Published

2 years ago

June 13, 2024

Alice Rush

The San Rafael City Schools (SRCS) Board of Education has selected REC Solar to build, own and operate 2.3 MW of rooftop and canopy solar arrays at five schools throughout the district.

Following installations at Glenwood and San Pedro Elementary schools, SRCS and clean energy consultants from NV5 created a plan to drive additional savings through seven solar installations at Davidson Middle, San Rafael High, Terra Linda High, Bahia Vista Elementary and Venetia Valley schools.

“The whole team at REC Solar is thrilled for the opportunity to provide San Rafael City Schools and their community with sustainable energy solutions that not only empower the schools with reliable clean energy but also provide economic benefits, educational opportunities and shaded areas for parking cars and playing by the fields,” says REC Solar’s Scott Therein.

The projects are financed through 25-year PPAs with REC Solar. As part of the agreement, the company will sell the power generated to the district at a fixed rate lower than the utility.

REC Solar will manage the design, permitting, financing, and installation of the solar projects at each SRCS location.

Construction is expected to begin at the schools next year, though construction activities will be staggered between sites. All sites are scheduled for completion by 2026.

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San Rafael City Schools, REC Solar Partner on Districtwide Solar

Renewable Energy

Ming Yang Eyes 33 MW Turbine, Greenvolt Delays FID

Published

9 hours ago

October 27, 2026

Alice Rush

Weather Guard Lightning Tech

Ming Yang Eyes 33 MW Turbine, Greenvolt Delays FID

Ming Yang plans a 33 MW turbine while China pulls European tech out of its wind farms. Plus white-hat hackers reach 7.8 GW in Germany, Vårgrønn eyes a Greenvolt exit, and who really owns turbine data.

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Ming Yang Eyes 33 MW Turbine, Greenvolt Delays FID

Renewable Energy

Trump Delays Turbine Tariffs, Pentagon Approves Two Projects

Published

1 day ago

October 26, 2026

Alice Rush

Weather Guard Lightning Tech

Trump Delays Turbine Tariffs, Pentagon Approves Two Projects

Trump skips turbine tariffs, the Pentagon clears two wind farms, the DOJ targets Revolution Wind, and China pushes into Europe.

Trump Delays Turbine Tariffs, Pentagon Approves Two Projects

Renewable Energy

Bernie Sanders Is the Real Deal

Published

2 days ago

October 25, 2026

Alice Rush

My family is one of countless millions of those that have been profoundly disfigured by Fox News since it came along in the late 1990s. In particular, my well-educated and well-read mother, in her mid 70s at the time, started to imbibe many hours of this right-wing propaganda per day, and soon began to parrot it at the dinner table, to the shock and horror of all those around her.

The point here is that she told me, shortly before she died, “Obviously, I don’t have a single point of agreement with Bernie Sanders, but I must admit that he’s completely sincere in his beliefs and in what he’s telling the American people.”