Solar San Diego

The Future of Solar Cells

ZDNet has a report about the future of solar cells, discusses an innovation at Stanford University.  

SDGE is Opening a New Center to Educate on Green Tech and Energy Efficiency

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDGE) recently announced that it's opening up an education center on green technology and energy efficiency in Clairemont, a neighborhood of San Diego.  The center will demonstrate energy efficient food service equipment, commercial lighting, "smart homes" complete with an electric vehicle charging station and will have a meeting space, vehicle charging stations, a resource library, drought resistant garden and be powered by solar energy.  Read the press release here.  

San Diego Gas & Electric is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) 

 

Welcome to Solar San Diego

Welcome to the re-tweaked Solar San Diego.  This blog is now part of Sustainable Environment Advocates.  As such, it is my platform to advocate for the adoption of solar and renewable energy in San Diego County and beyond.  Welcome and I hope you enjoy the ride on warm beams of sunshine.    

Fortune Mag: Grean Energy Makes Money

"Venture investment in energy technology firms reached new highs this year, more than tripling the investment recorded for 2005, according to data released Wednesday by Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association." states an article in Fortune Small Business.

Clean Energy Gold Rush North of the Border

Straight.com has an article about investment in clean energy companies north of the border in British Columbia. Read the article here.

Tech Companies that Could Change The World

From the Red Herring comes a story about the World Economic Forum naming "startup technology companies that the international organization said have demonstrated visionary leadership and proven technology that could change business and society." See the World Economic Forum list here.

Mr. Hand Gets Into Renewable Energy in Vermont

It's a good time in American History for Renewables, Mr. Hand.

Mr. Hand is making a difference and this Mr. Hand wasn't even born when the one with his back to us in the picture above (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High) became known to us all.  The Bennington Banner, a bastion of the first amendment from out of the Green Mountain State, has a story about a local young Vermonter, Thomas Hand, who is walking the talk when it comes to renewable and clean energy.

DORSET [VT]— A local energy crusader has taken his passion for renewable energy to the national level while still maintaining connections to his home community.

"...Thomas Hand of Dorset, a recent graduate of Middlebury College, has joined the staff of NativeEnergy, a Charlotte-based nonprofit that works with Native American and Alaska Native villages, as well as individual clients, to create projects that will have sustainable economic benefits for those populations. Most recently, Hand, 22, helped manage a project with his alma mater's ski team to help them go carbon-neutral. He's also helped lead the family business, Hand Motors in Manchester, to the cutting edge of renewable energy use.

Hand's interest in sustainability and environmental issues has a long history. While still a student at Middlebury, he worked on numerous energy efficiency initiatives. The most successful and well-known of these was Project BioBus...."

Read about what this youg man is doing to help the environment and promote clean renewable energy here.