North Bay Business Journal

  • Sonoma County to study community renewable-energy program

    March 22nd, 2011

    SANTA ROSA — The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, acting as the Sonoma County Water Agency board of directors, today approved funding for the development of a feasibility study to develop a local community choice aggregation, or CCA, program.

  • Mesa Beverage installs 415-kilowatt rooftop solar array

    November 8th, 2010

    SANTA ROSA — Mesa Beverage Co. Inc. is having a 415-kilowatt solar electricity system installed on the roof of its recently built 160,000-square-foot distribution facility near Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport.

  • State approves $35 million bond financing for Sonoma Valley bio-energy project

    September 24th, 2010

    SONOMA — The California Municipal Finance Authority approved $35 million in low-interest bond financing for a planned multi-megawatt renewable-energy project next to the Sonoma Valley wastewater treatment plant in the industrial area south of Sonoma.

  • Pros and cons of the Marin Clean Energy program

    March 8th, 2010

    There’s been vigorous discussion in recent months over a plan to provide a significant portion of the energy demand for Marin County from renewable sources through a community choice aggregation program called Marin Clean Energy. The Business Journal invited both sides of the Marin Clean Energy debate to present their views here and in more detail at the Impact Marin 2010 conference on March 11.

  • Marin Clean Energy — pro: Program offers key green benefits

    March 8th, 2010

    Marin Clean Energy is a Community Choice Aggregation program that is designed to serve Marin’s priorities. It allows electric consumers to choose non-polluting renewable energy, lower Marin’s greenhouse gas emissions, reduce dependence on imported fossil fuels, foster development of local green power generation and clean technologies and protect Marin homes and businesses from uncertain fuel prices.

  • Marin Clean Energy — con: Plan carries far too many risks

    March 8th, 2010

    The financial crisis is forcing Marin residents and businesses to spend less and work more. The regional unemployment rate has doubled in two years to 10 percent. Every day, another Marin family is losing their home to foreclosure.

  • Speakers to face off on Marin Clean Energy plan

    February 19th, 2010

    MARIN COUNTY — Supporters and opponents of the controversial Marin Energy Authority Community Choice Aggregation, or CCA, proposal will face off at the fourth-annual Impact Marin conference sponsored by the Business Journal March 11.

  • Wine: Ganau America starts cork plant; Private Preserve production local

    October 19th, 2009

    Site work began in late September on 2.81 acres at 21900 Carneros Lake Lane in Carneros Business Park for Ganau America’s $5 million, 38,000-square-foot processing and distribution facility.

  • $21.5M in energy loan applications

    October 5th, 2009

    NORTH BAY – Cary Buxton, an estimator for Second Generation Roofing in Santa Rosa, has already seen the impact of the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program on his business.

  • RenCon Energy combines LED and solar technology

    September 7th, 2009

    HEALDSBURG – Andy Smith and his team at RenCon Energy have developed a solution for those that want to bring sunlight into a windowless room but are reluctant to cut a hole in their roof: the Solectric Skylight system.

  • AltaRock to suspend drilling of Geyers demonstration project

    September 2nd, 2009

    SAUSALITO – AltaRock Energy has suspended the drilling of well E-7, the first well planned as part of its engineered geothermal systems (EGS) demonstration project in the Geysers due to a number of physical difficulties resulting from geologic anomalies in that particular location.

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