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.
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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.
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.
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.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. The increases occurred only in Alaska (from 11% to 13%) and Oregon (from 2% to 3%). Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2010
billion loan in support of the world’s largest wind farm to date. The loan will finance the Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project, an 845 MW wind-powered electrical generating facility located in eastern Oregon sponsored by Caithness Energy LLC and General Electric (GE) Energy Financial Services.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 7, 2021
NREL and GE Renewable Energy will optimize wind turbine design specifically for hydrogen production from electrolysis, and validate designs using NREL’s ARIES facilities. Award amount: $1,722,089). Award amount: $500,000). Award amount: $770,000). Award amount: $525,000).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
to construct a 23 megawatt (net) geothermal power project in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon. Additional DOE-supported projects include two of the world’s largest solar thermal projects, the world’s largest wind farm, and the nation’s first nuclear power plant in three decades. DOE initially offered a $102.2-million
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2021
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 Neste has supplied approximately 220 million gallons of Neste MY Renewable Diesel into California through the NuStar Selby Terminal over the last decade. million trees.
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. This research was funded by the Department of Energy.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 18, 2024
The updated roadmap refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. BLM under the Biden administration has approved 47 clean energy projects and permitted 11,236 megawatts (MW) of wind, solar, and geothermal energy on public lands, enough to power more than 3.5
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. mmBtu and $8.43/mmBtu. Source: Hurlbut et al.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
—Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. What was the maximum share of wind that we could have in the system without blowing it up—5 percent or 20 percent or 30 percent? And Oregon is pretty transparent.
Electric Auto Association
APRIL 8, 2021
Oregon EV drivers speak their minds — and hearts — about legislation and policy BY Al LePage: Vice-President, Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association. I reported the results of my survey in Promoting Electric Vehicles in Oregon.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 21, 2021
Critical materials are used in many products important to the US economy and energy technologies, such as rare-earth elements used to manufacture high-strength magnets for offshore wind-turbine generators and lithium and cobalt in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.
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.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2010
and InEnTec LLC, plans to develop a plasma gasification facility at Waste Management’s Columbia Ridge Landfill in Arlington, Oregon. Wind power is also generated at the landfill, with 67 windmills producing more than 100 MW of renewable energy for PacifiCorp. S4 Energy Solutions LLC , a joint venture by Waste Management, Inc.
Cars That Think
MAY 6, 2022
PAL Robotics ] For drones to autonomously perform necessary but quotidian tasks, such as delivering packages or airlifting injured drivers from a traffic accident, drones must be able to adapt to wind conditions in real time—rolling with the punches, meteorologically speaking. Robot Brains ] This week's CMU RI Seminar is by Ross L.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2014
In the wind energy industry, doubling the length of a turbine blade can quadruple the amount of electricity generated. In the wind energy industry, doubling the length of a turbine blade can quadruple the amount of electricity generated. .; Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
By allowing utility operators to pump water up to a dam or impoundment during periods of low electricity demand and release water during times of peak electricity demand, pumped storage hydropower improves the reliability of electric grids and helps increase the use of variable renewable energy resources such as wind and solar power.
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. A new assessment conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has identified more than 65 gigawatts of untapped hydropower potential in US rivers and streams.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2012
Projected sea-level rise off California, Oregon, and Washington for 2030 (blue), 2050 (green), and 2100 (pink), relative to 2000, as a function of latitude. Sea levels off Washington, Oregon, and northern California will likely rise less, about 60 centimeters over the same period of time.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 26, 2010
Pacific Energy Ventures (Portland, Oregon) will build a Protocol Framework for identifying, collecting and comparing environmental data relevant to offshore renewable energy projects. Approximate award amount: $746,000 (over two years); Funding agencies: DOE, BOEMRE, NOAA.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, Oregon: $750,000.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2015
To measure freight efficiency, DTNA ran vehicle testing on highway routes in Oregon and Texas; one city route in Portland, Ore.; The basic shape originated as a 3D computer model, which was carefully honed by aerodynamicists using digital wind. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
In fact, we found two dealers – Quirk Nissan in Massachusetts and Beaverton Nissan in Oregon – touting lease offers on an SV Plus with an average monthly cost that’s under $300/month before tax and license. Nissan LEAF / Source: Nissan Fortunately, we did find a number of dealers advertising thousands off MSRP on a 2023 or 2024 LEAF SV Plus.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2010
In November, EnerDel was selected to supply the batteries that will power a DOE-funded smart grid energy storage project by Oregon's Portland General Electric (PGE) that will help manage peak demand and smooth the variations in power from renewable sources like wind and solar.
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.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 27, 2023
USDA’s Agricultural Research Laboratory (ARS) in Corvallis, Oregon will assess biochar quality for soil uses, including returning carbon to forest. The ethanol will be converted to sustainable aviation fuel at LanzaJet’s Freedom Pines Fuels facility, in Soperton, Georgia. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
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. 1,450,000.
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.
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.)
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 13, 2009
A second PB150 PowerBuoy is also planned to be ready for deployment in 2010 as the first of ten PowerBuoys at Reedsport, Oregon. and Japan Wind Development Co. OPT now has a range of power generation projects globally, including those in Oregon and Hawaii, USA; Scotland and Southwest England; Spain; Australia; and Japan.
CleanTechnica EVs
JUNE 12, 2021
Electric grids do not change overnight. 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.
Baua Electric
JUNE 7, 2023
California has been joined via Massachusetts, Fresh Jersey, Fresh York, Oregon, Washington and Vermont in adopting the principles. The factors tighten every year emissions limits, the primary replace to wash wind requirements for fat obligation vans in additional than twenty years, and are 80 p.c The EPA declined to remark.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 3, 2023
The Outback Wilderness is pleasantly smooth and easy to drive on the open highway, with acceptable wind and road noise. The Subaru Outback Wilderness is a tall station wagon or small SUV that was remarkably comfortable for highway cruising, but with no compromises for off-road functionality.
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.
Clean Fleet Report
OCTOBER 25, 2021
The Forester Wilderness is pleasantly smooth and easy to drive on the open highway, with acceptable wind and road noise for a compact SUV. Clean Fleet Report spent a few hours recently on the loose rocks and gravel, washboard roads and deep ruts of the beautiful Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Driving Experience: Off Road.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
The current Prius had received more wind tunnel hours of testing than any other Toyota in history. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Vehicle deliveries begin in Spring 2012.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
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. Tony: “hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. — Tony 11. I miss my EV1.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. The day after Fortunes visit to BYD, Oregon Gov. " When he got back to the U.S., Sokol told Buffett, "This guys amazing. You want to meet him." 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think is also working closely with the Brussel based Eurelectric , the European union of electricity industry. Think has established a U.S. headquarters and will begin sales in the U.S. before 2010.
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.
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. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” There will never be a cap-and-trade bill passed by the United States Senate.
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