Entries from LAist tagged with 'renewableenergy'
August 19, 2008
Southern California Edison has announced that they're adding some new renewable energy to their profile. They'll be installing 303 wind turbines up in Gilliam and Morrow Counties in Oregon that will produce 909 megawatts of wind power and 2 billion kilowatt-hours per year.......
Continue Reading "Edison Announces Wind Power"February 13, 2008
Sunday's Grammy Awards weren't just about honoring the best in music, they were also about supporting environmental awareness and conservancy. And the The Recording Academy® hoped to set the precedent with getting the Grammys to go green. The show itself was produced to have a reduced environmental impact, which, according to their press release, meant that in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) and......
Continue Reading "How the Grammys Got Green"February 2, 2008
On Thursday, a groundbreaking ceremony was held a few miles north of Mojave for the country's largest city-owned windfarm. The Pine Tree Wind Project is Los Angeles' hope for the future of power, supplying 120 megawatts of renewable energy to our city. In fact, Mayor Villaraigosa, who attended the event and who has been working on ways to make energy more green and efficient, says "20 percent of the city's energy will come from renewable......
Continue Reading "Winds of Change A-Blowin': Pine Tree Wind Project"