Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
August 2010
- Fueling commercialization leads to new green jobs
- Report: Efficiency investment opportunities abound
- DEQ seeks comment on closing Boardman
- Propel Fuels gets grants for 75 stations (Sacramento)
- SuperPower to work on energy storage project (N.Y.)
- Mobis to open bike parking hub in Hillsboro
- Tesla-powered Mercedes set for debut
- Court gives Cape Wind green light (Boston)
- Burns & McDonnell wins work on project to link electric grids
- Bragdon: Oregon has high degree of 'civic literacy'
- Ecos hires former Duke Energy exec, opens N.C. office
- Publication helps nurseries go green
- San Jose Credit Union members pool for solar discounts
- S. F. transmission line developer eyes Texas
- VCs whack investments in cleantech
- Net zero movement aims to change the world (San Francisco)
- Pennsylvania solar firms anticipate bright future
- Colleges adopt green practices (Boston)
- Georgia’s first wood-to-ethanol plant opens
- Oregon farmer renounces dairy license to support raw milk
- Catching the next wave of business development
- Bragdon talks sustainability and competitiveness
- Toyota to boost fuel efficiency 25 percent
- Portland Farmers Market director resigns
- ReVolt plugs into new Airport Way HQ
- PECI headed to First & Main
- ShoreBank Pacific looks stronger after merger
- MotoCzysz and Remy to make new electric drive system
- Xzeres Wind hires high-powered CEO
- Tesla Motors paid $275,000 fine to EPA
- There is no such thing as a free lunch
- Portland Store Fixtures markets recycling service
- Clark County knocks down barriers to living buildings
- TierPoint plans $8.2M green data center near Spokane
- Tennessee solar businesses get new funding source
- Drawing a roadmap to sustainable food, and sustainable practices
- Ford, PGE announce partnership
- Home Depot selling EcoSmart LEDs
- Grape Solar expands into Arizona
- C Change, Vanterra launch $100M energy fund (Boston)
- Burgerville cans its sustainability director
- Silicon Valley startups turn woodchips into biofuel
- Exploratorium aims at net zero (San Francisco)
- Altergy powers up in fuel cell market (Sacramento)
- Philadelphia energy institute makes research awards
- Duke Energy drops wind project off N.C. coast
- Finding a work force for clean energy (Charlotte)
- OneCalifornia Bank buys ShoreBank Pacific
- Wind power pays off in upstate New York
- OIT among Best Colleges in western region
- UO researchers to study building health
- Cleantech backers fund anti-Prop. 23 ads (San Jose)
- Tesla to buy NUMMI equipment (San Jose)
- Ford kicks off electric vehicle tour at PSU
- Austin Energy buying $2M in panels from SolarWorld
- Oregon groups get $7M for solar pilot
- N.C. university gets $1.8M to predict climate change
- Oregon wind company Xzeres heads to the shore
- The vision for a sustainable future
- Oregon winery carbon reduction program grows up
- Corps of Engineers, Freshwater Trust streamline water projects
- Tidal power firm starts adding energy to Maine grid
- Vestas decision is key to Oregon's clean-energy economy
- Vestas keeps HQ in Portland, moving to the Pearl
- Northwest energy council gets national recognition
- Global warming good news for truffle lovers
- Nike, NASA, USAID and the feds team on sustainability
- Oregon makes new strides with smaller footprints
- EPA change could chop Tesla’s range by 30 percent
- Kettle chips plant set for $8.4 million expansion
- Smart grid project funds approved
- China has become world’s top energy consumer
- Sacramento OKs 20-megawatt solar power plant
- Green means go for Glumac
- Philadelphia e-bike seller gets his rent tied to gas price
- More than 300 charging stations slated for Orlando
- Kansas City gets ready for electric vehicles
- Midwest Research Institute researches biofuels
- Recycler uses stimulus funds to curb emissions (Charlotte)
- Georgia focuses on green energy
- DEQ launches clean fleet program
- Sustainable homes no longer just a fad (Atlanta)
- A123 spinout 24M raises $10M Series A funding (Boston)
- P&G to use new sugarcane-based packaging (Cincinnati)
- Orion installs new urban wind turbine (Milwaukee)
- Goat rental business takes bigger bites
- BPA tests the water heater's role in the smart grid
- Naturally Advanced hires former Nike exec
- Hopworks expands its green beer reach
- Beaverton charges up with OpConnect
- Wisconsin hospital plans $10M wind farm
- Iberdrola's biomass move may clear the air
- BP Solar gets new CEO (San Francisco)
- Buy a Volt or Leaf, get an HOV sticker (Sacramento)
- Get green: practically
- HarvestMark launches food-tracing service
- KLD Energy closes $6M funding round (Austin)
- Piper Jaffray CleanTech fund spending $100M (Minneapolis)
- Zipcar's buyout of UK's Streetcar stalled (Boston)
- Austin, Tex., installs 500 solar-powered parking meters
- Solar developments on tap in Arizona
- HM3 Energy lands additional grant
- SunPower moves to $6.2M Q2 loss
- Sunny future for ecoroofs
- Habitat for Humanity building all-LED house
- Naturally Advanced leases factory space
- Tesla CEO Musk slams rival Nissan’s batteries
- EnerG2 gets started on Albany energy storage materials plant
- Architects seek LEED credentials as recession drags on (Wichita)
- Researcher plans to build solar farms in N.C.
- Grid stability key to Hawaii's energy future
- Xcel to buy new type of photovoltaic power (Denver)
- Duke Energy: earnings hot, regulatory momentum cool (Charlotte)
- Wind farm brings controversy (Boston)
- Funding woes impede 'green' wave (Baltimore)
- PNNL announces big offset potential for biochar
- Teaching an old company green tricks
- IdaTech expands fuel cell technology
- Vancouver getting ready for electric vehicles
- University of Oregon unveils upgraded cooling system
- Schott Solar announces layoffs (Albuquerque)
- Ten renewable projects pass incentive screening
- Navy to add 345 electric vehicles (Jacksonville)
- TXU Energy signs $30M iThermostat deal (Dallas)
- New FutureGen plant plan billions cheaper (St. Louis)
- ClearEdge Power hires Silicon Valley sales exec
- PGE debuts quick-charge station for electric vehicles
- Survey: 76% of Hawaii's drink containers recycled in '09
- Green data centers mean big business
- Tesla's first earnings report shows wider loss (Silicon Valley)
- Viridity Software takes in $8M (Boston)
- China tops U.S. in windpower growth (San Francisco)
- PECI lands $18.8 M contract for California jobs
- Oregon Sustainability Center gets green light from city
- Oregon Coast wave energy park clears hurdle
- OSU a partner in new $2.2M center for wood-based materials
- PGE, PacifiCorp may team up on transmission line
- Oregon business groups unite to save incentives for renewable energy
- Keen helps send Oregon team to the Gulf of Mexico
- VC cleantech investment jumps to $1.5B in Q2 (Silicon Valley)
- New fly ash regulations threaten sustainable concrete
- Zipcar moves into downtown Portland
- Sustainability Center vote set for Wednesday
- Northwest looks to Europe for ideas on wind
- Miles Fiberglass lands Boost for wind business
- Duke Energy plans to help customers save (Charlotte)
- Electrical contractor focuses on charging stations (Silicon Valley)
- One Block Off the Grid aims to inform (Philadelphia)
- BioDimensions to squeeze fuel from sorghum crop (Memphis)
- The greening of Dallas
- LEED certification efforts remain strong (Dallas)
- Green building supplier sees growing market (New York)
- BornFree builds business on BPA-free products
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