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The surreal inland lake known as the Salton Sea, which sits below sea level in a desert east of San Diego, is mainly known as an ecological disaster born of failed water engineering schemes and massive fertilizer runoff.
The future is sunny for solar energy. Price parity with conventional energy sources has now been attained in some areas as demand rises and the cost of solar falls. California has emerged as a national leader in the shift to solar--with San Diego at the helm.
Rising gasoline prices and a boom in domestic production of natural gas are reviving interest in consumer vehicles that run on compressed natural gas.
The San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board on Wednesday ordered a historic cleanup project in San Diego Bay, capping more than two decades of work and launching what promises to be the largest effort of its kind in the region.
The Charles David Keeling Apartments are located on the southwestern edge of the University of California San Diego campus overlooking the coastal cliffs of La Jolla. Named for the American scientist whose research first alerted the world to the possibility of the human impact on global warming, the apartments highlight the urgency of resource conservation.
A bill introduced last month by Assemblyman Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, would allow cities to redirect property tax revenues to renewable energy projects.
This coming week will be a busy one for energy-related businesses and stakeholders looking to invest in the Valley, as the Imperial Valley Economic Development Corp. will host its fifth annual Imperial Valley Renewable Energy Summit & Expo.
Top water pollution regulators are poised this week to force an unprecedented cleanup of San Diego Bay, and there’s a sense among participants that the plan may avoid endless appeals after a major reduction in its scope.
USS Ford (FFG 54) successfully transited from the ship's homeport in Everett, Wash., to San Diego, March 2, using 25,000 gallons of a 50/50 algae-derived, hydro-processed algal oil and petroleum F-76 blend in the ships LM 2500 gas turbines. USS Ford's transit on the algal blend marks the first demonstration of the alternative fuel blend in an operational fleet ship.
The U.S. state of California is well on the way to overachieving its 2020 aim to generate 33 percent of its electricity from renewables, in fact by almost double. Of this, photovoltaics accounts for nearly half. There are issues, however, such as interconnection and grid infrastructure, which still need to be ironed out.
