 million solar
roof and energy efficiency project at the Moscone Convention
Center. At 675 kilowatts, this is one of the largest solar
roofs in the nation. Vote Solar is proud to welcome special
guest speaker Robert Redford, who continues to be a strong,
eloquent voice for the environment when our country needs
him most. WHAT: Dedication Ceremony for Moscone Center solar
& efficiency project. WHEN: 11:00 AM Thursday November
21, 2002 WHERE: San Francisco City Hall Rotunda WHO: Robert
Redford, Mayor Willie Brown, the Board of Supervisors and
more. This event is open to the public. More details to follow.
[source: David Hochschild & Adam Browning - The
Vote Solar Initiative]
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