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US Pokes The Sleeping Giant Of Ocean Wave Energy

February 25, 2023 admin clean power, marine energy, Oregon, us department of energy (doe), usa, wave energy, wave energy converter

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:05:04 +0000

US banks on new PacWave South test site to nail down a piece of the global wave energy industry pie.

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Canada Joins California, Oregon, Washington, & Vermont In Clean Transportation Push

December 27, 2022 admin California, Canada, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Oregon, policy & politics, vermont, Washington

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 21:54:21 +0000

Canada has adopted rules requiring the sale of zero emissions vehicles that closely follow those crafted by California.

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Agrivoltaics Goes Nuclear On California Prairie

December 21, 2022 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, California, clean power, clean tech, Electric vehicles, Energy, EPRI, ev charging, ev charging stations, habitat, nuclear energy, nuclear power plant, Oregon, rancho seco, renewable energy, smud, Solar energy, solar power plants, university of oregon, us department of agriculture (usda), us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2022 12:00:47 +0000

A decommissioned nuclear power plant from the 1980s is repurposed for agrivoltaics and prairie restoration.

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Wheatridge Hybrid Wind, Solar, & Storage Facility Opens In Oregon

October 12, 2022 admin clean power, Energy Storage, Oregon, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:00:01 +0000

The Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facility in eastern Oregon was commissioned last week. It is the fourth and largest hybrid wind, solar, and battery storage facility in America (so far). There are many projects that combine wind and storage or solar and storage, but few that utilize all three. The advantages are obvious. Wind turbines can […]

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Wave Energy Converter Passes First Test, Now It’s Off To Oregon

September 3, 2022 admin California, calwave power technologies, clean power, clean tech, DOE, Energy, marine energy, nrel, ocean power, Oregon, Oregon State University, pacwave south, renewable energy, us wave energy, usa, wave energy, wave energy converter, wave energy prize

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:00:23 +0000

The US wave energy startup CalWave is determined to solve the global warming crisis, one little blue box at a time.

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California Leads The EV Revolution — Part Deux

August 28, 2022 admin California, carb, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Oregon, policy & politics, Virginia, Washington

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 22:30:21 +0000

14 other states follow California vehicle emissions rules. Now those states will initiate ICE bans of their own.

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Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers

August 11, 2022 admin auto dealers, auto dealerships, bi-facial solar panels, clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Oregon, Solar energy, solar trackers, solar tracking system, stracker solar

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:03:44 +0000

Cutting pollution and global heating emissions in the United States is dependent more than anything else on 1) shifting from fossil fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles and human-powered transit, and 2) switching from coal and natural gas to solar and wind energy. Auto dealers have had an … interesting … role in the cleantech […]

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Eugene Becomes First City in Oregon to Ban Natural Gas

July 30, 2022 admin clean power, eugene, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oregon, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 00:35:51 +0000

“The power of vested interests is vastly exaggerated compared with the gradual encroachment of ideas.” — John Maynard Keynes The city of Eugene, Oregon, is on the world’s radar for two reasons these days. First, it lived up to its nickname as “Tracktown USA” and became the first city in the US to host the […]

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300 New Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers in California, Oregon, & Washington from Tritium & EVCS

July 28, 2022 admin California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, evcs, Oregon, tritium, tritium dc fast chargers, Washington

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 11:59:13 +0000

Tritium will provide 300 more 50kW variants of the Company’s award-winning RTM fast charger for EVCS’s network buildout. TORRANCE, California — Tritium DCFC Limited (“Tritium” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DCFC), a global leader in direct current (“DC”) fast chargers for electric vehicles (“EVs”), is partnering with EVCS, one of the largest EV fast-charging network operators […]