Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

To further boost American manufacturing through investment in rail, the locomotives will be built and assembled at Siemens’ solar-powered transportation manufacturing facility in Sacramento, California.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2024

Sacramento, California — In just the last three days, California has seen two firsts related to zero-emission vehicles: the nation’s first solar-powered electric truck charging depot and Amazon’s largest electric truck fleet in any country.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. To date, $9.3 billion in cap-and-trade proceeds has been appropriated to 20 state agencies that have distributed $3.4 billion from other sources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Japan’s largest electric utility, will collaborate on vehicle-grid integration technologies with the purpose of accelerating transportation electrification and decarbonization.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Alison Diaz (with scissors) along with ECHS staff and supporters about to cut the ribbon in front of Environmental Charter High School's new solar-powered greenhouse. Plants in black tubes behind the ECHS Science teacher are being fed by aquaponic system in the new solar-powered greenhouse. photo by Glenn Marzano).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 14, 2009

One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. That’s why I’m urging Sacramento to triple the amount of clean energy in California.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 22, 2014

When we last wrote about AB 2145 it was after a trip to Sacramento to speak out against the bill at the Senate Energy Committee hearing on it. Senator Wright is a climate change denier and is “suspicious of renewable energy.” ” So is Assemblyman Bradford.

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Electrek

APRIL 30, 2021

SMUD, Sacramento’s electricity provider, is paying people to become certified solar PV installers. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Tesla owner Mark Gillund of Sacramento, California, will not be paying out of pocket for his solar and battery system’s monthly payment this month. Mark Gillund placed his order for a Tesla Solar + Powerwall system in June last year. kWh solar array, three Tesla Powerwall batteries, and two inverters.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

CALSEIA’s Executor Director Sue Kateley will be delivering her report on the newest renewable energy legal developments Sacramento. Sunpower Corporation’s VP of public policy, Julie Blunden, will be sharing her views on how incentives and laws shape & drive demand for solar energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

However, discussions also are underway in Sacramento to further tighten those requirements to 50% as early as 2025 and 100% by 2045. The study will examine the limitations of intermittent renewable options, such as wind and solar energy, which are only available at certain hours of the day.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

A public station with charging ports for more types of Electric Vehicles (EVs) than anything before it opened Saturday in Woodland, CA near Sacramento. Tesla station. The opening of the station, a brainchild of the Electric Auto Assn. Sierra Nevada is the first corporation to install the ChargePoint networked charging stations.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 28, 2009

Ted didn’t leave Torrance any significantly better than he found it before his stint on the city council, but he ran to become my state Assemblyman anyway and got elected to serve in Sacramento. Our conditions for producing clean, renewable solar power here in Southern California far exceed those in Germany and Spain.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This became quite evident in September 2022 when Tesla owner Mark Gillund of Sacramento, CA told Teslarati that his solar and Powerwall setup, which were enrolled in the California VPP, earned $510 for sending 255 kWh of energy over a week of VPP events. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The project will provide additional visibility for operators, which will increase the system’s capacity to integrate on-site energy technologies, such as solar photovoltaic energy systems, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles or battery storage. DOE funding $13,516,546, total project value including cost share $27,419,424). 24,063,978.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

million to deploy 21 battery-electric Class 8 trucks at four Anheuser-Busch distribution facilities, and to commission solar generation at its Carson facility. Zero-Emission Beverage Handling and Distribution at Scale: The Center for Transportation and the Environment will receive $5.5 Partner match: $5.8 Partner match: $4.6

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

I envision a wide range of initiatives: more distributed power, expanded rooftop solar, micro-grids, an energy imbalance market, battery storage, the full integration of information technology and electrical distribution and millions of electric and low-carbon vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

At an aggregate distribution system level, an analysis found that annual PEV-related distribution costs through 2030 are estimated at about only one% of the distribution revenue requirement of California’s three investor-owned utilities and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District combined. Distributed Energy Resources.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 4, 2006

Advertizing images display the Hydrogen 7 against a backdrop of wind turbines and solar panels. I took this car on a little drive in Sacramento in September at the CARB ZEVTech. The article dissects the myth of clean, renewable hydrogen, and vividly explains the difficulty of storage. But the image is one of deceit.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2015

Linde LLC: $300,000 for operation and maintenance costs and data collection for a new hydrogen refueling station that opened in West Sacramento in December. The EVCS will be available for federal fleet vehicles. The simple payback on the loan is 11 years. The project is expected to save about $35,000 annually in utility expenses.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

While it’s sad but true that the entire gang in Sacramento can no longer figure out how to make California work, President Obama and his “Yes I Can&# team do know what they’re doing. See, California’s AB 811 is all about funding solar energy and energy efficiency for property owners. Imagine that.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. It's about 90 miles from my house in San Francisco to the Capitol in Sacramento.) Total cost: $6.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

nLiten Energy Corporation of Mountain View will receive $95,000 to prove the feasibility of growing thin-film three-dimensional solar cells using self-assembled nanowires onto a low-cost substrate. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

plan aims to be the most ambitous green program of any major city in the United States and they just might meet those expectation if Antonio stays as mayor and doesn’t opt to move up to the Governor’s mansion in Sacramento - and if Manhattan Beach doesn’t beat them to it. The Green L.A.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 16, 2022

He said this includes the installation of four 750-kilowatt Tesla charging stalls at its Modesto and Sacramento locations. The megachargers are equipped with solar and battery storage systems. “It’s a great starting point to electrify,” he said.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

Manhattan Beach Mayor Pro Tem and green dynamo, Portia Cohen started the Task Force’s monthly public session with some news of her city’s latest environmental achievements: Fees for solar panel installation have now been waived to encourage residents to go solar and the permit process has been streamlined.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will result in the development of approximately 184 liquid propane Autogas refueling stations in the following major metropolitan areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Denver, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Dallas, Phoenix, Indianapolis, Seattle, Orlando, San Diego, St.

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Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

Charging EVs, in older, smaller houses with limited electricity By Eugen Dunlap, Member, Sacramento Electric vehicle association. My dream and goal has always been to transition from our current natural gas system and into using solar energy for our home as well as our vehicles. Span smart electric panel. So, what are the facts?

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The former location of Solyndra, the solar panel manufacturer made notorious by the right-wing talk radio ecosystem for receiving grants from the Obama Administration and then going bankrupt, is located nearby as well.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

What did you tell the folks in Sacramento? You might have home solar, a battery, maybe you can already interface all of that together. Charged : We’ve been covering your company for several years. As Nuvve is one of the pioneers of bidirectional charging, I imagine you can explain the benefits as well as anyone.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

California with 11 Chapters at least with re-visits: EVAoSC, Ventura Couty EAA, Central Coast EAA, SFEVA, SF Peninsula EAA, Konocti EAA, East Bay EAA, Greater Sacramento EAA, Tehachapi EAA, plus the functional Chapters -- PluginAmerica, and CALCars. Visiting EAA Chapters, done in conjunction at times with "A" and "B" above: 1.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

This effort was led by Georg Kuhnke, who lives near Sacramento, California. Seeing the inside operation of a wind turbine generator in Iowa and solar arrays throughout the country brought renewed hope for continued advances in renewable energy technologies and power generation.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When that company was bought out by ENEL X , Miftakhov used the substantial profit to launch ZeroAvia in Hollister, California to develop and manufacture fuel cell-powered electric aircraft using green hydrogen (locally produced by electrolysis of water using solar or wind power). It’s very cool."

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Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2014

They also blow away the restrictions the investor-owned utilities place on solar and pay rooftop solar power generators a retail price for the extra energy they produce. AND they will help generate tens of thousands of good, local jobs. You and me and our communities had already been f *d over by the California Assemby 51-15.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Sacramento Municipal Utility District, April 2006 EnergyCS Sacramento County, CA dmaccur@smud.org 10. Mauro Rampini, 2004 Prius by Rampini Mauro, using EAA-PHEV method with components from Plugin Supply , May 10, 2008 (Arluno, Italy, EU), contact solare.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

Funds for these projects—which span areas as diverse as a new crossover valve for the split-cycle Tour Engine ( earlier post ) to a new solar thermal storage device capable of integration with utility scale solar thermal power plants—come from Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program. C/e Solutions, Inc.

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