Got a bright idea for making Oregon, Washington or California greener? Could you use a little green to help make your project a reality? Beginning March 8, 2010, Pacific Power will accept applications for community-based renewable energy project funding from its Blue Sky renewable energy program.
For 10 years now, Pacific Power’s participating Blue Sky customers [...]
On Tuesday February 9th, the City of Gresham with REC Solar and SunEdison will celebrate the activation of a 419kW ground mounted solar power system at the Gresham Wastewater Treatment Plant. This is the largest ground mount solar power system in the Pacific Northwest to date.
The photovoltaic system will generate approximately 440, 000 kilowatt hours [...]
Oregon HEAT is kicking off its second decade of helping the state’s most vulnerable residents meet their energy needs. Pacific Power, which has been an Oregon HEAT partner since 1993, is urging customers who can afford it to donate to Oregon HEAT to help their neighbors who right now may be having trouble staying current [...]
How much electricity and money can you save? What is the single biggest energy user in your home? Do you need to install insulation or change your habits? How can you reduce your energy usage?
Discover solutions and suggestions to these and other energy efficiency questions at any of the free seminars offered this fall throughout [...]
Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit “nanostructure films” on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better.
Ultimately, the technique may provide a way to make solar cells more efficiently produce energy.
The films reduce the reflectance of light, and in [...]
The Sunday Oregonian featured a green living story in their front page this past weekend. The article makes it clear that there is so much we can do at home to improve energy efficiency. Start with adding insulation, weather stripping doors and windows and unplugging the chest freezer in your garage. The problem is that [...]
