Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
By: The Associated Press The Register Guard BEND — Apple has acquired a hydroelectric project near the company’s new data center in Prineville. Data centers use lots of electricity to power thousands of computers that hold digital information….
By: Nicholas K. Geranios Associated Press Pressure from the water behind Wanapum Dam may have contributed to the big crack that has disrupted operations at the structure, the Grant County Public Utility District said Wednesday. The cause of the…
By: Kate Prengaman Yakima Herald-Republic VANTAGE — The boat ramp stretches out into mud, mud and more mud. Nearly 100 feet of mud now stands between the launch at Wanapum Recreational Area and the water. That’s what a…
By: Lacey Jarrell Herald and News A hydroelectric project that could generate enough electricity to power 600,000 homes is still on track for completion in 2020. The facility is slated for construction at the 5,200-acre Jespersen-Edgewood Ranch in…
By: Gosia Wozniacka Associated Press PORTLAND – A Seattle company is being given the green light to develop plans to build the West Coast’s first offshore wind energy farm – five floating turbines off Oregon’s Coos Bay, federal…
Associated Press The U.S. Energy Department named a new administrator Monday to run the Bonneville Power Administration after a hiring scandal rocked the federal utility that sells and transmits much of the Northwest’s cheap and abundant hydroelectric power….
Associated Press The Oregonian The United States has staked out its position for potential negotiations with Canada over a treaty governing hydropower and flood control on the Columbia River and seeks to keep more of the energy produced…
HydroWorld.com The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will add a third generating unit to the 10-MW Black Canyon Diversion Dam, potentially increasing the hydropower plant’s output capacity to 22.5 MW. Reclamation said the additional generating unit will “take…
By Rich Landers Spokesman Review Kokanee no longer pack enough influence to keep the U.S. Corps of Engineers from fluctuating water levels at Lake Pend Oreille during winter. Since 1996, the lake level behind Albeni Falls Dam has generally…
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review Avista Corp. is moving into the Alaska market through the planned purchase of an electric utility serving the Juneau area. In a deal announced Monday, Avista will acquire Alaska Electric Light and Power’s parent…