CASSANDRA SWEET, Dow Jones Newswires, November 20, 2009
California regulators have proposed approving a long-term contract between PG&E and Solaren, developers of a speculative technology that would beam 200 megawatts of solar power to earth from outer space.
Under the 15-year contract, Solaren Corp., of Manhattan Beach, Calif., would ship 850 gigawatt-hours of solar power a year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘PG&E’
California CPUC Considering PG&E’s Space Solar Energy Project
Posted in CPUC, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Southern California, Space Solar Energy, U.S., tagged California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solaren, Space, Space Energy, Space Solar Energy, U.S. on November 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ocean Energy Moving Toward Commercialization
Posted in EPRI, Europe, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy, tagged BP, Chevron, EPRI, Europe, Lockheed Marting, Marine Renewables, Ocean Current, Ocean Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Renewable Energy, River Hydrokinetics, Scottish Power, Shell, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, Wave Energy on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER ASMUS, Pike Research, June 17, 2009
The earth is the water planet, so it should come as no great surprise that forms of water power have been one of the world’s most popular “renewable” energy sources. Yet the largest water power source of all – the ocean that covers three-quarters of earth – has [...]
NextLight Inks Solar Energy Deal with PG&E
Posted in Arizona, Bay Area, CPUC, California, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Funding, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Power Plant, Solar Thermal, Southern California, U.S., tagged Agua Caliente, Antelope Valley, Arizona, AV Solar Ranch, California, Energy Capital Partners, First Solar, Frank De Rosa, Funding, NextLight, NextLight Renewable Power, OptiSolar, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Panels, Solar Power Plant, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Southern California, SunEdison, SunPower, U.S. on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UCILLA WANG, The Greentech Innovations Report, June 9, 2009
When Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced a deal to buy solar power from a proposed 230-megawatt project last Friday, it shone a spotlight on a two-year-old company with a different business model than many startups who have inked similar deals with the utility.
The deal also raised [...]
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 [...]
OPT Leaving California for Oregon Wave Energy
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Oregon, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Wave Energy, California Wave Energy Partners, Cape Mendocino, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Humboldt, MMS, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OCS, OCS Renewable Energy, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, WaveConnect on June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Mendocino Beacon, June 4, 2009
Ocean Power Technologies’ subsidiary California Wave Energy Partners in it’s “wave energy project proposed off Cape Mendocino has surrendered its Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) preliminary permit, making two major companies that have abandoned the area in the past two weeks.
The moves come at [...]
BrightSource, PG&E Strike Up Largest Solar Deal Ever
Posted in Arizona, California, Electricity Generation, Funding, Israel, Nevada, News, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar Thermal, U.S., tagged Arizona, Arnold Goldman, BrightSource, California, Funding, Ivanpah, Nevada, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S. on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
TRACY SEIPEL, MercuryNews.com, May 15, 2009
Declaring it a record total, PG&E on Wednesday announced an expansion of solar-power contracts with Oakland’s BrightSource Energy for a total of 1,310 megawatts of electricity — enough to power 530,000 California homes.
The power purchase agreements, which will now include seven power plants, add to a previous contract the two [...]
PG&E Cancels Mendocino WaveConnect Project
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Wave Energy, Fort Bragg, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, U.S., FERC, Humboldt, WaveConnect, California, Mendocino County, FISH, Wave Energy Pilot License, Mendocino Wave Energy, FERC Pilot Permit License, Renewable Energy, US Energy Policy, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Mendocino WaveConnect, Humboldt WaveConnect, Humboldt Wave Energy on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On June 9, 2009, PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a petition to release the Mendocino WaveConnect preliminary permit.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 11, 2009
In early May 2009, PG&E’s WaveConnect team decided to cancel the Mendocino WaveConnect project because the Noyo Harbor didn’t pass muster and was deemed insufficient in several engineering aspects, [...]
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 [...]
PG&E Exploring Space Solar Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Southern California, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Gary Spirnak, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Array, Solar Energy, Solaren, Southern California, Space, Space Energy, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 17, 2009
San Francisco – PG&E has begun exploring renewable energy from space as it seeks approval from California state regulators, the CPUC, to purchase power from Solaren Corporation offering 200 megawatts over 15 years.
Solaren’s technology uses solar panels in Earth orbit, converting the energy to radio frequency for transmission to an Earth-based receiving station. The [...]
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 | Leave a 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 [...]
Silicon Valley Looks Forward to Obama Stimulus Plan
Posted in Bay Area, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Economic Issues, Green Recovery, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, Wind Energy, tagged Agilewaves, California, Economic Stimulus Plan, eMeter, EnerNOC, Obama, PG&E, Power Infrastructure, President Obama, Project Frog, Renewable Energy, Serious Materials, Silicon Valley, Silver Spring Networks, Smart Grid, Solar City, Solar Energy, SunPower, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Power Grid, US Energy Policy, Weatherization, Wind Energy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SCOTT DUKE HARRIS and MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, January 27, 2009
As President Barack Obama and Congress hammer out an economic stimulus package expected to be in the $825 billion range, Silicon Valley clean tech leaders are heartened by an energy agenda that starts with an emphasis on “smart grid” technologies that encourage energy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
PG&E Signs Solar PV Contract with El Dorado Energy
Posted in California, Nevada, News, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S., tagged California, El Dorado Energy, Nevada, PG&E, Sempra Generation, Solar Energy, Solar PV, U.S. on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, December 22, 2008
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has entered into a long-term agreement with El Dorado Energy, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sempra Generation, to purchase 10 megawatts of renewable, photovoltaic solar energy from Sempra Generation’s new El Dorado Energy Solar facility in Nevada.
“Solar energy is a reliable and [...]
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 [...]
U.S. Wave Energy Begins in Rough Waters
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Energy Commission, CPUC, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Jobs, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Ocean Protection Council, PG&E, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, December 15, 2008
A white paper commissioned by the state of California says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
The report for the California Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council looked at the possible socio-economic and environmental effects of the infant industry, including what it might mean for [...]
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 [...]
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 MendoCoastCurrent, Wind Energy, PG&E, U.S., California, Northern California, Wind Farm, Hatchet Ridge Wind, Babcock & Brown, Central California, Wave Energy Blogger 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 [...]
Concerns Emerge About Environmental Effects of Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Applied Physics Lab, California, EMF, Environmental Issues, FERC, Finavera, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Makah, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, PG&E, Puget Sound, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHELLE MA, Seattle Times, November 17, 2008
What started out as a mad dash to extract energy from the ocean’s waves and tides has slowed to a marathoner’s pace — complete with a few water breaks and sprained ankles along the way.
In the past three years, more than 100 preliminary permits have been issued nationally for [...]
Finavera Plans US $1M Private Placement
Posted in CPUC, California, Economic Issues, Funding, Humboldt, News, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged BC, California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, November 10, 2008
Finavera Renewables Inc. has announced that it plans to raise US $1,002,000 through a non-brokered private placement of 20,040,000 units at a price of $0.05 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant, with each full warrant exercisable at $0.10 for 12 months from [...]
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 [...]
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New York, News, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, General Electric, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, September 23, 2008
For years, technological visionaries have painted a seductive vision of using ocean tides and waves to produce power. They foresee large installations off the coast and in tidal estuaries that could provide as much as 10% of the nation’s electricity.
But the technical difficulties of making such systems [...]
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 [...]
Fort Bragg Sues FERC Over Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Coastal Zone Management Act, Environmental Issues, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Oregon, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 9, 2008
Fort Bragg, California City Council has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Concerns escalated last August when FERC denied Fort Bragg’s second request for a rehearing on FERC’s national licensing policies for wave energy or hydrokinetic energy projects. The community stakeholders, [...]
Making Wave Energy on Sonoma & Marin Coasts?
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GABE MELINE, Bohemia.com, September 3, 2008
While presidential candidates call for alternative forms of energy and “sustainable” is the word of the year, the idea of ocean-wave buoys along the Sonoma and Marin coast continues to attract attention as a potentially viable form of energy.
Though no firm proposal is in place, the wheels have been turning [...]
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 [...]
US Wave Energy Having Temporary Setbacks
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, Finavera, Makah, MMS, OCS, OPT, Oregon, PG&E, Scotland, U.S., Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Platts/McGraw-Hill, August 2008
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) is looking to generate power from Scottish waters as well. Nasdaq-listed OPT reported July 28 that it had signed a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Center (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. OPT can, under the berth agreement, deploy and operate its unit as well as hook [...]
Northern California Wave Energy Authorization Inches Forward
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Fishermen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Lease Program, NEPA, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, July 24, 2008
The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has cleared another hurdle toward developing wave energy projects off the Humboldt and Mendocino county coasts.
Recently the U.S. Minerals Management Service announced that it would go forward with analyzing limited leases for alternative energy projects on the outer continental shelf. It follows a [...]
Finavera Renewables Updates at Mid-2008
Posted in BC, British Columbia, California, Canada, Environmental Issues, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, Patents, Research, U.S., Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged British Columbia, California, Canada, Finavera, Funding, Humboldt, Ireland, Oregon, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 27, 2008
Finavera Renewables CEO Jason Bak provides this overview of 2008 activities to date and an outlook for the remainder of the year.
“The first half of 2008 has been an exciting period for Finavera Renewables,” commented CEO Jason Bak. “Our strategy [in] wind projects is to develop an approximate one gigawatt pipeline with [...]
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 [...]
California Unveils Draft Carbon Cap and Trade Plan
Posted in California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, Climate Change, Economic Issues, Kyoto Protocol, McCain, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., tagged California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, Chevron, Climate Change, ConocoPhillips, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Kyoto Protocol, McCain, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LAURA MANDARO, MarketWatch, June 26, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO – California released a draft plan on Thursday to reduce the state’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by nearly one-third, in part by creating a cap and trade program that could serve as a blueprint for a national carbon emissions market.
The 77-page “climate change draft scoping plan” lays out [...]
FERC Rejects Fort Bragg, FISH & Mendocino Requests for Rehearing
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Wave Energy, tagged Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: This May 21, 2008 FERC ruling rejects requests of FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County and local stakeholders’ to rehear their right to participate in this wave energy development project. It is noted since onset of the Mendocino wave energy agenda, FERC and PG&E continue to swiftly move toward their goals [...]
The Coming Wave
Posted in California, Funding, Germany, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Portugal, Scotland, U.S., United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Aquamarine Power, AWS, Climate Change, Cornwall, Finavera, Funding, Germany, Iberdrola, OPT, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Scotland, Slater's Duck, UK, Voith Siemens Hydro, Wave Energy, Wave Hub, Wavegen on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Economist, June 5, 2008
You only have to look at waves pounding a beach, inexorably wearing cliffs into rubble and pounding stones into sand, to appreciate the power of the ocean. As soaring oil prices and concern over climate change give added urgency to the search for new, renewable sources of energy, the sea is [...]
Harnessing Energy from the Oceans
Posted in Australia, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ireland, Issue, News, Nova Scotia, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Stream, U.S., United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, Clean Current PowerSystems, Cornwall, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Lunar Energy, Marine Current Turbines, Marine Energy, Ocean Current Turbine, Ocean Energy, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, Wales, Wave Energy on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GLOBE-NET NEWS, May 29, 2008
Forever moving – our restless oceans have enough energy to power the world. As long as the Earth turns and the moon keeps its appointed cycle, the oceans will absorb and dissipate vast amounts of kinetic energy – a renewable energy resource of enormous potential. But harnessing this resource has proven [...]
Mendocino Responds to PG&E on Wave Energy Project
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Licensing, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rehearing, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC rejected the Requests for Rehearing from Fort Bragg, Mendocino County & FISH. The article below was written before that decision was handed down.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 6, 2008
On May 5, 2008, Mendocino County filed their response to PG&E’s comments related to Mendocino County’s Request for Rehearing on the Wave [...]
PG&E Chief’s Green Crusade
Posted in California, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Plug-in Hybrids, Wave Energy, tagged Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Plug-in Hybrids, Wave Energy on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From Green Wombat, May 1, 2008
“Years ago we came to the conclusion that global warming was a problem, it was an urgent problem and the need for action is now. The problem appears to be worse and more imminent today, and the need to take action sooner and take more significant action is greater than [...]
CPUC Offers Only Partial Funding to PG&E Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, ERRP, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Intellectual Property, Mendocino Moratorium, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Conversion, WEC on May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April 29, 2008 – CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION’S DRAFT INTERIM OPINION AUTHORIZING EMERGING RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROGRAMS
Excerpts of CPUC Decisions RE PG&E Wave Energy Conversion Project Funding
Summary — Today’s decision authorizes Emerging Renewable Resource Programs (ERRP) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) (Joint Applicants). The adopted ERRP [...]
FERC Grants Rehearings in Mendocino & Humboldt Coast PG&E Wave Energy Projects
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC Rejected Mendocino’s Request for Rehearing so the granting of the Rehearing was short-lived and only because FERC required more time to consider the rehearing further. Interesting that FERC doesn’t suffer from ‘out of time’ issues!
MendoCoastCurrent, May 1, 2008
Learned today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted [...]
On the Mendocino Coast, PG&E Surfs Every Angle of Wave Energy
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC Licensing, FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 24, 2008
Since late 2007 PG&E has dispatched government relations and program managers to broadcast their pledge and intention to work with Mendocino County Supervisors, Fort Bragg Councilpersons, FISH (Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics) and Concerned Coastal Residents as they move swiftly to explore wave energy development off the Mendocino Coast. Based on current [...]
Minerals Management Service Nomination on April 18, 2008
Posted in California, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Nomination, OCS, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MMS nominated both Humboldt and Mendocino lease areas last Friday. See following for full details, emphasis added.
Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service – Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0020
Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and [...]
FISH Files FERC Request for Rehearing to Intervene
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
April 1, 2008
Interesting reading…A Request for Rehearing has been filed related to FERC’s Denial of FISH’s Motions to Intervene in PG&E’s Mendocino and Humboldt Wave Energy Projects (read Filing : fish-request-for-rehearing.pdf).
FISH, Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics, has become a steering committee led by Mendocino coast locals, John Innes and Jim Martin, as Co-Coordinators and Elizabeth [...]
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March
Posted in California, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, FERC, FERC Rehearing, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Moratorium, Moratorium, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March held on March 29, 2008 to voice public concerns about the recent issuance of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Preliminary Permit to PG&E off the Mendocino Coast, Fort Bragg, California. The three-year permit allows for deployment of eight to 200 wave energy devices as early [...]
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March Recap
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Rhode Island, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, Fort Bragg, Mendocino Moratorium, MendoCoastCurrent, Moratorium, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Fort Bragg, California on the Mendocino Coast, March 29, 2008 from 11-NOON
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March
THE FACTS:
PG&E’s Wave Energy Preliminary Permit was Approved & Issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on March 13, 2008.
FERC DENIED The City of Fort Bragg, FISH and the County of Mendocino Motions to Intervene in Mendocino’s Wave [...]
It Came From the Sea–Renewable Energy, That Is
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, New York, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, United Kingdom, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged Aguçadoura, E.On, East River Project, FERC, Finavera, Humboldt, Makah, Mendocino, New York, Pelamis, Pelamis Wave Power, PG&E, Tidal Turbines, Verdant, Wave Energy on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LARRY GREENEMEIER, Scientific American, March 10, 2008
Thirty feet (nine meters) below Manhattan’s East River, next to Roosevelt Island, six turbines—each 16 feet (five meters) in diameter, churning at a peak rate of 32 revolutions per minute—stand at attention on the riverbed. The turbines—which belong to New York City-based Verdant Power, Inc., —are built on a [...]
Wave Energy Proposals Alarm Locals
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Rhode Island, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, Elizabeth Mitchell, FERC, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Missouri, PG&E, Richard Charter, Wave Energy, Yukon on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor, March 4, 2008
Fort Bragg, Calif. – From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America’s oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves and currents to produce electric power.
Their experiments are launching a [...]
PG&E to Fund Garcia Valley & Santa Cruz Forest Projects with ClimateSmart
Posted in California, Carbon OffSets, Green Economy, Mendocino, News, tagged Carbon Neutral, Carbon OffSets, Climate Neutral, ClimateSmart, Mendocino, PG&E, Santa Cruz on February 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2008
Last year, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. gave its customers the option of going carbon neutral, voluntarily paying a little extra on their monthly bills to fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas levels. Today, the utility announced which projects will get the money.
San Francisco’s PG&E [...]
PG&E Q4 Earnings Up; Costs Up Too
Posted in CPUC, California, Energy, News, tagged CPUC, Earnings, PG&E, Q4 2007 on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
East Bay Business Times, February 22, 2008
PG&E saw its fourth-quarter earnings rise sharply as it reaped gains from capital investments.
The company reported net income of $203 million, or 56 cents a share, compared with $152 million, or 43 cents a share, in the same quarter in 2006. The 2006 quarter included $18 million, or 5 [...]
Finavera Granted FERC Prelim Permit for Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, FERC License, Finavera, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Finavera Renewables, Vancouver, Canada, February 15, 2008
Finavera Renewables is pleased to announce it has been issued a Preliminary Permit for its proposed 100MW Humboldt County, California wave energy project. The permit approval was granted by the United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”).
The preliminary permit is valid for a period of three years, and allows [...]
Geothermal to Help PG&E Meet Renewable Goal
Posted in California, News, Sonoma, tagged Calistoga, Calpine, Geothermal, PG&E, Sonoma on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, February 15, 2008
Pacific Gas and Electric Company will turn to Earth’s own energy to meet a looming state deadline for using more renewable power.
The utility is expected to announce today that it has signed an agreement with Calpine Corp. to buy more electricity from The Geysers geothermal field [...]
PG&E Receives Approval for 585.5 MW of Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Geothermal Energy, News, Solar Energy, tagged Cleantech America, Climate Change, CPUC, Geothermal Energy, GreenVolts, PG&E, Solar Energy, Solel, Western GeoPower Corp. on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
San Francisco, California, RenewableEnergyAccess.com, December 28, 2007
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved its four new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPA). The four projects — three utility-scale solar and one geothermal — will generate approximately 585 megawatts (MW) of electricity for PG&E’s customers in northern [...]
PG&E to Invest in Wave Energy
Posted in California, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Finavera, Humboldt, PG&E, Wave Energy on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MATT NAUMAN, Mercury News, December 18, 2007
UTILITY WILL BUY 2 MEGAWATTS FROM FACILITY BY 2012
PG&E will become the first U.S. utility to agree to buy energy from the ocean when it announces a deal today to get 2 megawatts of power by 2012 from the cold, choppy waters off the Northern California coast.
The deal, with [...]
