May 17, 2011. Sacramento Bee
California has invested lots of money and sweat equity in building the foundation for green energy, nowhere more so than in the Sacramento region. It would be a crying shame if too much government red tape got in the way of reaping the rewards. As The Bee's Rick Daysog reported this month, contractors and others in the business of...

April 12, 2011. Sacramento Business Journal
Mayor Kevin Johnson and a number of city, state and Sacramento Municipal Utility District officials gathered this morning to dedicate the largest private solar project in Sacramento.

April 11, 2011. The Sacramento Bee
A former Army depot and federal Superfund site in Sacramento is now home to one of the city's largest privately owned solar power systems.
The recently completed Depot Park Solar Field in South Sacramento will provide about 40 percent of the electricity needs of tenants at the 3 million square foot Depot Park warehouse and office complex.

April 5, 2011. SolarIndustry.com
Following Sacramento City Council approval last week, SolarCity and the City of Sacramento are moving forward to install 1.9 MW - more than 8,000 solar panels - of new solar power capacity across four municipal sites later this year.

April 4, 2011. Silicon Valley Business Journal
SolarCity said Monday it will install more than 8,000 solar panels -- or 1.9 megawatts -- for the City of Sacramento. The deal with San Mateo-based SolarCity is expected to create the largest solar power operation in the city, producing 2.6 million kilowatt-hours of solar electricity in the first year, or enough to power about 250...

February 24, 2011. Sacramento Bee
A Superfund site in Davis has become the first federal groundwater cleanup project powered by solar energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said.

EPA officials on Wednesday unveiled the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund site's new solar photovoltaic system, which will help power the treatment of contaminated groundwater beneath the east...

January 1, 2011. Comstock Magazine
Once a U.S. Air Force base populated by concrete buildings and gun-toting soldiers, McClellan is now an eco-friendly business park home to a menagerie of green companies. From SunEdison, the largest solar energy services provider in North America, to Thrift International, whose mission is to transport used clothing to people in Africa and...

December 9, 2010. Sacramento Press
Developers are promising to bring new life to a blighted section of Alkali Flat following the groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for 81 units of affordable housing adjacent to the Alkali Flat/La Valentina light rail station. The new construction will include 63 apartments and 18 townhouses, the latter being the first “Net Zero” site designed....

November 16, 2010. New York Times
IN this environmentally conscious college town, thousands of bicyclists commute each day through a carefully cultivated urban forest whose canopy shields riders and their homes from the harsh sun of this state’s Central Valley.

November 2, 2010. Sacramento Bee
A German solar-energy company is opening a 100-employee factory in West Sacramento, it was announced today.