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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. I went down to the Building Dept and they said, “It will be two weeks before we get back to you.” What happened?”.

Solar 210
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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

Green Car Congress

The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. Building Efficiency (3 projects). DOE grant: $7,200,000). Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. DOE grant: $6,949,624). DOE grant:$5,349,932). DOE Grant: $4,000,000).

Energy 231
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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Ladies and gentlemen your friendly neighborhood Greenius has hit the wall. After she got a job at Mattel in 1985 she got me a shot at a temp job as an $8 an hour “board turner” in the Samples Department at the original Mattel building in Hawthorne. I am dog tired. I need a break, right now, before I snap. A year-long one.