Feb 24, 2009 4:26 PM
PG&E

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.(PG&E) has announced plans for a five-year program to develop up to 500 MW of clean solar photovoltaic power in its northern and central California service area, one of the largest undertakings of its kind in the country.

The proposed program consists of up to 250 MW of utility-owned PV generation - PG&E's first direct investment in renewab... Read More

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I just read a blog on some other site commenting about the Presidents program to repower America saying that he lives in MI and his roof has been covered in snow for months so how could his roof be generating any solar power.

First, MI and WI, where I grew up, are abour 45 degrees north.  for optimial wintertime solar collection a pannel should be tilted about 15 degrees more than the lattitude.  so way up north where they have snow for long periods  their house should b... Read More

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I'm interested in learning if any of your members have had experience with alternative energy sources for commercial buildings. For example, wind power or solar power as an alternative energysource to conventional public utility services. Being in the commercial real estate industry, my objective is to find different ways to achieve savings on energy expenses. While I've heard about solar power and wind power use in general, and the use of these technologies for residentia... Read More

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ith our energy crisis getting worse day by day, it’s up to all of us to work together find alternative energy solutions.  There is no one energy solution.  It will take a variety of alternative energy and renewable energy sources.  Think about transportation…The idea of electric cars is appealing, but at this time, we don’t have the resources to recharge all of the electric cars if everyone had... Read More

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We're up and running, looking for solutions to our energy crisis.  Looking forward to discussions on all types of alternative energy and renewable energy ideas including... solar power, wind power, biodiesel, electric cars, hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cells, geothermal energy and more.  Whether it's solar Panels on our roof generating solar energy or one or two wind turbines on our property generating wind energy... we can all do something.  One family may drive using biodiesel... Read More

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