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Google, Others Exhort Biden Administration to Adopt ‘Higher Impact’ Procurement Strategies (Credit: Pixabay) Google, Adobe, Trane Technologies, and Hewlett-Packard joined with a number of environmental groups to send a letter to President Joe Biden, urging his administration to adopt “higher-impact carbon-free federal electricity procurement,” as opposed to traditional clean energy procurement. The letter points out that such a move aligns with the president’s goal — stated in the E...

Susan Springer, Livermore Did the Tri-Valley Conservancy (TVC) Board of Directors really think anyone would believe they were not endorsing the massive, industrial-solar projects in North Livermore when they contracted with Intersect Power to monitor the destruction of multiple threatened species during the construction and 50-year operation of the Aramis solar power plant? Certainly, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors believed TVC’s support was an endorsement. Two supervisors praised...

Blog PODCAST Blog Blog 15 Mar, 2021 Author Michael Copley With concerns growing about the reliability of the electric grid, investors are increasingly focused on technologies that can help tie together distributed energy resources like this rooftop solar array at an Amazon facility. Source: Amazon Two weeks after a winter storm nearly took down Texas power grid in February, a software company called Uplight Inc. that promises to make the U.S. energy s...

Opposition groups are planning litigation. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors held the 10-hour hearing on March 4, ultimately going forward with the controversial project presented by applicant Intersect Power. The solar development, proposed for agricultural land in North Livermore along Cayetano Creek, is set to cover 350 acres with solar panels and battery storage. The hearing followed the Board of Zoning Adjustments’ (BZA) decision in November to recommend approval of the project....

For his part, Haubert argued Measure D as it is written is problematic. "Its prohibitive, its caused consternation, its not clear on this issue," Haubert said of the legislation. "We have some that say this project complies, some that say it doesnt. I have to say that I rely and appreciate and trust our staff to do the very best that they can do, the very best that can be done." "And so, when they say that this project is eligible for making overriding considerations and when they say that this...

The contentious Aramis Solar Energy Generation and Storage project received unanimous county board approval today. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors held the appeals hearing, March 4, and after a meeting that lasted from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., determined it would go forward with the project by applicant Intersect Power. The project, proposed for agricultural land in North Livermore along Cayetano Creek, will now move forward and cover over 300 acres with solar panels and 5 acres with battery a...

LIVERMORE — The Tri-Valley Conservancy (TVC) penned a recent agreement with Intersect Power, the Aramis Solar Energy Generation and Storage project applicant, to monitor the site should the project gain approval. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors is set to hold an appeals hearing Thursday, March 4, regarding the project proposed for nearly 400 acres in North Livermore, along Cayetano Creek. In a letter to the county, dated Feb. 24, TVC stated it has reached an agreement with Intersec...

San Francisco Chronicle – February 19 California generates an abundance of energy from wind and solar farms, but it loses substantial amounts of that power because it has nowhere to store it. Some experts and legislators say the missing puzzle piece could be hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, which can be used as a zero-emission fuel for power plants, vehicles, and machinery. State Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, is carrying a bill designed to jump-start the movement to ...

First Solar is set to supply up to 2.4 GW of its Series 6 photovoltaic solar modules to seven Intersect Power projects.

, LLC (“Intersect Power”) in one of the largest aggregate orders for the modules to date. Modules supplied under the seven purchase orders will be deployed to seven projects developed by Intersect Power, with deliveries scheduled for 2022 and 2023. As part of the deal, the clean infrastructure company has placed firm orders for approximately 2 GW DC of modules, with options to add almost 400 megawatts (MW) DC, subject to the projects’ final designs. One of the fastest-growing developers o...