Energy Vault preps to go public, could raise $388M
Westlake Village-based Energy Vault disclosed details of its financial performance for the first time in an Oct. 18 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed in advance of its public stock offering and its pending merger with a special purpose acquisition company. Energy Vault, a green energy storage company, agreed to go public Read More →
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Dubroff: Oil spill off the coast of Southern California has a familiar stench
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Read More →Our View: Natural gas isn’t perfect, but it has its place
Every morning millions of Californians wake up and tweak their heater controls to warm up, and turn on hot water to shower. It happens automatically due to abundant natural gas, and up until recently, gas has been as cheap as it has ever been. Now we are getting a wake-up call. Natural gas supplies worldwide Read More →
Read More →Opinion: ExxonMobil’s oil trucking plan in Santa Barbara County is dirty and dangerous
By Linda Krop On Sept. 29, the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission will consider ExxonMobil’s proposal to restart its three platforms offshore from Gaviota and truck its oil along highways 101 (to Santa Maria) and 166 (to Pentland, in Kern County). Last year, the county planning staff recommended against allowing tanker trucks on the windy Read More →
Read More →Paso’s Pearce Services continues acquisition spree
Pearce Renewables, a Paso Robles-based operator of renewable energy structures, announced Sept. 16 that it has acquired Mountain Renewables, a provider of technical field services for wind energy and utility-scale solar. Pearce Renewables is a subsidiary of Pearce Services, a Paso Robles company that services infrastructure in the telecommunications, railroad, energy and utility industries. It Read More →
Read More →Opinion: ‘Use it or lose it’ policy wastes our natural resources
By James Salzman The Bureau of Land Management auction in February 2016 for oil and gas drilling rights near Arches National Park was unremarkable. The high bidder, Tempest Exploration Co. LLC, paid $2,500 for the 1,120-acre lease by credit card and began paying annual rental fees. What soon did prove remarkable, though, was the revelation Read More →
Read More →State thinks solar-cell windows are the Next big thing
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