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Want to buy an electric car, but concerned that the power from your plug might be coming from a coal-fired plant? Consider moving to San Francisco, which is aiming to power itself entirely with renewables by 2020. The move, announced by outgoing mayor Gavin Newsom, will rely in part on a $ 250,000 grant from the Sidney Frank Foundation to analyze how to power the city’s 950 MW peak energy use …
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Two more large solar projects planned for in the desert of eastern Riverside County gained unanimous approval Wednesday from the California Energy Commission. The 500-megawatt Palen Solar Project and 150-megawatt Rice Solar Energy Project combined will provide enough electricity to serve about 488,000 single-family homes.
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VERGENNES — Ernie Pomerleau didn’t want just an ordinary ribbon-cutting to launch the state’s largest solar field — so the developer threw a party.
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