Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
September 2010
- Full funding released for NW smart grid project
- Former Burgerville sustainability director lands at PSU
- Avoided carbon calculator tracks savings
- Qatar looks to Oregon for sustainability expertise
- EnergySec lands $5.9M for grid security organization
- PGE withdraws Rock Creek wind farm waiver
- FutureGen 2.0 to bring 900 jobs to Illinois
- Ohio eliminates tax on renewable energy projects
- Oregon State Bar gives first sustainability awards
- The 'EV Project' expands its reach to Southern Oregon
- PVT Solar raises $13.7M, names CEO (San Francisco)
- Iberdrola's wind energy control center is nation's most advanced
- Amyris stock climbs on IPO debut (San Francisco)
- Colorado companies sign deal for 150 electric bus motors
- Columbia Forest pitches stewardship to forest owners
- Sustainability is a big tent
- InEnTec lands Wall Street Journal award
- SolarCity grows in Portland
- NuScale leases 20,000 square feet
- EPA's coal ash regulation plan meets resistance (Pittsburgh)
- Efficiency industry eyes federal grant expiration (Silicon Valley)
- Sharp Electronics inks huge solar deal (San Francisco)
- Arizona utility looks at commercial solar
- Mass. governor candidates clash over cleantech
- Research key for green building projects (Baltimore)
- Green economic index trend grows
- 'Passive' houses gain ground in Oregon
- Ohio to offer $8M in subsidies for ethanol, biodiesel
- Up on the rooftop: The wind opportunity
- PGE pushes new plan to close Boardman
- Adams talks up green building in Toronto
- PGE pushes efficiency with social media
- Oregon BEST, ONAMI and OTRADI to share $1M
- Lemelson supports Sustainable Harvest expansion
- SolarWorld announces financing program
- Iberdrola, BPA in pilot project for wind backup
- Clean energy angel fund closes with $11M (Silicon Valley)
- ABB to build smart grid center at NCSU
- SunPower to build 10-MW solar park in Delaware
- Midwest Biodiesel to rehire workers (St. Louis)
- Sharp buys Recurrent for $305 million (San Francisco)
- IBM data center in RTP wins LEED gold
- NOAA funds OSU, partners in climate consortium
- Tesla Motors to open Paris store
- ECOtality outlines plans for Oregon EV charging infrastructure
- Brammo hauls in $12 million investment
- New rates set for Oregon's feed-in tariff program
- PGE signs contract with enXco for Yamhill solar power
- Video: Widmer puts new spin on 'green' beer
- Outdoor industry's Eco Index launches
- Hospitals embrace sustainable engineering
- High-speed rail will create 57,000 Midwest jobs
- Sustainability draws visitors to Portland
- Bill to fix Florida nuke plant $250M, rising
- SolarCity lands big Wal-Mart contract (San Francisco)
- Wind energy slow to grow in Hawaii
- Corporate cash lifts cleantech companies
- LEED certification loses luster for landlords (Sacramento)
- Federal tax deduction covers cost of greening
- Economist: Green projects not growing economy (Cincinnati)
- Firms ride wave of faster, cheaper solar installation (Boston)
- Green building continues even in recession (Albuquerque)
- Electric vehicle dealers ready for the boom (Minneapolis)
- More than just a pretty roof: Ecoroofs save cash
- Green tech transfer taps collaboration
- Mass. cleantech program attracts DOE funds
- Ohio and Colorado universities team on renewable energy research
- Energy Composites plans joint venture in Wisconsin
- Obsidian launches solar lending program
- PUC rules in favor of Klamath dam removal
- Saving by changing how you use energy
- PGE negotiating to buy Eastern Oregon wind farm
- Iberdrola plans $6B investment by 2013
- Brammo joins with Flextronics in manufacturing parnterhsip
- PGE tests biomass process for Boardman
- Green Microgym expands with franchise model
- Chevron gets OK for world’s biggest solar project
- Statoil to work with California fim on seaweed ethanol
- BEF builds new model for water offsets
- Icebreaker introduces wool-based fleece
- San Jose council backs raised high-speed rail
- Toyota, Tesla to debut plug-in RAV4 in November
- Livermore Lab licenses 'zinc air' fuel cell
- CU-Boulder to test Toyota plug-in hybrids
- Policy changes worry small-wind developers
- Oregon bets big on electric cars
- Climate policy inaction lost Oregon 26,000 jobs, groups say
- Cleantech interests link the Northwest and the U.K.
- Joule patents renewable diesel process (Boston)
- Benefit corporations offer sustainable path
- Greenberry to build new plant in Vancouver
- Energy storage venture lands stimulus grant (Houston)
- Water bottle maker looks to go greener (Phoenix)
- Energy efficiency investments lift Blue Hill (Philadelphia)
- BioStar Systems gets $3M for biogas projects
- Vestas hopes new model will catch the wind
- Ascent Solar signs China distribution deal (Denver)
- A123 opens Michigan battery plant
- Whole Foods to stop selling over-fished seafood
- Startup will manufacture ‘green’ cement (Atlanta)
- PSU's sustainability center takes on new name
- Wave energy park gets $2.4 million bump
- Portland struts green tourism stuff
- Oregon BEST announces $1M lab investment
- Local Foods creates online farmers markets
- Eco-booth wins kudos for Keen
- Earth Advantage to lead DOE-funded pilot
- OUS approves sustainability center spend
- BPA and Calpine Corp. sign wind deal
- Time to get beyond incremental thinking
- Can we meet the 'eat local' challenge?
- Portland homes seek green labels
- UO buildings LEED the way
- PNNL lands $3.1M for biofuels research
- Phoenix lands manufacturing company Power-One
- Solar firm gets $1M in bid to rival coal (Boston)
- Port Townsend, Jefferson County tops in renewable energy
- Oregon fisheries eye community model
- U.C. Berkeley researchers get $793K biofuel grant
- Settlement near in BPA power dispute
- BETC: No longer 'broken,' but far from secure
- PPG Industries starts solar business (Pittsburgh)
- W.R. Grace wins $3.3M grant for renewable fuels (Baltimore)
- Solaria raises $20 million (San Francisco)
- Frito-Lay to buy 176 Smith Electric delivery trucks (Kansas City)
- Whole Foods enacts new packaging rules
- Tennessee to offer $2,500 rebate on electric cars
- Puget Sound getting $13M in EPA grant funds
- Coulomb Technologies raises $15M (Austin)
- Energy monitors available for library checkout in Oregon
- New transmission essential for Oregon’s renewable energy standard
- PGE: Biglow Canyon complete
- SolarWorld provides peek at solar-inspired fashion
- GBS, BOMA roll out 'green' building software
- PV Powered wins $2.4 million energy grant
- Greenstone Inn closes first 'green' summer season
- EcoChallenge offers path to greener employee habits
- Where sustainability meets health care
- Sacramento region tops in per-capita solar capacity
- Tenn. programs offer funds for 'greener' businesses
- Ocean explored as thermal energy source (Hawaii)
- Coal ash rules carry costs (Charlotte)
- Duke Energy boosts use of natural gas (Charlotte)
- Executive profile: CEO of EnerNOC (Boston)
- Ruling on New Mexico solar plan draws criticism
- 'Cap and trade' may be back after Nov. 2 (Atlanta)
- Union County residents will vote on wind farm
- Green chemistry saves millions for Intel
- Report: Oregon's green manufacturing sector looks strong
- Cisco to acquire smart-grid company Arch Rock
- Algae fuel company leases 15,000SF (Phoenix)
- Electric vehicle group clears hurdle
- Bradbury named to power and conservation council
- Rendell announces $20.5 million for 40 innovative energy projects (Pittsburgh)
- Tesla gets sportscar subsidy in Japan (SF)
- United Streetcar, Gerding lauded for sustainability
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