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Renewable Funding, an Oakland, Calif., based company, makes it easier for homeowners to finance solar or other renewable funding projects by attaching it to your property tax bill. The financing stays on your home’s property tax bill making it easier to recoup the expense if you sell your home before the loan is paid off.
The [...]
Excellent video with information on the program. Smart Grid technology really will make a huge difference on how our energy is produced and consumed.
Demand for rooftop solar systems reached a peak in September 2009 in Southern California. Southern California Edison utility receiving 547 applications for homes, businesses and apartment and condo complexes, according to the CPUC.
Combined applications for new solar installations received bySouthern California Edison, PG&E and SDG&E — through the California Solar Initiative program also hit a [...]
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has been awarded $4 million in federal grant funding to expand Sacramento’s use of solar energy, and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors has won a $3.5 million grant for job-training in the solar industry.
Rep. Doris Matsui announced the awards on Friday, saying they will bolster Sacramento-based solar energy [...]
Great move by Shwarzeneggar, signing 2 beneficial solar bills.
AB 920, the California Solar Surplus Act of 2009, requires utilities to pay consumers for solar electricity that they generate over and above their home needs. Before, the state’s net metering law allowed utilities to capture the surplus without paying for it. Under AB 920, the California [...]
Pacific Gas & Electric Utility Company in Northern California asked regulators on Thursday to approve the purchase of Electricity from an Arizona solar power plant NextLight Renewable Power. NextLight will construct the 290-megawatt Aqua Caliente photovoltaic farm on private land in Yuma County, Ariz.
The San Francisco company signed a deal with P.G.&E. in June to [...]
Schwarzenegger Screws Solar Companies - Companies that install solar systems on homes and businesses may see their sales drop next year because the Legislature didn’t pass a key bill on “net metering.
I was driving around in Pacific Beach (San Diego), the other day and came across some newly installed solar panels in the parking lot of the local McDonalds.
I was very excited by the possibility that all McDonalds could eventually convert all their fast food restaurants to solar energy, but it turns out that was not [...]
SOLAR ENERGY MONTH EVENTS - OCTOBER 2009
Thursday, October 8th, 2009
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
San Diego
Solar Water Heating Basics for Homeowners (CCSE)
9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Tulare
Basics of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems for Grid—Tied Applications (PGE)
All Day Event
San Jose
California Realtor Expo
Sunday, October 11th, 2009
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo Annual Solar Tour Open House
(part of [...]
Advanced Building Technologies
Building Environmental Science & Technology (B.E.S.T.)
California Energy Commission
California Energy Commision - How To Videos
California Lighting Techology Center
CPUC Energy Efficiency
Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems (DOAS)
DesignLights™ Consortium
Efficient Windows Collaborative
Energy Design Resources
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
EnergyEfficiencyCenter.com
EnergyIdeas.org
ENERGY STAR
Enhanced Automation
Environmental Energy Technologies Division Web Page
Environmental Services Department - City of San Diego
FacilitiesNet Index
Flex Your Power, California, Energy [...]
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