October 2018 – My Blog

An October Surprise? Making Sense of the Market Mayhem!

I don't know what it is about October that spooks markets, but it certainly feels like big market corrections happen in the month. As stocks have gone through contortions this…

jamur October 29, 2018

Research & Development

Early-Stage Energy Projects Receive Boost from California Energy Commission

The California Energy Commission has awarded grants to 18 entrepreneurs working on early-stage clean energy concepts. Grants were awarded through the California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) Initiative funded by…

jamur October 27, 2018

Renewable Energy

Growth in Solar Energy Has Helped Diversify California’s Fuel Sources

California saw solid growth in its installed solar energy capacity and generation from 2016 to 2017, which among other increases in the use of renewables, has helped diversify the state’s…

jamur October 25, 2018

Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy

Private Investor Howard Wenger Envisions An All-Electric Future

The solar industry has an annual growth rate of more than 50 percent with more than 250,000 workers, but that is not enough for clean power executive, entrepreneur and investor…

jamur October 22, 2018

Research & Development

Well-known Investors to Support California Energy Commission-Funded Startup

A clean energy coalition established by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and other wealthy investors, will invest in a startup funded by the California Energy Commission. Berkeley-based…

jamur October 18, 2018

Energy Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Helps Housing Affordability, Especially for Low-Income Families

The following is a viewpoint by Maria Stamas, Western Director of Energy Affordability with the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Andrew McAllister, a Commissioner of the California Energy Commission. Many…

jamur October 17, 2018

Big Markets Value of growth

High and higher: The Money in Marijuana!

In 1992, when Bill Clinton was running for president of the United States, and was asked whether he had ever smoked marijuana, he responded that he had, but that he…

jamur October 16, 2018

Climate Change Renewable Energy

Explorer’s Globe Circling Solar Flight Inspiration for Tackling the Impossible

Explorer, psychologist, and environmental advocate Bertrand Piccard set a record by circumnavigating the world in a fixed wing solar aircraft without using a single drop of fuel. The flight, led…

jamur October 10, 2018

Uncategorized

Energy Commission Celebrates National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day

Today, Oct. 8 is National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day, created to increase awareness about hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles are highly-efficient, have zero tailpipe…

jamur October 8, 2018

Climate Change Environment

Palm Desert Symposium Examines Local Impact of Climate Change

Los Angeles-based Climate Resolve and its partnering agencies will host a symposium in Palm Desert Oct. 12 to discuss the impact climate change will have on the state’s desert region.…

jamur October 4, 2018