Posts Tagged ‘solar’
Solar power rises in Richmond, fuels job growth
Despite its reputation as an oil town, solar power in Richmond is growing. And it looks like it’s here to stay.
Read MoreRichmond-built solar car ’Impulse’ gets ready for Formula Sun Grand Prix
A shiny bean-shaped rolling contraption, barely three feet high, struggled up a steep gradient on a recent Saturday morning as it entered the streets of Richmond from El Cerrito, turning heads and slowing down traffic as two escort cars flashed their blinkers and carefully stewarded it through crowded traffic intersections. ”We are taking a right…
Read MoreRichmond program installing solar panels with help of local labor
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 drivers deliver there after dark. A lot has changed in the last 20 years. Lores in 2009 moved his family into the neighborhood he used to steer clear of. And…
Read MoreGreen tech start-up enters the world of venture capitalism
Ryan Wartena has designed what he calls an energy computer, although he routinely refers to it by different names — home micro utility, demand response device, a suite of tools. It’s the size of a small refrigerator. The device is essentially a battery for solar power, storing energy collected from solar panels for use later.…
Read MoreRichmond leads the Bay Area in solar power wattage per capita
Richmond was recently awarded for installing in 2009 more solar watts per capita than any other large city in California.
Read MoreGov. Schwarzenegger outlines state plan at local “green” business
Gov. Schwarzenegger, who held his Richmond news conference as part of a statewide push to tout his recently proposed jobs package, hailed a “clean tech” future while inside a hulking, aged former Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant.
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