
Mayor Denny Doyle unveiled Beaverton’s first public electric vehicle charging station today. The station, donated by local electric vehicle supply equipment and technology company OpConnect, is located on Hall Blvd. at SW 3rd St. (next to the Beaverton City Library and across from the Beaverton Farmer’s Market). Mayor Doyle and OpConnect CEO Dexter Turner drove [...]
August 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Portland City Council today unanimously supported a resolution directing the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) and the Portland Development Commission (PDC) to initiate schematic design for the Oregon Sustainability Center.
“The Oregon Sustainability Center is a pioneering project. We’re doing something here that’s never been done before at this scale,” said Portland Mayor Sam [...]

Through a collaborative effort from the SANYO North America Corporation (SANYO), InSpec Group (InSpec), and Portland General Electric (PGE), the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) has installed a solar canopy charging station to service electric cars, e-bikes, and most portable personal electronic devices. The solar charging canopy marks the first such installation in [...]

The Gresham City Council is expected to approve a loan guarentee that will help bring a new solar manufacturing facility to the Portland Metro area. The plant is expected to employ 100 people when it first opens, with more hiring shortly after.
From the Oregonian:
San Jose-based Solexant has been sniffing around the Portland area for some [...]

A new pilot program encouraging Oregon customers of privately owned electric utilities to install solar panels to generate power gets underway on a limited basis July 1. Pacific Power has established rules and procedures to ensure that the pilot program is administered fairly and that the interests of all customers are protected.
“The potential for solar [...]
June 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Beaverton Mayor Denny Doyle announced the launch of a new solar pilot program that is expected to provide 50 Beaverton homeowners an easy way to go green, at a discount. The program, a partnership between the City of Beaverton and SolarCity®, offers residents a more than 80 percent discount on the cost of a solar [...]