Providing balanced information for using water as a renewable energy resource in the Northwest
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…
By Mike Rogoway Oregonian Apple put the Deschutes River on the cover of its annual environmental responsibility report, highlighting a hydroelectric project it acquired in 2012. The small facility near Haystack Reservoir won’t come close to meeting the…
By Phuong Le, The Associated Press Yakima Herald Boeing said Tuesday it plans to buy renewable energy credits to replace fossil-fuel power at the factory where it assembles its 737 commercial airplanes. The aerospace company and the utility,…
By: Ted Sikinger The Oregonian A bill designed to shield Oregon’s renewable energy mandates from a potentially game-changing ballot measure sailed through the Senate’s Business and Transportation Committee Tuesday, even as opponents called it a back-room deal hatched…
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…
Plans for a wind energy farm off the Oregon coast are to be developed by the Seattle firm Principle Power. By: Gosia Wozniacka The Associated Press – The Seattle Times PORTLAND — A Seattle company is being given…
By: Jeff Mapes The Oregonian Could a small electrical cooperative in eastern Oregon up-end the state’s renewable energy law? That’s the question being asked as the Umatilla Electric Cooperative essentially tells legislators: Fix the renewable energy standards to…
By Becky Kramer Spokesman Review Wind turbines spinning on the Palouse are the final piece of Avista Utilities’ strategy to meet Washington’s new renewable energy standards. Energy from the 58-turbine Palouse Wind farm, which started operations last year, has…
By Shannon Dininny Associated Press YAKIMA, Wash. — Researchers in the Pacific Northwest are testing and evaluating a new power storage system that could help store excess electricity generated by the region’s many wind farms. The system announced…
By Ted Sickinger The Oregonian Portland General Electric Co. on Monday announced the front end of a massive capital investment program, unveiling its plan to invest nearly $1 billion in a new gas fired power plant in Central…