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Caltrans, Sacramento utility partner on Greenergy renewable resource program
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have partnered on the city’s Greenergy program to supply the agency with electricity from renewable resources to power traffic signals, highway lighting and buildings in the area. SMUD, the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned electric service provider, is a not-for-profit electric service and is […]
October 20, 2016
Business
Carolina Cat Power Systems completes construction of 10-acre solar farm
The construction of a 10-acre solar farm, led by Carolina Cat Power Systems, is nearing completion. Scheduled to open within the next few days, the farm, located in the city of Shelby, will contain 9,828 solar panels. The farm will be capable of producing 3 megawatts of electricity—enough to power about 250 homes. Duke Energy […]
June 30, 2015
Equipment
Report: renewables will lead to blackouts in the greenest state
This is what happens when politics trump engineering. California is being warned of impending blackouts because there’s insufficient electrical generating capacity on cloudy, windless days to make the solar and wind farms work. When you let ideology overtake reality these sorts of things are bound to happen. Wind and solar power have a role to […]
March 1, 2013
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