Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
June 2010
- Oregon company to build paper houses in Haiti and beyond
- Oregon grants $158,000 for renewable energy study
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk got $15.5M from IPO (Silicon Valley)
- Solyndra co-founder named Deeya Energy CEO (Silicon Valley)
- DOE invests $24M into algae biofuel research (Phoenix)
- Portland Fashion Week to fuse fashion with energy
- Pervious concrete on display in Street of Dreams
- Duke Energy, Cisco Systems sign deal to bring smart grid into homes
- Massachusetts distributing $4M for solar
- Tax credits lure California hybrid company to Colorado
- Tesla IPO revs to $19 open, raises $226M
- ECOtality moving HQ to San Francisco
- Lehman Hot Springs fined $532,275
- Blumenauer bill would boost geothermal energy development
- CEOs agree: Sustainability determines winners
- Oregon companies pitch in to clean up the Gulf
- DEQ gives PGE three proposals for Boardman power plant
- Tesla plans to raise $244M in IPO
- City of Portland mulls green sponsorships
- Metro to examine urban boundary issues
- Criminal charges for environmental accidents more common
- Clean Energy Works expands statewide
- Florida County turns to PACE for green job growth
- Sysco drives green initiative with hydrogen vehicles (Houston)
- A123 ramps up trailer-sized batteries for the grid (Boston)
- Solar thermal melts as PV solidifies (Albuquerque)
- A foundation for sustainable local economies
- McKinstry to hire Kulongoski adviser Hamilton for Oregon operations
- More Oregon businesses will face emissions reporting requirements
- Business, government leaders create Silicon Valley Smart Grid Task Force
- Lithium ion battery maker Boston-Power raises $60M
- Duke Energy CEO: Obama must stand up on energy bill
- Biomass developers fight EPA emissions ruling
- Electric and ethanol cars get $114M push in California
- LeanPath launches food waste tracking software
- Business Energy Tax Credit deadline looms
- Digital Lumens CEO: LED light systems break new ground (Boston)
- Vestas’ Colorado plants will get work from Canada order
- SunPower achieves new solar efficiency record
- CEOs say sustainability is key to success
- Arizona Governor signs solar credit bill
- How green chemistry can boost Oregon business
- Big public bike lot to open in Portland
- Recurve raises $8M from Lowe's, others (San Francisco)
- Scientific Conservation Inc. raises $9M (San Francisco)
- Study: Sprawling cities to feel more heat (Atlanta)
- Bid to suspend California emission law goes to ballot
- Amyris gets into renewable cosmetics (San Francisco)
- Judge blocks Gulf drilling ban (Houston)
- Organic beer industry flourishes
- Poll: Small business supports clean energy bill
- Energy bill stands better chances due to spill (Washington, D.C.)
- Tesla projects vans, SUVs to follow sedan (Silicon Valley)
- Solar Nation finishes thin-film solar system in Gresham
- Boston biotechs dip into alternative fuels
- Researchers supercharge lithium batteries (Boston)
- Wu bill aims to assist urban universities
- Solar thermal jockeys for its place in the sun
- Austin, Texas names first sustainability chief
- Court overturns modified alfalfa ban (St. Louis)
- Solar debate turns to water in Arizona
- Young activists lobby for green jobs (Philadelphia)
- Sunny outlook for solar in Minnesota
- SunPower to build solar system for Dow Jones (San Jose)
- PG&E invests $100M in SunRun (San Francisco)
- Arizona solar land in flux
- Atlanta BP stations feeling protest pinch
- North Carolina debates energy policy
- Berken uses waste heat for electricity (New Mexico)
- Northwest goes ductless for savings
- Oregon's hidden business cluster
- Report: Green economy on upswing in Colorado
- PECI lands $749,000 in stimulus funding for energy auditor education
- Solyndra pulls IPO, raises $175M in private capital (Silicon Valley)
- Colorado company gets $2.2M for windows project
- Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open semifinalists announced
- Solar industry association's new boss seeks to repair relationships
- State denies PGE Boardman request
- Fuel cell company begins $1.5M testing program (New York)
- ECOtality gets $30M to expand its EV program
- OSU expands energy program for rural businesses
- A123 planning third battery tech R&D site in Mass.
- Beaverton's Sage Green boasts net-zero homes
- Green business cluster grows in Commonwealth Building
- New Portland magazine aims at low-car audience
- SolFocus gets $600K from San Jose
- BP agrees to $20B fund, apologizes to U.S. for spill (Houston)
- Study: No support for offshore oil ban (Houston)
- Icebreaker names new U.S. executives
- Tenant impacts on green buildings are massive
- Oregon vets get $500,000 for green training
- Public Utilities Commission approves plan to test biofuels (Honolulu)
- Cleantech Open names 16 semifinalists
- Atheros gets $4.5M smart grid grant (Silicon Valley)
- Report: Climate bill would deliver 440,000 jobs, consumer savings
- Pickens pushes natural gas after oil spill (Dallas)
- Tesla expects $14-$16 share price (Silicon Valley)
- Eco Dry Cleaner and Whole Foods launch partnership
- PSU adds two to its social business incubator
- Boston Red Sox sign conservation partner
- Colorado State launches solar center
- Entrepreneur pushes ocean energy scheme (Washington, D.C.)
- Oregon senators join call for BP to put up $20B
- PGE wins industry's highest honor for salmon work
- Birchmere Ventures invests in Solexant (Pittsburgh)
- Mortgage questions halt solar upgrade funds (Sacramento)
- Economy has slowed LEED certification pursuit (Honolulu)
- Houston leads charge in renewable energy certificates
- Colorado finding use for trees killed by pine beetles
- Duke Energy, opponents: N.C. must define 'renewable'
- Portland Plan puts emphasis on sustainable business
- Regional wind team fosters new sense of collaboration and opportunity
- Oregon Sustainability Experience awards scholarships, starts invitation program
- Oregon electric motorcycle maker wins big
- Oil spill alters climate change bill
- OSU research could aid oil spill cleanup
- Port of St. Helens aims to be renewable energy hotbed
- BETC feud heads to court
- Study: Biomass suited for heating, not electricity
- Eleek, Sustainable Harvest named top social entrepreneurs
- Senate defeats move to void EPA greenhouse gas rules
- Solaria moves to expand manufacturing (San Francisco)
- PACE energy efficiency programs suspended (San Francisco)
- Whole Foods tops green ranking (Austin)
- Electric vehicle group seeks $2.45M to build industry in Oregon
- FEI trims energy costs by 67 percent
- U.S. Geothermal lands $100M federal loan for Oregon project
- North Carolina OKs plan for Progress Energy to replace coal with natural gas
- Country Natural Beef goes mainstream with Chipotle partnership
- Pacific Ethanol to exit bankruptcy
- Blumenauer introduces bill to aid railcar makers
- Trina Solar inks deal with Southern California Edison (San Francisco)
- N.M. schools get $4.5M for solar projects (Albuquerque)
- New jobs, old bricks and the triple bottom line
- Five more companies lobby for Oregon energy loans
- Movie features Oregon sustainability leadership, China-U.S. race
- Montgomery takes over at OSEIA
- Portland, GE form sustainability partnership
- Smart USA to test Tesla-powered cars in Portland
- 13 Atlantic coast states partner on offshore wind
- New Jesuit H.S. building will keep cool, go for LEED gold
- SunPower to build solar power plant in Spain
- ClearEdge to sell fuel cells in Korea
- Virent raises $46M for biofuel production (Milwaukee)
- Salt River Project seeks solar proposals (Phoenix)
- California favors tougher EPA standards
- Portland vocational school wins grant for environmental education
- Tesla sells $13.8M in credits (Silicon Valley)
- Freightliner dealer gives green rig to PCC
- N.C. renewable projects gain funds
- Silicon Valley companies eye electric-vehicle charging stations as perk
- California utilities crank up green power race
- Solar Power gets $32M for manufacturing, solar farm (Sacramento)
- Solexant lands $41.5 million Series C round
- GreenPrint expands into Europe with Marks & Spencer
- Southwest states expected to share renewable power
- Port recognized for emissions reporting
- Toyota ready to kick off plug-in demonstration program in Portland
- Rethinking the box
- FTC to toughen anti-greenwashing rules
- Plas2Fuel opens showcase facility, changes name to Agilyx
- Oregon gets $1 million for green jobs training
- Electric vehicles on display in Portland Saturday
- Car renter Enterprise to cut $50M in energy costs (St. Louis)
- Pacific Ethanol to offer 200M more shares (Sacramento)
- ZeaChem breaks ground in Boardman
- Northwest businesses call for Senate action on climate change
- Schumer promotes fuel-cell legislation (New York)
- Enphase Energy raises $23M (San Francisco)
- Coulomb to deliver 5,000 car charging stations (San Jose)
- Finding Oregon's common thread
- HM3 Energy lands USDA grant for biomass fuel research
- New solar incentive promises scant business benefit
- Water policy and innovation is opportunity for Oregon businesses
- Lemnis Lighting starts China joint venture (San Francisco)
- Green Dog Cleaning expands recycling's reach
- Grant funds study of biking barriers
- Spill outrage could fuel Washington state anti-pollution tax
- 'Net zero' school to open in Kentucky
- Jacksonville, Fla., works on its bike-ability
- Duke Energy squeezing N.C. solar industry (Charlotte)
- Solar feed-in tariff rules approved
- Employees now own Cadmus Group
- Zipcar files for $75M IPO (Boston)
- Bloo Solar lands funding, seeks more (Sacramento)
- Green buildings can be fraught with risks, challenges (Orlando)
- Carolinas' solar industry looking for legislative change (Charlotte)
- Tesla CEO out of cash (Silicon Valley)
- Tribal energy development: A model for sustainability
- Companies look to PECI for energy savings
- Gerding Edlen closing in on acquisition deals
- UO's sustainable cities program grows
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