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'거대한 기업': 캘리포니아의 해상 풍력 발전소는 빠른 속도로 발전하고 있습니다.

Ocean wind farms are essential to electrify California's grid with 100% clean energy. But they’re a giant, costly experiment — no one knows how hundreds of towering turbines will transform the remote North Coast.

에 의해 줄리 카트 • 10월 16, 2023

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‘Another attempt to industrialize the coast’: California’s Central Coast residents try to halt offshore wind

Massive ocean wind farms off Morro Bay and Santa Barbara County — which could transform these quiet coastal towns and affect marine life — face a turbulent path.

에 의해 줄리 카트 • 10월 16, 2023

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Will California’s experiment in wind power work?

From CalMatters environment reporter Julie Cart:  Ocean waters off California’s coast are being prepared to host a massive experiment, floating beyond the continental shelf: Platforms with giant turbines and spinning rotors will capture the Pacific Ocean’s prodigious wind energy. Hundreds of square miles of the ocean about 20 miles off the coasts of Humboldt County […]

에 의해 린 라 • 10월 16, 2023

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As rooftop solar debate flares, builders, landlords and renter advocates are taking sides

The California Public Utilities Commission is considering a rule that would gut the payments that solar panels on apartment buildings receive. Why are so many housing groups mad about it?

에 의해 벤 크리스토퍼 • 10월 6, 2023

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Dianne Feinstein remembered as political icon, but also with personal stories

A California political who’s who gathered Thursday to honor Sen. Dianne Feinstein, whose unexpected death last week could reshape next year’s election. Members of Congress — including Reps. Barbara Lee and Adam Schiff, who are running to succeed Feinstein — flew from Washington, D.C., with Vice President Kamala Harris on Air Force Two to be […]

에 의해 린 라 • 10월 6, 2023

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세계 최대의 댐 철거가 시작되었습니다. 댐이 막힌 클래머스 강이 마침내 구원을 찾을 수 있을까요?

As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds. “Once a river is dammed, is it damned forever?” experts ask.

에 의해 레이첼 베커 • 8월 31, 2023

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California is addicted to Aliso Canyon natural gas. New power lines could break the habit

California continues to rely on Aliso Canyon's natural gas to stabilize the power grid. Utility regulators should instead be looking to transmission line projects that link Southern California to planned solar and wind farms, helping reduce the state's dependence on gas.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 31, 2023

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California needs every transportation option to meet climate goals – including hydrogen

California's lack of hydrogen fuel infrastructure is restricting its ability to become a legitimate alternative, and the state needs every transportation option to meet its climate goals, argues a hydrogen vehicle owner

By Gregg Fishman • 8월 25, 2023

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Risks for adding hydrogen energy to California gas systems are not worth the limited reward

Hydrogen is touted as a solution for helping address California's energy and climate crises. However, a hydrogen economy would involve serious risks, and may not actually help the climate.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 8월 25, 2023

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Hardly anyone owns a hydrogen car. California may pay up to $300 million for fuel stations anyway

With only 12,000 hydrogen cars on the road, and just two models for sale, California lawmakers are debating how much state money should support them.

에 의해 알레한드로 라조 • 8월 18, 2023