lancaster

Lancaster, a charter city in northern Los Angeles, has passed an ordinance that requires new-build homes to hit net energy standards by having rooftop arrays or paying a mitigation fee.

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments announced that it has acquired the Portal Ridge solar project from First Solar, Inc. Portal Ridge is a 31MW solar facility located in Lancaster, California, with 20-year power purchase agreements with Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison.