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← Older postsCalifornia is the first state to get 5% of its power from the sun
March 31, 2015It’s always sunny in California. This is probably the biggest reason why the state is the first to get 5% of its power from the sun! According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, California is now the forerunner in solar … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California | Leave a commentIf all goes as planned, California could use 100% renewable energy by 2050
August 19, 2014California is currently at the forefront in the United States, bringing home new renewable energy options and stepping away from conventional coal-fired power plants. Not so surprisingly, the state could soon be powered 100% by renewable energy and Stanford has … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California | Leave a commentCalifornia’s Ivanpah solar thermal power plant basks in the glory of the sun!
February 19, 2014What better place could you chose to play home to the biggest solar energy power plant in the world, than the sunny state of California, right? Well, that’s exactly why this plant in the Mojave Desert has begun operations off … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged "solar plant", California | Leave a commentCalifornia to boast world’s largest solar towers
March 20, 2013As the world raises its head to solar power and embraces green energy, California will welcome home the world’s largest solar power towers. These will be developed by sustainable development company Abengoa and BrightSource Energy, a concentrating solar thermal technology … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California, Solar | Leave a commentUPS Takes Eco-Friendly Deliveries Across California
February 11, 2013As part of its eco-friendly delivery scheme, UPS is putting 100 new electric trucks on Californian roads. It already has 30 electric trucks delivering goods on the roads of Europe and New York, as well as 2,500 alternative fuel vehicles … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged California, Eco-Friendly, electric_vehicles | Leave a commentCalifornia DMV’s green HOV sticker initiative for EV and plug-in users fails to catch on
August 22, 2012When the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) first introduced its HOV sticker program for EV drivers, we envisioned electric car users piling over one-another to grab one of these. However, the initiative that enables EV and plug-in hybrid owners … Continue reading3
Posted in Transport | Tagged California, California-DMV, Green-HOV-Sticker | Leave a commentGoogle pools in sum of $168 million to develop world’s largest solar power plant in California
April 12, 2011Search-engine giants Google, has brought us some pretty green tidings recently. The company has invested a whopping $168 million in a sparkling new solar energy power plant, which is to be the biggest in the world, being developed by BrightSource … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California, Google, Solar_power_Plant, World's_Largest | Leave a commentCalifornia goes greener, this time with three new hydrogen refueling stations
April 5, 2011The Golden State is sure keen on going as green as possible, and news of renewable energy plants and green initiatives is flowing out of the state time and again. Recently, we came across the Industry Metrolink Station going green … Continue reading3
Posted in Other Stuff | Tagged California, Hydrogen_fuel, Hydrogen_refueling_station | Leave a commentIndustry Metrolink Station in California to sport solar energy generating parking lot
April 4, 2011The Industry Metrolink Station parking lot will have an added touch of green by next year, and a load more of parking spaces too. The station located at Brea Canyon Road in California will have a thousand new parking lots … Continue reading3
Posted in Alternative Energy | Tagged California, Parking, Solar_energy | Leave a commentEvergreen Californian city designed for Living City Competition
March 31, 2011The next time you look at California from a satellite view, the Golden State will look a lot greener, given that a couple of Gehry-office expats are busy drawing up plans to color green a city of 112,000 using foliage … Continue reading3
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