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Drought in US West Has Cost Hydropower Industry Billions in Losses

August 21, 2024 admin California, clean power, climate change, hydroelectric, Oregon, research, Washington, Water

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:57:12 +0000

Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. The sector lost about 300 million megawatt hours of power generation between 2003 and 2020 due to drought … [continued]

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Community Solar Benefits Renters & Low Income Communities

July 11, 2024 admin California, clean power, community solar, Illinois, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy lab (nrel), New York, Oregon, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:35:17 +0000

A June study by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that analyzed data from 11 states found people who adopt community solar are 6.1 times more likely to live in multifamily buildings, are 4.4 times more likely to rent, and earn 23% less annual income than rooftop solar adopters, who tend to be more wealthy. In … [continued]

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Seabird Study Shows How They Might One Day Share The Air With Offshore Wind Turbines

May 26, 2024 admin Birds, birds wind turbines, California, clean power, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, Oregon, pacific northwest national laboratory, pacific northwest national laboratory (pnnl), research, us department of energy (doe), Water, wind energy, wind turbine bird deaths, wind turbines, wind turbines birds

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 23:26:14 +0000

Tracking how high West Coast seabirds fly will help researchers understand environmental impacts from offshore wind One day, wind turbines may float off the coasts of California and southern Oregon, providing clean, renewable energy to millions of homes. But before construction can start, researchers are studying how to minimize the … [continued]

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Daimler Truck North America Invests in Clean Transportation Technology in Portland, Oregon

May 16, 2024 admin daimler, daimler truck, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, Oregon, Portland, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 17:42:37 +0000

PORTLAND, OREGON — Daimler Truck North America LLC (DTNA) has announced two significant investments at its headquarters complex on Swan Island, a new Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) training center adjacent to Electric Island and a new engineering facility at the DTNA campus. The new addition to Electric Island represents … [continued]

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US Offshore Wind Industry Readies Self For Another Round

May 4, 2024 admin boem, bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, green economy, green hydrogen, grid, hydrogen, Louisiana, maine, Manufacturing, New Jersey, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, Oregon, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 14:54:16 +0000

US offshore wind stakeholders are ready for a comeback in 2024 after suffering a series of blows last year.

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PGE Leans into an All-of-the-Above Strategy to Decarbonize Its Power System

January 23, 2024 admin Business, climate change, Energy Storage, Environmental, full coverage, Legislative, news, offshore wind, Oregon, PG&E, portland general electric, power, power podcasts, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, sustainability, the power podcast, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:37:51 +0000

Climate change has led many states and countries to set targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power systems. Oregon, for example, has set targets for all power sold […]

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