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California leads the United States in electric vehicles and charging locations

December 15, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Dec. 14, 2023. By Melissa Alejandro, Mickey Francis, Melissa Lynes  California has led the United States in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) and EV [Read more]

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This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum

November 27, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Sept. 7, 2023. By  Anya Kamenetz Jesika Gonzalez will tell you that she wasn’t the biggest fan of Porterville, California, while she was growing up. “When I was [Read more]

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Where could millions of EV batteries retire? Solar farms.

November 21, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Nov. 16, 2023. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira On a 20-acre parcel outside the tiny Southern California town of New Cuyama, a 1.5-megawatt solar farm uses the sun’s rays [Read more]

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Solar and wind power curtailments are rising in California

October 31, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Oct. 30, 2023. By Lori Aniti, Susanna Smith The California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasingly curtailing solar- [Read more]

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Autonomous vehicles will soon be safer than humans, some already are: IDTechEx

September 12, 2023 Energi Staff

By Dr. James Jeffs The promise of autonomous vehicles has been a long time coming. While many are still waiting to see the fruits of all this work, San Francisco and some cities in Arizona [Read more]

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California bill could help make EVs and bidirectional charging a blackout solution

May 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist.org on May 4, 2023. By Gabriela Aoun Angueira Chris Bowe was preparing for his daughter’s ninth birthday party in February when a drenching storm knocked out power to his [Read more]

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California takes the lead on curbing Big Oil price gouging

April 5, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 3, 2023. By Blanca Begert Spiking gas prices, spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and oil industry profits of $200 billion prompted widespread calls last year for price-gouging investigations. [Read more]

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US’s largest heavy-duty electric truck charging infrastructure project announced

August 31, 2021 Energi Staff

Electrify America and NFI Industries announced plans to build the single largest electric truck charging infrastructure project in the United States.  The joint project is expected to be complete by December, 2023 and will support [Read more]

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California’s power resource challenge holds lessons for clean energy transitions worldwide

September 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Keisuke Sadamori This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 11, 2020. For the first time in 19 years, California’s power system’s operator, the CAISO, took the decision in August to [Read more]

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Tailpipe pollution rising in California, despite cleaner, greener policies

February 4, 2019 Energi Staff

Despite cleaner gasoline, carpooling, public transportation and electric vehicles, urban sprawl in California, and especially Los Angeles, has resulted in rising tailpipe pollution in the Sunshine State. KTLA photo. Tailpipe pollution will not lessen unless [Read more]

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Innovation

By 2020, California builders will be required to install solar panels on new homes

May 10, 2018 Energi Staff

The California Energy Commission ruled on Wednesday that new homes built after 2020 will have to be equipped with solar panels.  California is the first US state to implement such a regulation.  180SolarPower.com photo. Installation [Read more]

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17 states challenge EPA vehicle emissions rules, fuel efficiency guidelines

May 1, 2018 Energi Staff

California, along with 16 other states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in federal appeals court which challenges the proposed EPA vehicle emissions rules and fuel efficiency regulations, calling the changes by the Trump administration “not [Read more]

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USA

US exported record amount of fuel ethanol in 2017, Canada second-leading market for US exports

April 30, 2018 Markham Hislop

Canadian demand driven by ethanol mandates ranging from 5% in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario to as high as 8.5% in Manitoba. The United States exported nearly 1.4 billion gallons of fuel ethanol in 2017, surpassing [Read more]

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Innovation

Family of fatal Tesla crash victim questions autopilot feature

April 11, 2018 Energi Staff

The law firm representing the family of a man killed in collision involving a Tesla Model X last month, is questioning if the Autopilot feature may have contributed to the fatal Tesla crash.  CBC San [Read more]

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US production of crude oil grew 5% in 2017, likely leading to record 2018 production

April 4, 2018 Markham Hislop

Production levels in Colorado, Oklahoma, North Dakota each grew by more than 30,000 b/d from 2016 to 2017 Annual average U.S. crude oil production reached 9.3 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2017, an increase [Read more]

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California AG prepared to sue EPA over vehicle efficiency standards

March 29, 2018 Energi Staff

California is set to defend Obama-era vehicle efficiency standards which called for doubling of the average fleet-wide fuel efficiency to about 50 mpg by 2025.  VideoBlocks photo. EPA is expected to declare that Obama-era vehicle [Read more]

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USA

The design and application of American utility-scale battery storage varies by region

February 28, 2018 Markham Hislop

By the end of 2016, California had 120 MW of utility-scale battery storage capacity in place About two-thirds of utility-scale battery storage power capacity installed in 2016 in the United States is located in two [Read more]

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Innovation

Autonomous cars with remote drivers may be tested in California by April

February 23, 2018 Energi Staff

The permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles for testing autonomous cars with remote operators could be issued as early as April 2. Spectrum.ieee.org photo by Mark Harris.  Remote control for autonomous cars already [Read more]

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California environmental groups protest Trump offshore oil drilling plan

February 9, 2018 Energi Staff

Protestors gathered outside the California state legislature in Sacramento to protest the Trump administration’s changes to the US offshore oil drilling plan. CALmatters.org photo. Trump administration expanded its offshore oil drilling plan last year At [Read more]

USA

California plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030

February 2, 2018 Markham Hislop

Companies in compliance program have option to either purchase allowances or directly reduce their emissions In July 2017, California’s state legislature passed assembly bill (AB) 398 to reauthorize and extend until 2030 the state’s economy-wide [Read more]

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