Oregon just got its first offshore wind energy areas with 2.4 GW of potential
Electrek
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In a first, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized two offshore wind energy areas (WEAs) off Oregon’s coast.
The US just proposed 18 GW of new offshore wind sales
Baua Electric
MAY 1, 2024
Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. Department of Energy is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 The US announced two proposals for offshore wind sales that could generate more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of clean energy – enough to power more than 6 million homes. The areas were finalized by BOEM in February.
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Oregon Econ Boost from Build Back Better Act
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 12, 2022
Salem, Oregon — A new NRDC analysis shows that the Build Back Better Act, as it currently stands, has the potential to significantly accelerate clean energy investment, economic activity, and job growth in Oregon.
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The size of Washington State’s largest wind farm just got cut by 50%
Baua Electric
APRIL 18, 2024
Washington State’s energy board cut the size of what would have been the state’s largest wind farm in half yesterday – here’s why. Wind farm controversy in Washington State The $1.7 billion, 1,150-megawatt (MW) Horse Heaven Clean Energy Center combines wind, solar, and battery storage.
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DOE awards up to $47M each to 3 offshore wind projects
Green Car Congress
MAY 8, 2014
The Energy Department selected three offshore wind demonstrations to receive up to $47 million each over the next four years to deploy innovative, grid-connected systems in federal and state waters by 2017. The projects are located off the coasts of New Jersey, Oregon, and Virginia.
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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.
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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Geothermal.
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DOE awarding nearly $8M for national laboratory H2@Scale projects
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. NREL, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Gas Technology Institute, EPRI, and Paulsson, Inc.
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DOE Offers Conditional Commitment for a Partial Guarantee for $1.3B Loan to Largest Wind Project to Date
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2010
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a conditional commitment to provide a partial guarantee for a $1.3 billion loan in support of the world’s largest wind farm to date. The Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project consists of 338 wind turbines supplied by GE. RBS Securities and WestLB Securities Inc.
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DOE finalizes $96.8M loan guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project; supercritical binary geothermal cycle
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
The US Department of Energy (DOE) finalized a $96.8 to construct a 23 megawatt (net) geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon. The project uses an improved technology—a supercritical binary geothermal cycle—to extract energy from rock and fluids in the Earth’s crust. Earlier post.).
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Neste, NuStar expand renewable fuel hub in Northern California
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2021
Neste and NuStar Energy L.P. This is enough fuel to power nearly 12,000 Class 8 trucks for one year, delivering the same climate benefits as building nearly 430 wind turbines or planting more than 2.4 The first gallons have been safely picked up and delivered to the nearby Monterey Regional Airport. million trees.
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273 PNNL study finds that PHEVs and BEVs could serve as feasible resource to offset grid imbalances caused by integration of large amounts of intermittent wind generation
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
The report examined grid conditions in the Northwest Power Pool, which covers Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; many of them home to abundant wind resources and wind energy projects. a case identical to a distributed stationary energy storage system dedicated to perform balancing services.
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DOE awarding more than $50M to 15 projects to advance critical material innovations
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $50 million in funding for 15 projects focused on field validation and demonstration—as well as next-generation extraction, separation, and processing technologies—for critical materials. Topic 1, Area of Interest 2: Improved Beneficiation, Separation and/or Processing.
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NREL study suggests cost gap for Western renewables could narrow by 2025
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2013
A new Energy Department study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) indicates that by 2025 wind and solar power electricity generation could become cost-competitive without federal subsidies, if new renewable energy development occurs in the most productive locations. Source: Hurlbut et al.
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230 Departments of Energy and Interior award nearly $17M for advanced hydropower technologies
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and of the Interior (DOI) together will award nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology. Energy cost reductions demonstrated at this site could be replicated at other Bureau of Reclamation sites. Hydro Green Energy.
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S4 Energy Solutions to Develop Plasma Gasification Project at Waste Management Landfill for Waste to Fuels and Power
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2010
S4 Energy Solutions LLC , a joint venture by Waste Management, Inc. and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. The new plasma gasification facility will complement the landfill site's other renewable energy production.
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170 DOE, BOEMRE and NOAA awarding nearly $5M for projects to advance ocean renewable energy
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2010
The following awards have been selected to receive funding: Bayesian Integration for Marine Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Siting. The following awards have been selected to receive funding: Bayesian Integration for Marine Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Siting.
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Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers
CleanTechnica EVs
AUGUST 11, 2022
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.
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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.
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256 President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
The Institute will achieve this through leadership in pre-competitive advanced research and partnerships across defense, aerospace, automotive, energy, and consumer products industries. In the wind energy industry, doubling the length of a turbine blade can quadruple the amount of electricity generated. Earlier post.).
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249 ORNL assessment finds >65 GW of untapped hydropower in US rivers and streams
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2014
The greatest hydropower potential was found in western US states, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. The US Department of Energy (DOE) tasked ORNL with evaluating the new stream-reach development resource potential of more than 3 million US streams. Source: ORNL NSD. Click to enlarge.
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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2015
Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Earlier post.)
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DOE to award $118M to 17 projects to accelerate domestic biofuel production
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2023
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. RESTORE: Replenishing EcoSystems by Transforming Residues to Energy”, $1,640,286. Topic Area 2: Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries LanzaTech, Inc., MicroBio Engineering Inc.,
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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2010
US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).
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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island. Oregon Department of Transportation.
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191 Chevrolet Spark EV: speedy, smooth and quiet; the importance of motor control
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2013
The stator comprises a steel core that supports the motor winding, while intensifying and directing the magnetic fields between winding and rotor; GM uses bar wound configurations in its permanent magnet motors. Electric motors have two primary parts: a stator and a rotor. Second, we needed to be very efficient.
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GE Receives $1.4B Contract to Supply Turbines for Largest Wind Farm Yet Built in the US
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2009
billion contract from independent power producer Caithness Energy to supply wind turbines and provide services for an 845-megawatt (MW) wind farm project to be located in Oregon. The wind farm, called Shepherds Flat, has received the majority of the necessary government permits to operate and is ready to be built.
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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV
Green Car Congress
MAY 26, 2015
Hyundai will initially offer the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid in the ZEV states—California, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont—in 2015. Hyundai expects California and Oregon to be the top markets and areas of focus.) Fusion Energi. Competition. Atkinson.
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The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar
Baua Electric
JANUARY 18, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory have determined that 700,000 acres of federal lands will be needed for solar farms over the next 20 years, so BLM recommended 22 million acres to give “maximum flexibility” to help the US reach its net zero by 2035 power sector goal.
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Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies Developing Utility-Scale Wave Power System
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2009
OPT) have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. This 150 kW PowerBuoy is being fabricated in Scotland and will be deployed in 2010 at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney Isles, Scotland. and Japan Wind Development Co.
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Oregon On Verge Of Requiring 100% Clean Electricity By 2040
CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 12, 2021
Even with the majority of new power plants being renewable energy power plants, the percentage of electricity coming from […]. Power plants and other infrastructure are multi-decade investments, and it’s rare to retire them early. So, it’s a bit painful to watch how slowly they have been getting cleaned up.
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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose
Creative Greenius
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Frank also didn’t have any news to report or information to share about how electric car batteries can be the solution to storing solar and wind energy when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. Maybe Frank is in the dark on those.
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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
Although the gross energy capacity of the pack is reduced (4.4 The current Prius had received more wind tunnel hours of testing than any other Toyota in history. there is no cargo penalty for plug-in capability. kWh), the EV range is increased. Externally, the Prius Plug-in inherits the standard model’s low coefficient of drag at 0.25
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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Law of conservation of energy) — Eric 25.
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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010.
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58 Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
" This time Buffett asked another trusted partner, David Sokol, chairman of a Berkshire-owned utility company called MidAmerican Energy, to travel to China and take a closer look at BYD. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change.
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62 Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. market for sustainable “green” energy purchases. In the end, gasoline won out because it was the cheapest and delivered the most energy per unit, but it took 20 years to sort out. Think has established a U.S.
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68% of US coastal residents support offshore wind farms – here’s why
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Photo: Avangrid A poll released today reveals that a clear majority of US coastal residents support offshore wind development. About two-thirds of people living in coastal counties are giving a big thumbs up to offshore wind projects, even if it means seeing turbines spinning out on the horizon from their backyards.
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52 Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2010
The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. transportation sector; and industrial facilities would be exempted from a cap on emissions for several years before they are phased in.
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