Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
April 2010
- Feds find $2M for Kalamath water crisis
- ICE purchasing Climate Exchange (Atlanta)
- Food gets Portland on the Fast Cities list
- United Airlines: First commercial jet with synthetic fuel takes off from Denver
- Shepherds Flat wind farm gets go-ahead from feds
- Portland selected for low-carbon economic development program
- IBM: office buildings can be more efficient (Houston)
- Plastics recycler gets new leader, eyes expansion
- AirAdvice partners with NorthWrite on building energy efficiency
- Nike, Hanna Andersson among "sustainability all stars"
- Battery maker ReVolt lands $5M stimulus grant
- Daimler says demand strong for cleaner-running trucks
- Hoyt neighborhood scores LEED platinum
- Schools get funding for efficient lights
- Intel tops green power list
- Vestas loses $108M in first quarter
- Feds OK offshore wind project in Nantucket Sound (Boston)
- First Solar to acquire NextLight Power for $285M (Phoenix)
- Capitol Coke machines go green (Washington D.C.)
- Joule Unlimited raises $30M for Texas renewable energy plant
- Bill aims to boost clean-tech exports (Sacramento)
- Commercial composting infrastructure coming to Oregon
- Businesses step up to the plate on carbon reductions
- Vestas restarts production at Colorado plant, lands biggest order yet
- Vulcan Power Co. sells power to California utility
- Aide Solar opens manufacturing facility in China (Phoenix)
- Wineries complete first industry carbon-reduction program
- First Solar CEO gets $16M payday (Phoenix)
- Nissan Leaf reservations blow through expectations
- Grape Solar announces Mid-Atlantic distribution deal
- Better Place tests electric car system in Japan (Silicon Valley)
- SolarBridge raises $15M (Austin)
- Florida starts 'green' doctor effort
- Attempts to broaden Hawaii ethanol tax-incentive law stall
- BrightSource wants to trade land for fees (San Francisco)
- Vermont college opens $5.8M biomass plant
- Future of biomass plants up in air (Charlotte)
- Peabody aims at China - via Australia (St. Louis)
- Duke Energy's Rogers touts carbon proposal (Charlotte)
- Are voluntary renewable energy purchases in danger of withering on the vine?
- A bipartisan bill in partisan times?
- Renewable Funding expands (San Francisco)
- GE bringing smart grid division to Atlanta
- Department of Energy gets new chief
- Vestas receives Canadian order for 16 turbines
- OIT engineers its growth
- Austin passes sweeping green energy plan
- SunPower plans Bay Area solar manufacturing plant
- Piper files to raise $300M for clean-tech fund (Minneapolis)
- Stahlbush launches biodegradable bag
- Zipcar buys UK's Streetcar (Boston)
- Duke Energy plans 10 large solar projects (Charlotte)
- GE starts smart grid division in Atlanta
- Ikea plans 600 kilowatts of solar on Arizona roof
- Biofuels company Codexis raises $78M in IPO (Silicon Valley)
- Oregon Wine Board pushes sustainability certification
- Oregon gets $20M for efficiency program
- MSE Power acquires wind-energy company (Albany)
- SolFocus in Australia airport solar project (Silicon Valley)
- Solar thermal power facility coming to Austin
- ZeaChem validates its biofuels process
- The Oregon Sustainability Experience markets the state's expertise
- Evergreen Solar eyes $165M debt sale (Boston)
- A miles-per-gallon sticker for your home and office
- Gas-industry report claims wind-energy standards lead to pollution (Denver)
- St. Louis caterer turns trash to liquid
- Vulcan Power names new CEO
- Hilton reduced energy use by 5% (Memphis)
- Duke Energy plans 1MW solar farm (Charlotte)
- OSU researcher advances 'thin film' solar technology
- Whole Foods reducing energy use 25% by 2015
- AT&T unveils natural gas vehicles (Milwaukee)
- Sustaining through tough times
- Starbucks notes 'barriers' to recycling (Seattle)
- Albiasa offers solar choices (San Francisco)
- Solar financing dealt blow by rate ruling (Phoenix)
- Telkonet wins $1.2M in military work (Milwaukee)
- Colorado governor signs coal-cutback bill
- Best Buy looks at selling electric cars
- Office design important for keeping workers healthy (Denver)
- WebCore moves into wind turbine market (Dayton)
- Solar power for the masses closer to reality (Houston)
- Schnitzer Steel acquires Montana metals recycler
- Complaints related to solar installations on the rise (Phoenix)
- Greener World Media helps businesses go green (San Francisco)
- Florida looks at PACE for energy efficiency
- Green construction takes root on St. Louis campuses
- Companies cut energy use as rate hikes loom
- Ports' 'windfalls' threaten to drift away
- Solar Power chases $147M (Sacramento)
- Feds give TriMet $2.4M for streetcar
- Shrimp season starts in Oregon
- Geothermal energy heats up
- Absorbent Technologies closes in on $20M
- River plan passes
- St. Louis University plans sustainability center
- Vincent plans cranberry juice launch
- Massachusetts spends stimulus funds on energy assurance
- Pentagon scuttles plan for huge Oregon wind farm
- A door opens for business in water disputes
- Redwood gets U.S. grant for LED lighting (San Francisco)
- Scientists oppose Colorado roadless-forest proposal
- Grape Solar aims at South America with new partnership
- Iberdrola sells power from Iowa wind farm
- IdaTech announces fuel cell deal in Indonesia
- ZAP licenses electric car charging technology from Pacific Northwest National Lab
- Report: Restoration work on the rise in Oregon
- Geothermal heat and power plant fires up a first for Oregon
- The EV Project: "a big science project"
- PSU selected as test site for Toyota's plug-in Prius
- Investment vs. Immediacy
- Cooper Industries acquires smart meter company Eka Systems (Washington)
- Urban Land Institute issues water warning
- Massachusetts hires EnerNOC for $10 million energy project
- Energy reform could save Tennessee billions, add jobs
- Tacoma targets water technology
- Builders question efficacy of green certification (Washington, D.C.)
- Arrival of electric cars in Seattle brings federal money for chargers
- Starbucks says: Bring your cup, get free coffee April 15 (Seattle)
- Cambrios gets DoD contract for flexible solar cells (Silicon Valley)
- Group presses Southern Co, SunTrust on climate change (Atlanta)
- Desert squirrels bury large solar project (San Francisco)
- Efficiency drives Thermal Roof Systems growth (Sacramento)
- Ocean Power Technologies gets grant for wave energy buoy
- Arizona running out of money for solar incentives
- Canal water power evokes Phoenix’s past
- Critical mass propels Philadelphia clean-tech sector
- Greenhouse gas law requires polluters to track, report emissions (Louisville)
- Green training increases with stimulus funding (Jacksonville)
- Ambit Energy, First Choice Power to launch prepaid electric programs (Dallas)
- Solar project a first for Georgia Power (Atlanta)
- Sacred Power bets on NASCAR (Albuquerque)
- Big IPOs will chart course for the cleantech industry
- QM Power moves to Kansas City, plans to hire 100
- PGE files new plan on 2020 closure of coal-fired Boardman
- Tomorrow's sustainable business leaders need a better MBA
- Oregon Sustainability Center turns to corporations for financial help
- Whole Foods' Portland mea culpa
- AES buys two European wind power companies (Washington, D.C.)
- PG&E gets approval for Bloom fuel cell (San Francisco)
- OIT lands $2.5M stimulus funding for renewable energy program
- PSU names Robert Costanza to lead its sustainability center
- Florida launches new solar plant
- Oregon in top five for wind energy capacity
- EMME raises $2.8M for fresh start in energy management
- Ecohaus to open San Francisco store
- Green2V brings hundreds of jobs to New Mexico
- Wells Fargo launches environmental blog (Charlotte)
- New Smart Energy Coalition will push for national energy security
- Cleantech Open launches its 2010 Pacific Northwest competition
- Green For All’s local business initiatives boost clean energy economy
- Solar cell maker AQT raises $10M (Silicon Valley)
- Solar panel maker Chromasun raises $3M (San Jose)
- Black Hills Corp. gets $20.7M in stimulus for smart-grid projects (Denver)
- Oregon company gets EPA grant to study soy adhesive
- NY ranks high in energy use, efficiency (Albany)
- Valence Tech powering London's electric taxis (Austin)
- American Superconductor lands India wind deal (Boston)
- Main Street Capital invests in electric bicycle maker (Houston)
- EcoFactor raises $3.5 million (San Francisco)
- 'Green' pest control company expands
- Portland ranks No. 2 as bike-friendly city
- Sustainable Northwest Wood opens Portland hub for green builders
- Whole Foods expands use of Oregon-based recycling program
- Climate change: Global crisis or ATM?
- TXU Energy has new wind plan (Dallas)
- Bill establishes tax credit for energy R&D facility (Jacksonville)
- Clean-coal project remains stuck (Columbus)
- Duke Energy's biomass plan comes under fire (Charlotte)
- Texas invests in a wind-power future (San Antonio)
- Energy rebate awarded to tribal casino (Sacramento)
- Company working to improve air quality (Phoenix)
- Energy-solution funds flowing (Dallas)
- Limited solar initiatives in Georgia ruffle developers
- Do we have the infrastructure for the electric vehicle revolution?
- PGE seeks approval for early Boardman closing
- Mississippi lands $175M solar panel plant (Memphis)
- Amyris raises $47.8M from Singapore government (San Francisco)
- Solyndra auditor raises IPO doubts (Silicon Valley)
- Wind informatics startup secures $1M funding (Boston)
- ZGF Architects tapped to design Homeland Security HQ project
- Freshwater Trust is ready to make a national splash
- Sustainability is like love
- Energy Trust boosts business incentives for efficiency upgrades
- Stirling Energy Systems, Boeing announce solar panels deal (Phoenix)
- Portland group proposes eco-districts plan
- Should states force cities to go green? (Nashville)
- Xcel buys 201-megawatt wind farm in Minnesota
- Q1 clean-tech investments break record (Silicon Valley)
- Tesla-Lotus deal helps close Roadster gap (Silicon Valley)
- Clean-energy investments are hot despite lack of policy direction
- Economist network speaks up on carbon pricing
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