The desert may look open and empty, but it’s not. The desert is a delicate habitat to birds, insects, plants, some of which are endangered. To avoid making allies into enemies, Google is collaborating with leading environmental groups.
Google’s mapping tool shows renewable-power developers where they can and can’t not build. The National Audubon Society and [...]
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Renewable Building Developments
Posted in Legal Issues, tagged endangered habitats on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
California’s Pristine Deserts & Solar Energy
Posted in Legal Issues, Solar Farms/Plants, tagged California, CSP, deserts, native plants, Solar Roofs on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are 80 solar projects planned in the California deserts. These projects will cover 700,000 acres (over 1,000 square miles). Most of these projects are located on pristine BLM publicly-owned lands and all the projects have already been given the right-of-way grants.
The impact on rare plants, vegetation, animals and majestic landscapes is hard to comprehend. [...]
California Amends Shade Tree Law
Posted in Legal Issues, tagged California, legal, shade trees on July 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
California bill SB1399 was signed into law 7/24/08 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The bill takes effect January 1, 2009. SB1399 amends the 1979 Solar Shade Control Act by making disputes over trees and shrubs that cast shade on a neighbor’s solar panels civil matters rather than crimes. Trees planted before solar installations [...]
California’s Solar Shade Control Act
Posted in Legal Issues, tagged shade, solar panels on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A home owner installed a 10 kW solar system in 2001. Between 1997 and 1999 his neighbors had planted 8 Redwood trees along the fence separating their yards.
The solar home owner sued the neighbors for being in violation of California’s “Solar Shade Control Act“. The law written in the early 70’s effects plantings after 1979. [...]
