Sunrise Powerlink Going Green With Ocotillo Wind

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Pattern Energy says the Ocotillo wind farm in the Imperial Valley will begin sending green energy to San Diego through the big Sunrise Powerlink this week. Read more →

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SD Zoo Solar-To-EV System Is The Real Deal

San Diego Zoo solar to EV charging

San Diego's zoo gets a super-smart solar-to-EV charging system, able to operate independent of the grid, store power, send excess power to the grid or use grid power. Read more →

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SDG&E Pushes The Envelope On Cutting Outages

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Greentech Media reports on how San Diego Gas & Electric made use of smart grid technologies to track outages during storms and to better organize planned outages. Read more →

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Clean Energy ‘Households Powered’ Claims: Some Are Fishy

Wind power

How many households will a wind or solar project power? It depends on how you do the calculation. Read more →

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San Diego Gas & Electric Rules The Smart Grid

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San Diego Gas & Electric has taken top honors from Power magazine for its advanced smart grid plan, which has seen the installation of 1.4 million smart meters. Read more →

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California Hits 20% Renewables; Next Stop, 25% In 2016

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With a big surge last year, California's investor-owned utilities hit a 20 percent renewable portfolio standard target. Ultimately, they need to be at 33 percent by 2020. Read more →

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Sunrise Powerlink Up, Ready For Clean Power

SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink

The 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink is done, and is now expected to carry hundreds of megawatts of solar and wind power from the Imperial Valley to the San Diego region. Read more →

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SDG&E Surges To 20.8 Percent Renewables

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San Diego Gas & Electric goes from getting 12 percent of its power from renewables in 2010 to nearly 21 percent in 2011, with most of it coming from wind. Read more →

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Solar In Your Home Without Solar On Your Roof

San Diego Gas & Electric is proposing two solar energy pilot programs that enable their customers to buy solar energy without installing their own PV systems. Read more →

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Utilities Push Green Button, Deliver Data

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Two California utilities rise to the "Green Button" challenge posed by the Obama administration and begin providing electricity usage info online at a glance. Read more →

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