EMILY AVILES, Ode Magazine, October 26, 2009
Lately, the shores of San Francisco, California have been attracting more than wet-suit clad surfers and their boards.
A site five miles off the city’s western beach is being considered for a new Oceanside Wave Energy project.
Australian energy company BioPower Systems is collaborating with the City of San Francisco to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Northern California’
NOAA Boat Kills Blue Whale Off Mendocino Coast
Posted in Blue Whales, California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, Research, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whales, California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Investigation, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, MLPA, NOAA, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Wh, Whales on October 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dan Bacher, October 23, 2009
Environmentalists and fishermen on California’s North Coast are calling for an independent investigation into the killing of an endangered blue whale off Fort Bragg by a mapping survey boat contracted by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service.
In order to stop the killing of any more whales, locals are also asking for an [...]
25-inch Tsunami on Mendocino Coast
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Tsunami, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Northern California, Tsunami, U.S. on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: When walking Manny, my dog, at Seaside Beach on the Mendocino coast on October 3rd, I noticed evidence from the tsunami in the dramatically high water markings left behind and advised below:
Ukiah Daily Journal, September 29, 2009
A 25-inch tsunami is expected to hit the Mendocino Coast tonight at 8:53 p.m., according to county [...]
The Aftermath of Loss
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, California, Kent State Massacre, Mendocino, National Guardsmen, News, Northern California, Ohio, President Obama, Student Protest, The Aftermath of Loss, U.S., tagged 1970, Alan Canfora, Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Arrest, Arthur Krause, Becoming Galvanized, Bob Johnson, California, Cannabis, Kent State, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, Laurel Krause, Loss, May 4th, Medical Marijuana, Mendocino, National Guard, Nixon, Northern California, Ohio, Ohio National Guard, PTSD, Sixties, The Aftermath of Loss, U.S., Vietnam War on September 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Editor’s Note: The family of Allison Krause seeks and supports the creation of Four Days In May, the Kent State Truth Tribunal, a collaborative, multimedia, sharing event to dialog, document, discover and uncover the truth in the events leading to the killing of four students and wounding of nine at the Kent State Massacre.
Here’s [...]
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Hawaii, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., UK, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Alstom, Australia, California, Canada, Chevron, Concepts ETI, Cost of Wave Energy, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Endesa, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Georgia Tech Research, Hawaii, Humboldt, Lockheed Martin, Northern California, Oceanlinx, OPT, Oregon State University, OTEC, OWC, Pacific Energy Ventures, PCCI, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Re Vision Consulting, Renewable Energy, RWE, SAI, Scotland, Siadar, Siemens, Snohomish PUD, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Verdant, Wave Energy on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
JAMES RICKMAN, Seeking Alpha, June 8, 2009
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. As the world’s largest solar collectors, oceans generate thermal energy from the sun. They also produce mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, the gravitational pull of the moon primarily drives the [...]
Sonoma Funds First AB 811 Loan
Posted in AB 811, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar PV, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, tagged AB 811, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Tax Credits, Funding, Homeowner Funding, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Photovoltaic, Sonoma County, U.S., US Energy Policy on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OurGreenJourney, May 20, 2009
Sonoma County has funded its first clean energy loan secured by a lien on property taxes. As we have posted before, the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program is California’s first county wide energy efficiency financing district, authorized by AB 811.
The loan of $25,500 went to homeowners and paid for a 5 [...]
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
FERC Issues GreenWave Wave Energy Permit
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Northern California, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sonoma County, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts of FRANK HARTZELL’s article, Mendocino Beacon, May 7, 2009
GreenWave Energy Solutions, an “alternative energy startup has been granted a three-year preliminary permit to study wave energy off Mendocino.
It’s locals’ first look at action by a newly recast Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is tasked by the Obama Administration to make a greater push [...]
AB 811 Workshop in Sacramento on April 29th
Posted in California, California Energy Commission, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Event, Funding, News, Northern California, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Small Wind, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged AB 811, ARRA, Caifornia Energy Commission, California, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Funding, Mendocino, Northern California, Renewable Energy on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 26, 2009
The California Energy Commission is conducting a workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Sacramento, to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provisions related to funding for energy projects.
The workshop will focus on Assembly Bill 811 (Levine, Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008) that finances the installation of energy efficiency improvements, [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wave Energy, Wind Energy, PG&E, U.S., FERC, Humboldt, WaveConnect, California, Maine, Hawaii, PowerBuoy, Fishermen, EPRI, Tidal Energy, Verdant, MMS, Minerals Management Service, Environmental Issues, New York, Economic Issues, Renewable Energy, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Offshore Wind, Electricity Generation, DOI, Offshore Renewable Energy, Ocean Renewable Power, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Surfers on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009
Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project.
Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or steady offshore [...]
California AB 811 to Finance Local Renewable Energy?
Posted in California, Carbon Emissions, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., tagged AB 811, California, Funding, Mendocino, Napa, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, U.S. on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
JEFF QUACKENBUSH, North Bay Business Journal, October 6, 2008
Santa Rosa – Sonoma County governments have aggressive goals and strategies for curbing gases blamed for climate change, and they now have a new tool for enticing owners of existing commercial and residential structures into reducing emissions via energy-efficient upgrades.
Several North Bay local governments have put in [...]
Wave Energy Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Edwin Feo, Electricity Generation, Energy East, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera Renewables, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Maurice Hill, MMS, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Palo Alto, Pilot Project Licensing Process, Renewable Energy, Roger Bedard, Socio-Economic Issues, Stanford University, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey, Washington, Wave Energy on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COLIN SULLIVAN, The New York Times, April 14, 2009
Palo Alto — Technology for tapping ocean waves, tides and rivers for electricity is far from commercial viability and lagging well behind wind, solar and other fledgling power sectors, a panel of experts said last week during a forum here on climate change and marine ecosystems.
While the [...]
Finavera Sinks their own Wave Energy Projects
Posted in BC, British Columbia, CPUS, California, Canada, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Energy Research, Eureka, FERC, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, CPUC, DOI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Makah, MMS, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, Wave Farm, Wind Energy on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: Feb 09, 2009 – Not only has Finavera surrendered their Makah Bay license noted below, they also announced surrendering the Humboldt County, California Preliminary Permit to explore wave energy:
“Finavera Renewables has filed applications to surrender its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission license for the Makah Bay Wave Energy Pilot Project in Washington and the [...]
Lockheed, OPT Going for Wave Energy in the West
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Iberdrola, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Converter, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 31, 2009
On January 26, 2009, Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies agreed to work together to develop a commercial-scale wave energy project off the coasts of Oregon or California.
OPT is providing their expertise in project and site development as they build the plant’s power take-off and control systems with their PowerBuoy for electricity [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC.
Here’s the excellent [...]
Ken Salazar, New Interior Secretary, Voices Openness to Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Improper Practices, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, President Obama, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Oil Shale, President Obama, Secretary Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STEPHEN POWER, The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2009
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar indicated Tuesday that the Obama Administration could be open to expanded offshore drilling and is considering doing away with a controversial program that allows oil companies to pay in kind for oil and natural gas taken from public lands.
Salazar inherited a Bush Administration [...]
Offshore Oil Drilling on the North Coast of California?
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Comment Period, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Rulemaking, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let Your Voice Be Heard by March 23, 2009
by MendoCoastCurrent and pointarenabasin
Beginning January 22, 2009 and ending on March 23, 2009, a 60-day Public Comment Period opened regarding new offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in the pristine waters off northern California.
And while this is a multi-step process and before things are cast in stone, NOW [...]
Bush Seeks Drilling Off California Coast in Final Days
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Bush, President Obama, Richard Charter, Senator Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., U.S. Energy Secretary, US Energy Policy on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JANE KAY, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009
The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush’s final days in office, proposed on Friday opening up 130 million acres off of California’s coast to drilling for oil and natural gas, including areas off Humboldt and Mendocino counties and from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego.
After a [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, et [...]
Mendo Coast Current Sees RED
Posted in News, tagged California, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, President-elect Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Today at the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site, I shared this:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, [...]
PG&E, FERC Brief Fort Bragg on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, California Coastal Commission, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann Miles, California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Tom Luster, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL’s article with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 15, 2009
After nearly two years of local pleas for specifics on the WaveConnect project, PG&E representatives surprised Fort Bragg and Mendocino County representatives with many new details.
Those included the promise by PG&E that all environmental studies would be public, not private information. In the recent past, PG&E had [...]
Legislators Push Ban on California Coast Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Del Norte, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Mike Thompson, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBS 5 with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 8, 2009
New legislation may prevent oil drilling off the California coast in Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
Growing concern about the nation’s reliance on foreign oil has led to rekindled enthusiasm in some quarters for coastal oil drilling, and renewed efforts to protect the Northern California coast.
Two bills [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Joseph T. Kelliher, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Rhode Island, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement:
Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse myself from [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
Competition to Climate Proof California Bay Area
Posted in Bay Area, California, Climate Change, Funding, Issue, News, Northern California, Research, U.S., tagged Bay Area, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, California, Climate Change, Competition, Environmental Issues, Funding, Northern California, U.S. on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN KING, The San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2008
The impacts of climate change are a hot topic among scientists and environmental activists. Now the Bay Conservation and Development Commission wants to hear from another perspective: the design community.
The state agency is preparing to launch a $125,000 competition that will invite architects, planners and engineers to bring innovative proposals [...]
California SB7 Encourages Small Solar
Posted in California, News, Renewable Energy, Small Solar, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Northern California, Renewable Energy, SB7, Senator Patricia Wiggins, Small Solar, Solar Credits, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., US Energy Policy on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Redwood Times, December 17, 2008
California State Senator Patricia Wiggins has introduced new legislation to encourage more production of solar power by compensating smaller producers for all of the solar power that they generate.
Currently, residential electric customers can participate in the state’s solar program, known as the California Solar Initiative, and receive subsidies for the installation [...]
GreenWave Granted Wave Energy Permit in Mendocino
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, Pelamis, PG&E, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power [...]
Artificial Muscle Wave Technology Tested in California
Posted in California, Hydrokinetic Energy, Japan, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Artificial Muscle, California, EPAM, Hyper Drive, Japan, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Research, Santa Cruz, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurent, December 9, 2008
SRI International, an independent, nonprofit research and development organization, demonstrated and tested a buoy-mounted, wave powered generator in the ocean near Santa Cruz, Calif. This demonstration was part of a program sponsored by HYPER DRIVE Corporation, a Japanese company focused on the development of wave powered generators around the world. The generator [...]
SRI Tests Wave ‘Artificial Muscle’ Off Santa Cruz
Posted in Bay Area, Hydrokinetic Energy, Japan, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, EPAM, Hyper Drive, Japan, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Santa Cruz, SRI, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JESSICA LUSSENHOP, Santa Cruz Sentinel, December 9, 2008
“I hope I don’t get seasick,” says a Japanese translator as she and several visitors from the Tokyo-based company Hyper Drive prepare to board Velocity, a 60-foot Stagnaro whale-watching boat, to see the newest model of the company’s ocean wave-powered generator—which is at this very moment bouncing around in [...]
EnXco Secures Wind Turbine Funding for Shiloh II
Posted in Bay Area, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Bay Area, California, EDF Energies Nouvelles, Electricity Generation, EnXco, Funding, Northern California, PG&E, Renewable Energy, REpower, Shiloh II, Solano County, Tristan Grimbert, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SolanoCountyBusinessNews.com, November 27, 2008
Escondido-based EnXco, a subsidaiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Co., recently announced that it has closed on the project financing for the Shiloh II Wind Energy Project under construction in the Montezuma Hills area of Solano County, California.
Lenders to the projects are Nord/LB as lead administrative agent, Dexia and Credit Industriel et Commercial; [...]
PG&E Adds 103MW Wind Energy Project to Portfolio
Posted in California, News, U.S., Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged Babcock & Brown, California, Central California, Hatchet Ridge Wind, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy, Wind Farm on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 21, 2008
San Francisco — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Hatchet Ridge Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Babcock & Brown, to purchase up to 103 megawatts (MW) of wind energy. The project will generate up to 303 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy annually. This [...]
Frank Hartzell’s Coverage of Mendocino Wave Energy Wins Awards
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California Wave Energy, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Frank Hartzell, Ground Zero, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 9, 2008
MendoCoastCurrent applauds Frank Hartzell’s reporting in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and the Mendocino Beacon, and in winning reporting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest for work published in 2007. The awards were recently announced at CNPA’s annual awards luncheon in late October 2008.
Reporter Frank Hartzell’s on-going, in-depth and [...]
California Rejects PG&E Contract for Wave Energy
Posted in California, Economic Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Eureka, Finavera, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2008
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected a Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy, saying the utility was going to pay too much for a technology that’s still largely experimental.
Last December, PG&E said it would be the first utility in the nation to get energy from [...]
Mendocino County Granted FERC Role as FERC Asserts Position in Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Eureka, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claimed that it has jurisdiction over hydroelectric projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), pointing to laws that define its role.
FERC addressed the jurisdictional question, raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Service (MMS), in the context of a rehearing order on [...]
PG&E Awarded $1.2M by DOE for Mendocino & Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, September 18, 2008
PG&E “expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to study wave energy off Fort Bragg and Eureka” and is seeking “the new money earlier this summer to move its local wave energy study under a Federal [...]
Mendocino Wildfire Smoke May Have Tainted Wine Grapes
Posted in California, Mendocino, News, tagged California, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, Mendocino Winegrowers, Northern California, Smoke-tainted wines on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KEVIN McCALLUM, The Press Democrat, September 19, 2008
Three months after smoke from wildfires carpeted California’s vineyards, some winemakers in the thick of harvest are reporting grapes giving off unusual odors that may be signs of smoke taint.
Smoke from wildfires makes the sun look red as it sets over a vineyard off Geysers Road in June.
While [...]
PG&E Dumps MMS Wave Energy Involvement & Mendocino County Sues FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, September 4, 2008
PG&E decided last week not to be the national test case for the Minerals Management Service’s wave energy program.
Just two weeks earlier, the utility officially filed paperwork to pursue those same far offshore wave energy leases. None of the filings have yet been provided [...]
Mendocino Coast Wave Energy Plans Continue to Raise Concerns
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Jim Martin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MADDALENA JACKSON with MendoCoastCurrent edit, The Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2008
Oil companies, some politicians and commuters paying $4 for a gallon of gas might look at California’s coast and think of crude oil pooled below the sea floor.
California’s North Coast, however, holds promise of another energy bounty.
In less time than it would take to fire [...]
Feds Press Congress to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Schwarzenegger, U.S. Congress, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2008
The U.S. Interior Department ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to open more of the country’s coastline to offshore oil drilling, a move petroleum companies have sought for decades.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said his department will lay the groundwork for selling undersea oil-drilling leases on [...]
MMS Now Driving Wave Energy on Northern California Coast
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Marine Sciences, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, Village Green/SFGate.com, July 23, 2008
Drilling for undersea oil along the east and west coasts has quickly turned into one of America’s loudest political fights, as anyone reading the comments on SFGate can attest. But it’s not the Bush administration’s only plan for offshore energy.
For the past few years, the administration has been [...]
FERC Extends Time to Consider Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publishers Note: In early August 2008, FERC Denied Rehearing the Mendocino Coast related to the following post. This is one in a series of actions that Federal Government has taken to obstruct community involvement and begin the necessary dialog on environmental concerns.
MendoCoastCurrent, July 21, 2008
An alliance of Northern California coast commercial and recreational [...]
Although Mendocino Wildfire Contained, Still Weeks of Mop-Up & Patrol Ahead
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., tagged 100% Containment, California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Thanks to Firefighters, Wave Energy Blogger, Wildfires on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 19, 2008, 6:30 pm
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 54,817 acres
Containment: 100% contained
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence and 1 outbuilding
Injuries: 47
Evacuations: All Evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently open
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation [...]
California Forest Service’s New Let It Burn Policy
Posted in California, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged Air Pollution, California, California Forest Service, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Wildfires, Natural Burns, Northern California, Prescribed Burns, Reintroducing Fire, Smoke, Smoke Forecasts, Wildfires on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CHRIS BOWMAN, Sacramento Bee, July 18, 2008
If every cloud has a silver lining, what good can be said of the big brown dome of wildfire smoke that capped much of California these past few weeks? Plenty, say ecologists who study the effects of fire on the landscape.
While the siege of lightning-sparked fires continues to inundate [...]
Mendocino Wildfire 100% Contained
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged 100% Containment, California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wave Energy Blogger, Wildfires, Wildfires Contained on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 18, 2008, 7:00 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 100% contained
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence and 1 outbuilding
Injuries: 46
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently open
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation Centers have [...]
Mendocino Wildfire Winding Down, Now 95% Contained
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 17, 2008, 6:30 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 95% contained
Expected Containment: July 17, 2008
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 Residence and 1 Outbuilding
Injuries: 45
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently [...]
Mendocino Wildfire Advances to 90% Containment
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 15, 2008, 10:30 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 90% contained
Expected Containment: July 16, 2008
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 43
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All Evacuations have been lifted
At 10 a.m. on 7/13 the evacuation warning for the community [...]
85% Containment in Mendocino Wildfire
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent: July 14, 2008, 6:00 pm
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 85% contained
Expected Containment: July 16, 2008
Structures Threatened: 30 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 43
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
At 6 p.m. on 7/14 the following evacuation warnings have been [...]
Mendocino Wildfire Tamed to 65% Containment
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 11, 2008, 7:00 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 52,290
Containment: 65% contained
Structures Threatened: 335 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 38 minor injuries
Fatalities: 1
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect for:
Community of Rockport
Red Mountain Road – From the intersection of Red Mountain Road and Bell [...]
Blackhawks Aid Mendocino Fire Fight
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Wildfires on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BEN BROWN, The Daily Journal, July 9, 2008
Among the 18 aircraft currently being used to fight fires in Mendocino County are two Blackhawk helicopters on loan from the military.
Cal Fire spokeswoman Tracy Boudreaux said the two helicopters have been outfitted with buckets and are being used like any other helitack helicopter for water drops and [...]
Mendocino Wildfires Containment Grows to 60%
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008, 7:00 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 51,200
Containment: 60% contained
Structures Threatened: 335 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 34 minor injuries
Fatalities: 1
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation Centers have been placed on standby
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect for:
Community of Rockport
Red Mountain Road [...]
Heat Big Risk for Mendocino Fire Crews
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Heat Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Wildfires on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PAUL PAYNE, The Press Democrat, July 8, 2008
An army of firefighters in Mendocino County today continued their almost 3-week-old battle and braced for expected extreme temperatures.
“Our biggest concern now is the heat,” said Frank Kemper, a Cal Fire spokesman.
Temperatures in the Ukiah Valley are projected to reach 113 degrees, part of a heat wave sweeping [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Comments, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, North Coast, Northern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please Take Action By MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 before 2:00 pm!
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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