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  1. Solar panels from Solar Distributors Inc. are seen installed at Indian Wells Villas in Indian Wells. Photo courtesy Solar Distributors Inc.

    Valley cities vary widely in solar fees

    At least three Coachella Valley cities could be violating a recent state law capping the permitting fees local governments can charge for rooftop solar installations, with two setting their fees for residential installation at more than twice the $500 limit for such projects.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  2. K Kaufmann, Desert Sun energy reporter

    Green Desert: Eyesore or icon? Time will tell for tall towers

    If you put two 750-foot-tall solar towers in the middle of the desert — a little bit off Interstate 10, about 60 miles east of Indio — it's likely they'll be visible.

    • Jun. 15, 2013
  3. IID directors free more funds for solar rebates

    Nonprofit and government groups in the Imperial Irrigation District's service territory have a second opportunity to apply for the district's solar rebate program.

    • Jun. 10, 2013
  4. Pérez

    Pérez bill sets new green target

    If California is to achieve its ambitious goals for ramping up renewable energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, it must revamp its energy planning processes so that renewables, not fossil fuels, become the primary focus, a Coachella Valley assemblyman said.

    • Jun. 9, 2013
  5. K Kaufmann Desert Sun file

    Green Desert: 'Rooftop' plans bring the power home

    As a journalist who has weathered the past few stormy years in my industry, I know all too well the dangers of resisting technical transformation

    • Jun. 8, 2013
  6. With the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station as a backdrop, Huy Pham of San Juan Capistrano walks south along the beach at San Onofre State Beach early Friday morning, June 7, 2013, after it was announced that the nuclear plant will be closing permanently. AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mark Rightmir

    Southern California Edison to close troubled San Onofre nuclear plant

    In a jolt to the nation's nuclear power industry, Southern California's San Onofre plant was shut down Friday for good after its owners surrendered in a costly and drawn-out fight over whether it was too damaged to operate safely.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  7. San Onofre: Gov. says energy plan in the works

    Gov. Jerry Brown says energy utilities and the state have been working to provide Southern California with reliable electrical power since the San Onofre nuclear power plant went offline last year.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  8. San Diego utility: No power shortage with shutdown

    A part-owner of the shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant says it will have adequate supplies this summer despite news the plant is permanently closing.

    • Jun. 7, 2013
  9. CVAG 'green code' effects unclear

    When the Coachella Valley Association of Governments passed its voluntary green building code a year ago, the goal was to encourage local builders to go beyond the state's already rigorous energy-efficiency standards.

    • Jun. 3, 2013
  10. From left: Environmental engineering students Joshua Callihan, Risa Guysi, Professor Kawai Tam, Rosalva Chavez, Jonya Blahut and Holly Clarke show their award winning gas lawnmower that decreases emissions. Wade Byars, The Desert Sun

    UC Riverside students invent device to reduce toxic fumes from lawn mowers

    It's one of those things most people don't think about — emissions from gasoline-powered lawn mowers.

    • Jun. 1, 2013
  11. A prototype of North America's first floating wind turbine is prepared for launching into the Penobscot River on Friday in Brewer, Maine. Robert F. Bukaty/AP

    Prototype offshore windmill launched in Maine

    North America's first floating windmill that will produce power was ceremonially lowered Friday into the Penobscot River, the first big step in a process that could tap an offshore wind resource with a potential of 75 Hoover Dams.

    • Jun. 1, 2013
  12. Workers at the Desert Sunlight solar project east of Indio connect wiring to photovoltaic solar panels. Courtesy of Desert Sunlight Courtesy of Desert Sunlight

    Solar fee use shrouded in mystery

    It was the ninth recommendation in the third-quarter budget update the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved at its May 7 meeting.

    • May 31, 2013
  13. In this June 2011 file photo, a steady flow of traffic on Interstate 5 runs past the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Clemente. Lenny Ignelzi, The Associated Press

    Boxer wants probe on San Onofre

    U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer wants the Justice Department to investigate if California utility executives deceived federal regulators about an equipment swap at the San Onofre nuclear power plant that eventually led to a radiation leak, The Associated Press has learned.

    • May 28, 2013
  14. Southern California Edison letter on San Onofre: Full text

    Read the 2004 internal letter obtained by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer that was written by a senior Southern California Edison executive to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which manufactured the generators that now sit idle in the San Onofre nuclear power plant.

    • May 28, 2013
  15. GE investing billions of dollars in fracking

    One of America's corporate giants is investing billions of dollars in the new boom of oil and gas drilling, or fracking.

    • May 27, 2013
  16. Douglas Greene of AquaSmart demonstrates how his water heater energy saving device works in his product lab. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun

    Inventor's remote control water heater device means savings for consumers

    Douglas Greene is what you might call a compulsive tinkerer.

    • May 25, 2013
  17. Green Desert: Attention to climate patterns is crucial

    The aftermath of the tornado that ripped though Moore, Okla., on Monday was both heart-rending and predictable.

    • May 25, 2013
  18. NextEra's 550-megawatt Desert Sunlight plant, seen in a May 3 file photo, struck its own deal with Riverside County for a franchise fee and began construction before the county passed a $450-per-acre solar fee, which supervisors voted Tuesday to cut to $150. K Kaufmann, The Desert Sun

    Supervisors vote to cut county solar fee

    The Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved revisions to its embattled solar fee policy, cutting the amount large-scale solar developers may have to pay the county from $450 to $150 an acre.

    • May 21, 2013

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