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Oregon’s 10-Year Clean Energy Plan
Noting that energy is the issue of our time, Oregon’s Governor John Kitzhaber released a 10-year action plan to “shape our energy future through intentional investment and development,” rather than allowing it to shape us. The comprehensive energy strategy is focused on cutting greenhouse gases, energy efficiency, renewable energy and clean transportation. It includes “specific [...]
With DOE Loan Guarantee, SoloPower Opens Oregon Plant
SoloPower is preparing to receive dispersement of a $197 million U.S. DOE Loan Guarantee. Federal loan guarantees supporting solar manufacturing have gone the way of the Dodo since the demise of Solyndra, but SoloPower was grandfathered into the program, and as it prepares to open its new manufacturing facility this Thursday (Sep. 27), it’s [...]
Oregon Releases 10 Year Energy Plan
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber released a 10-year Energy Plan, and unlike that of the House in Congress, it focuses on energy efficiency and clean energy. It starts by saying, “Energy is THE issue of our time – both globally and here in Oregon – and no single issue will have a greater impact on our state’s [...]
Portland, Oregon: Getting Energy Efficiency Right
Portland, Oregon’s Climate Action Plan is working – greenhouse gas emissions are now 6% below 1990 levels and down 26% per person, even though population has grown 26% over that time. Over the same period, US emissions rose 12%. Portland and Mutnomah County released a 2-year progress report on their 3-year Climate Action Plan, which [...]
Solar Group Buying Gains Momentum in Oregon
Solarize Eugene kicked off March 19 and will offer bulk discounts to Eugene, Ore., residents looking to go solar in the next three months. The Resource Innovation Group, a local nonprofit, organized the solarize effort and modeled it after other successful programs, particularly the Portland, Ore., program that pioneered the solarize movement. The model selects [...]
Portland IKEA Installs Solar Energy System on Roof
IKEA has installed an array of rooftop solar panels on its Portland store that measures 280,000 square feet. The 62,500 square foot solar energy system consists of 2,072 panels with a capacity to generate 568,000 kilowatt hours of power each year, enough for 48 houses annually. The 497.3-kilowatt system will be managed by IKEA itself [...]
The Oregon Electric Highway Opens
The most visionary solution to high gas prices is to ditch gasoline-powered cars and make the leap to electric vehicles – we can do it, America! No longer will you have to worry about the price of gas, because you’ll be “filling up” at much less than half the price. The first eight electric vehicle charging stations are [...]
Fact or Fiction: Are U.S Prisoners Manufacturing Solar Panels?
For the past few months stories about escalating solar trade tensions between the US and China have dominated the headlines. During this time Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has emerged as a passionate and vocal advocate for US solar manufacturing facilities, as he should considering SolarWorld’s Oregon plant employs a lot of the Senator’s constituents. However, [...]
The Baldock Solar Highway Breaks Ground
Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez congratulated Oregon for its leadership in sustainable transportation as Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of Transportation broke ground today on the nation’s largest solar highway project.The $10 million project, at the Baldock Safety Rest Area on Interstate 5 northbound near Wilsonville, will include an interpretive display where the [...]