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Offshore Wind California

Submitted by alyssablack on

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http://apps2.eere.energy.gov/wind/windexchange/windmaps/offshore_states.asp?stateab=ca

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A map showing the offshore wind potential for California. Note that San Diego's potential is not very high.

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Solar Map of California

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http://www.sensysmag.com/spatialsustain/researchers-publish-improved-solar-map-for-california.html

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A map showing the solar potential for California. Note that San Diego's potential is high.

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CA known geothermal resource areas

Submitted by eortiz5000 on

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http://www.energy.ca.gov/geothermal/

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In 2007, geothermal energy in our state produced 13,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity. Combined with another 440 GWh of imported geothermal electricity, then geothermal energy produced 4.5 percent of the state's total system power. A total of 43 operating geothermal power plants with an installed capacity of nearly 1,800 megawatts are in California, about two-thirds of the total United States' geothermal generation.

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Electricity use and GDP

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http://blogs.edf.org/californiadream/page/13/?wvsessionid=35f357d2293b49059a82d2044643d9c2

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While California’s per capita electricity consumption has held steady for three decades, per capita gross state product (GSP) has doubled.  This shows that California’s economy has become less reliant on energy to produce goods and services

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The Rosenfeld Effect

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14059885

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Rosenfeld founded a group that became the lab's Center for Building Science. Research on the miniaturization of electronic ballasts in fluorescent lamps led to the development of the first compact fluorescent lamps. The center also developed low-emissivity windows as well as computer programs for the energy analysis and design of buildings.Though electricity demand nationwide has risen sharply in recent years, California's per capita electricity use has remained relatively flat since 1973 because of the state's strict energy-efficiency regulations.

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CA Energy Sources

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http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/overview/energy_sources.html

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California is the eighth largest economy in the world, according to the state's Legislative Analyst's Office. To meet the needs of its growing population, California's economy depends upon affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound supplies of electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuels.

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CA Water-related energy use

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http://grist.org/news/california-celebrities-are-wasting-electricity-moving-water-around/

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The staggering fact is the one highlighted: more than a fifth of all of the state’s electricity [used on water things!] goes to move water around. One-fifth!

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