And the state has issued ZERO Flex Alerts since 2022. https://www.facebook.com/100064568869046/posts/pfbid02kzoYjTQ65KYeZppV4X4F57e7Ay7vdh7XnjCez6oGgLcWswQrpHGRfWhAWksRzkFNl/?mibextid=CDWPTG
Posts Tagged ‘California’:
2025-08-17 Solar Panels Over Aqueducts – Win-Win – Tech Viral
California is planning on this. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02vXNBPHjNfbjkkj2TW4Gjtabo5mJFxX5vcSUzKSrxchURDeoFca4mvafY58q2te92l&id=100064731756949&post_id=100064731756949_pfbid02vXNBPHjNfbjkkj2TW4Gjtabo5mJFxX5vcSUzKSrxchURDeoFca4mvafY58q2te92l&mibextid=6yaNxA
2025-08-14 $2B Solar + Storage Project Starts Up In California
Southern California Public Power Authority includes L.A. DWP and Glendale A huge $2 billion solar + storage project in California powers up
2025-05-08 California Shattered The Myth That Renewables Aren’t Reliable
For 98 of 116 days California met 100% of electric demand for 10 hours using only renewables. Solar is Winning! https://www.facebook.com/reel/1114042600561278/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2025-01-11 Exxon Sues California Re: Plastics Recycling (Floodlight)
They countersued the California Attorney General. https://floodlightnews.org/exxonmobil-sues-doubling-down-on-advanced-plastics-recycling/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter
2024-09-28 New Calif Law – Bidirectional Charging EVs May Be Required
Gov. Newsom signs SB 59 into law. Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law
2024-05-12 Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
This link to the article is supposed to be free, and *not* behind a paywall. This well-researched article is a good article, with some statements that are disputable. One example is that they state that lithium batteries are flammable. The LFP cells now used in battery storage systems are low to not flammable. There are
(Read More…)
2024-04-16 California 100% Renewables for 30 Days!
That’s great news! One thing I just remembered is that the nuclear power plants (Diablo Canyon, Palo Verde) usually shut down for maintenance in the spring when demand is lowest. Otherwise they normally run 24/7 and there wouldn’t be any time during the day when it would be 100% renewables. https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/renewables-met-100-percent-california-energy-demand-30-days/
2024-02-13 Tesla To Build Largest 164 Stall Supercharging Station In California
That’s a lot of stalls! I also made a few calculations. The canopies at GF Texas have 9 by 4 = 36 solar panels. Assume each panel puts out 350 Watts. 350 * 36 = 12.6 kW. Each canopy covers 4 stalls, so 164 stalls divided by 4 = 41 canopies. 12.6 kW * 41
(Read More…)
2024-01-22 Largest US Solar-Storage Project Goes Online
It’s 875 MW solar and 3 GWh of energy storage. The 4600 acre site with nearly 2 million solar panels is not far from Edwards AFB, California. Largest US solar-storage project goes online
