Day: November 21, 2011

Overpriced California Solar Project?

Calif. Consumer Advocate Division Decries CPUC Approval of “Overpriced” CSP Project POWERnews The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC’s) approval on Thursday of Abengoa Solar’s 250-MW Mojave Solar concentrating solar power (CSP) parabolic trough facility in San Bernardino County—the second “overpriced…

Grid Response to Sudden Loss of Supply or Demand

Electric systems respond quickly to the sudden loss of supply or demand Today in Energy        U.S. Energy Information Administration A large region of electric systems, called the Western Interconnection, responded to the San Diego blackout on September 8 in…