For more than 12 years, efforts have been underway to obtain approval for a trash-to-energy facility. Meanwhile landfills are reaching capacity, and disposal costs are increasing. Yet environmentalists continue to block the project out of fear of air quality impacts and a concern that trash-to-energy...
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Today, Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP) released the California Climate Declaration at the Climate Leadership Conference in San Diego, CA. Over 140 California-based companies have joined the Climate Declaration, including Apple, SolarCity, San Diego International Airport, Sungevity, and Sapphire Energy announced today. Read the press...
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On Feb. 23, CleanTECH San Diego hosted the first official side event of the Climate Leadership Conference, a “Smart City Infrastructure” Presentation & Demonstration Tour at the new San Diego Central Library downtown. Local CleanTECH San Diego members joined attendees of the Climate Leadership Conference from across the...
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Today representatives from the California Energy Commission held a hands-on training in San Diego with regional school districts to help implement the California Clean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39), which allocated $381 million to K-12 schools for projects that reduce energy consumption. San Diego’s school districts have...
Read MoreCleanTECH San Diego hosts California Energy Commission’s first field workshop in Southern California SAN DIEGO, CA, February 20, 2014 – Today representatives from the California Energy Commission will hold a hands-on training in San Diego with regional school districts to help implement the California Clean Energy Jobs Act...
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Feb. 19-20, Cleantech San Diego, OSIsoft, Qualcomm, Downtown San Diego Partnership, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), and the Port of San Diego, visited Microsoft Headquarters in Seattle, Wash. for a two-day meeting to discuss "The City as a System" project. Smart City San Diego launched...
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On Feb. 18, CleanTECH San Diego hosted a roundtable discussion at Harper Construction featuring Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dennis McGinn. At the meeting were a 18 CleanTECH San Diego members -- a cross-section of regional industry leaders -- who shared their cleantech strengths and interests with...
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On Feb. 13, CleanTECH San Diego's Capital and Resources Committee held its quarterly SCRUB event featuring presentations from three early-stage cleantech companies seeking business guidance and opportunities for networking within the San Diego cleantech community. This quarter's SCRUB presenters included: Measurabl: Measurabl provides software that lowers the cost and complexity...
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NRG eVgo, a subsidiary of CleanTECH San Diego member company NRG Energy, opened the first Freedom Station® in the City of Carlsbad on Feb. 4, 2014. The Freedom Station, located at the Carlsbad Premium Outlets®, features a 480-volt direct current (DC) fast charger that enables...
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On Feb. 5, CleanTECH San Diego partnered with The San Diego Foundation, Procopio, Climate Resolve, and Climate Action Reserve to present "California's Cap-and-Trade: A One Year Assessment." Guests heard from California Air Resources Board Executive Officer Richard Corey and County Supervisor Ron Roberts, as well as regional climate science and business...
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