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By Staff Report / Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 / Energy, Latest news / Comments Off on PG&E to close Diablo Canyon Power Plant by 2025
Pacific Gas and Electric plans to close the Diablo Canyon Power Plant near Avila Beach by 2025, the company announced June 21. The nuclear power plant has been controversial since starting operations in 1985 because fault lines run under and near the plant. PG&E said in a news release that it has plans to replace Read More →
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By Philip Joens / Friday, December 18th, 2015 / Central Coast, Energy, Latest news, Top Stories, Top Story / Comments Off on SLO County leads in solar, wind energy
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By Glenn Rabinowitz / Friday, December 4th, 2015 / Columns, Energy, Latest news / Comments Off on Dubroff: Tri-Counties on the front lines of clean energy innovation
The region has a lot at stake in the climate talks in Paris. That’s my takeaway as more than 190 nations gather in the French capital to ponder the future of the carbon-based economy. Bending the curve on carbon emissions has attracted a big global constituency – engaging the Pope, multinational companies, communist regimes Read More →
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By Elijah Brumback / Friday, February 13th, 2015 / Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on Duke Energy set to acquire majority share, finance projects at REC Solar
San Luis Obispo-based REC Solar has sold a majority share of it business to the nation’s largest electric power company.
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By Staff Report / Monday, February 9th, 2015 / Central Coast, Latest news, Technology, Top Stories / Comments Off on REC Solar sells majority share to nation’s largest utility
Duke Energy, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, purchased the controlling stake in the solar company and announced it would invest $225 million in solar project financing as part of the deal.
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By Editorial Board / Friday, January 9th, 2015 / Editorials, Opinion / Comments Off on Editorial: Edison shouldn’t leave businesses in the dark
Edison has been talking for years about the need to balance electrical loads in the West Ventura County-South Santa Barbara County corridor, but the company is taking its time.
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By Staff Report / Friday, June 7th, 2013 / Green Coast, Latest news, Technology / Comments Off on Cool Planet funding hits $54M
Camarillo-based Cool Planet Energy Systems said on Friday that it had raised $29.9 million of what it expects to be a $100 million funding round for its first grass-to-fuel plant production facility. Cool Planet, which has received funding from Google Ventures and BP in the past, has designed a machine that uses heat and pressure Read More →