Year: 2015
Oregon already on the path to meet Obama’s new clean power goals
By Ted Sickinger Oregonian Depending on where you live and who you listen to, the Clean Power Plan unveiled by President Obama Monday is either the most significant action on climate change ever undertaken or an economic disaster…
What’s pumped storage got to do with it?
Good renewable energy news: Wind generation in the Northwest grew from almost nothing in 1998, to over 4,700 MW in 2015. Other news: Bringing the variable nature of wind generation on and off line quickly is a “load…
Thinking Clean Energy at 30,000 feet
If you were flying Alaska Airlines this spring, you may have read a feature article, “The Triumph of Clean Energy.” Click here to read. Using the experience of Kodiak, Alaska, themes regarding integration of hydro, wind and solar…
Biologists bring sockeye into Idaho on trucks to get them out of hot water
By Rocky Barker Idaho Statesman Five sockeye salmon swam in tanks at the Eagle Hatchery on Wednesday wearing the scars of their shortened trip to Idaho. Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists took the unusual step of…
Take the FWEE Hydro Cache Challenge
The first documented placement of a GPS-located cache took place on May 3, 2000, by Dave Ulmer of Beavercreek, Oregon. Since then, upwards of a million geocaches have been “stashed” worldwide. By stashing caches at 13 hydropower projects…
Environmental issues to be key in Columbia River talks
By Staff The Columbian News that U.S. officials plan to seek an update to the Columbia River Treaty with Canada was welcomed by local leaders who have long pushed for its renewal. Last month, the entire congressional delegation…