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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 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad — of using the Federal government...

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 the project, believing it had the stamp of approval from the TVC. Moreover, in a letter to the supe...

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 system more resilient vaulted to unicorn status with a new round of funding valuing the firm at $1.5...

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. Three project opponents — Save North Livermore Valley (SNLV), Friends of Livermore, and Friend...

For his part, Haubert argued Measure D as it is written is problematic. "It's prohibitive, it's caused consternation, it's not clear on this issue," Haubert said of the legislation. "We have some that say this project complies, some that say it doesn't. 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 project meets the legality of Measure D -- and reliant upon my colleagues here, again -- it's c...