The San Francisco Sprint

San Francisco sprints towards use of tidal power today in the race to combat global warming.

Initially, tidal wave energy will produce enough power for 1,500 homes beginning in 2012, San Francisco based Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announces at 9:00 a.m. this morning.

The announcement is the latest move by PG&E to “aggressively add renewable energy to its power mix,” reported utility spokesmen.

PG&E currently supplies 12 percent of its energy from qualifying renewable sources under California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program. |Read on|