Tag Archives: energy

Richmond program installing solar panels with help of local labor

By: Robert Rogers | January 13, 2012 – 2:00 pm

When Juan Lores delivered pizzas in the late 1980s, the area around Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street was so dangerous his manager wouldn’t let his...

Green tech start-up enters the world of venture capitalism

By: Derek Lartaud | October 11, 2011 – 12:21 pm

Ryan Wartena has designed what he calls an energy computer, although he routinely refers to it by different names — home micro utility, demand response...

City leaders urge against Chevron tax measure

By: Robert Rogers | May 7, 2010 – 5:00 am

Dueling visions for the city’s future could be heading for a day of reckoning with city voters in November. A Chevron Corp-backed measure to slash...