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Pacific Gas & Electric

PG&E to ride the waves with Finavera

December 18, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The California utility signed the nation's first commercial power purchase agreement for wave energy, a 2 megawatt AquaBuOY project. Full Story »

PG&E adds 150MW of wind from enXco

October 29, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The power purchase agreement will deliver 509 gigawatt hours per year to customers in northern and central California. Full Story »

PG&E buying 85 MW of windpower from PPM

July 24, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Pacific Gas & Electric adds more renewable energy to meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard targets. Full Story »

GreenVolts lands agreement with PG&E

June 27, 2007 - by Dana Childs - GreenVolts is to build a 2 MW facility for Pacific Gas & Electric.
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PG&E joins Golden Gate tidal power research

June 20, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Utility puts money into a study already underway, cooperating with the City of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Energy Company.
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Finavera wave energy project gets preliminary FERC nod

April 30, 2007 - by Dana Childs - Tough-to-obtain federal agency approval, the sort normally given for hydroelectric dams, granted. Full Story »

First vehicle-to-grid demonstration

April 9, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - PG&E gets bragging rights as first utility to publicly show an electric vehicle functioning as a battery for the grid.
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Note: the greening of Major League Baseball started here

Major league baseball team the San Francisco Giants and west coast utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company today announced a joint partnership to install a solar system at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

AT&T Park

A different kind of solar park than we normally write about.

PG&E is to install up to 590 Sharp solar panels in three areas of AT&T Park, no doubt to maximize solar—and PR—exposure.

Solar insiders lament lack of U.S. feed-in tariff

March 13, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - American and German solar watchers were disappointed by what they heard from policy insiders at an event today in San Francisco. Full Story »

Phoenix to sell 200 electric trucks a year to PG&E

February 28, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Today's sale of four trucks just a start, says electric car maker. Full Story »
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