Solar Energy

Feds give wind farm a pass if turbine blades kill endangered condors

2013-05-24 11:42:00

Federal wildlife officials on Friday for the first time agreed not to prosecute a developer if an endangered California condor is struck and killed by turbine blades at its proposed wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 100 miles north of Los...

A powerful use for spoiled food

2013-05-15 18:40:00

What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? At Ralphs, one of the oldest and largest supermarket chains on...

Companies won't face charges in condor deaths

2013-05-10 20:10:00

Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors. In a decision swiftly condemned by conservationists...

Similar records, but L.A. mayoral candidates inhabit different worlds

2013-05-09 16:36:00

He owns a sleek home in the hills of Echo Park that was renovated with recycled materials, is powered partly by solar panels and was once featured in a top design magazine. She lives in a ranch-style house at the end of a Studio City cul-de-sac, with...

Solar-powered plane completes first leg of cross-country journey

2013-05-04 15:15:00

The solar-powered aircraft�making a landmark cross-country flight�successfully completed its first leg early Saturday, and will rest about a week in Arizona before taking to the skies again. Solar Impulse HB-SIA�touched down about 12:30 a.m.�at Sky...

Officials study valley fever outbreak at solar power projects

2013-04-30 20:37:00

Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the...

SEC accuses city of Victorville, others of fraud in bond sale

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Ever since the Department of Defense shut down George Air Force Base in 1992, the high desert town of Victorville has struggled to reinvent itself. The city encouraged massive residential and retail development. It invested in two new power plants....

In harmony in the Hollywood Hills

2013-04-19 00:00:00

The goal of this Zen-inspired Modernist house in the Hollywood Hills was to create a tranquil and healthful-living environment filled with natural light. Recycled, biodegradable and organic materials take center stage in the gated, energy-efficient home....

'Artificial leaf' now ready to get dirty, inventor says

2013-04-12 17:50:00

Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera recently developed the world’s first practical artificial leaf – a silicon-based device that could use sunlight to split water and create clean fuel. Now, the scientist says he’s improved the leaf –...

Plans for massive solar plant in Inyo County on hold

2013-04-09 19:36:00

BrightSource Energy has suspended its application to build a $2.7-billion solar power plant at Hidden Hills, saying it needed to redesign the Inyo County project and the delay would lead to financial uncertainty. With the project nearing final stages of...

Honda and SolarCity offer a home discount for going green

2013-02-26 09:39:00

Buy a new Honda Fit EV or Accord Plug-In Hybrid and get a big discount on a solar power installation at your home. Or don’t buy a new one; just prove you own a Honda generator or show up at a dealership with the paperwork for your rusting, 1970s-...

Sunny times for solar power, except in L.A.

2013-03-14 14:59:00

Still skeptical about solar power -- and especially about the wisdom of installing panels on your own rooftop? One can hardly be blamed, given horror stories about the difficulties in getting assistance from local utilities such as the L.A. Department...

Staff of a solar power plant works on their solar panels in Hami, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on May 8, 2013. The EU executive on May 8 proposed heavy anti-dumping tariffs of around 47 percent on imports of Chinese solar panels, a European Union source said.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Schematic of Combined Power's reflector field showing basin of non-potable water, completely. covering water-ballasted tubular reflector structures, reflective facets, and linear solar energy receiver.

2013-04-10 23:54:00

This 32-turbine wind farm in the Thumb of Michigan produces power for Great Lakes Energy, based in Boyne City.

2013-03-01 05:04:00