Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
October 2011
- Nike plays host to venture capital group this week
- Second cleantech firm with federal loan guarantee goes bust
- Plugging in: Renewable energy for remote villages
- Tesla: Profitable in 2013, Model S sold out
- NEEA pushing super-efficient TVs in Northwest
- KB Home building efficient homes in Texas
- Cleantech startups try to dodge "Valley of Death"
- Multnomah County bans BPA
- Novomer raises $10M for green plastics
- Nature’s Fuel eyes $470M biofuel facility in Kentucky
- Approval of Cape Wind project overturned
- Baltimore's BioHabitats wins $20M National Park Service contract
- Portland tapped for ecodistric development in Hong Kong
- Coke's white polar bear cans coming from Wilsonville
- SeQuential-Pacific hits 10M-gallon biodiesel milestone
- PNNL teams win DOE honor award
- Xzeres raises $950K, signs French dealer
- Social justice by bike
- Troutdale gas plant proposal raises questions
- Portland's ecodistrict effort shows signs of progress
- Itron scaling back, laying off 750
- First Solar shares soar on CEO resignation
- Sacramento to reduce solar permit fees
- Report: Apple to build solar power plant in North Carolina
- Brammo raises $28M from Polaris, others
- Climate Solutions names new Oregon director
- PDC looking at district power options
- A look at Coke's green streak with Jeffrey Foote
- Chipotle raising money for farmers
- ZeaChem raises $19M
- Intel still tops in green power purchasing
- GE's solar plant boosts Colorado's cleantech cred
- Rain catchment not just for backyard gardens
- Sacramento drops solar highways project
- Efficient lighting company Bridgelux raises $15M
- Anderson: EcoDistricts tap into neighborhood energy
- Video: Portland organizations making a Net Impact
- OSU study: Bioenergy production will increase emissions
- Madison Avenue: Green thyself
- ECOtality debuts its fast charger in Portland
- New York company proposes natural gas plant in Troutdale
- Waste Management's InEnTec stake valued at $22.5 million
- E.ON moves wind development office to Portland
- IdaTech announces greener fuel cell fuel
- Green Hammer touts top-to-bottom FSC wood
- Massachusetts reports 64,000 workers in clean energy
- Oregon ranks No. 4 for energy efficiency
- Nature bats last
- Tau Science targets solar industry with assist from OSU
- Slideshow: Hotlips Soda draws from local agriculture
- Tesla's got new competition: The e-DeLorean
- SolarCity continuing with SolarStrong
- Duke Energy turns off wind farm to avoid bat deaths
- SolarWorld leads charge against China trade practices
- No trustee appointed for Solyndra bankruptcy
- Bristol Bay event highlights Oregon ties to Alaska fishery
- PSU launches interactive efficiency tool
- Sharp Solar launches first two products since Camas move
- Vestas turbines destined for Michigan wind farm
- Oregon eighth in nation for solar jobs
- Conscious Commuter gets its five minutes at EMA Awards
- Deepwater Wind outlines offshore project
- Solar firm Silevo comes out of stealth with $33M
- Xzeres sees strong revenue growth in the second quarter
- Wyden airs concerns over China subsidies
- Advantage IQ, Ecos merge under Ecova banner
- Hearing focuses on Solyndra debt restructuring
- BrightSource applies for another big solar project
- Design a business like a city
- Cole: Leverage scale for EcoDistricts
- Target commits to sustainable seafood
- Microsoft initiates sustainability reporting for vendors
- Lucid Energy to sign MOU with city of Portland
- Oregon farmers launch new effort to feed hungry
- Colorado lands GE solar plant
- Construction halted on Lakeview biomass plant
- Vestas gets order for Texas wind farm
- Solar industry asks Congress to extend incentive
- A123 shares jump on Spark EV deal
- Solyndra CEO quits
- NuScale Power celebrates $30M rescue
- Portland merchants prepare for bag ban
- Waste Management takes equity stake in Bend's InEnTec
- NuScale closes $30M investment from Fluor
- DEQ inviting comment on Reedsport wave energy project
- Nike adds sustainability focus to its employee grant fund
- CleanMetrics releases software for business waste reduction
- Dow and D.R. Horton team to release solar shingle
- Pike Place Fish hailed for sustainability
- U.S. wants to stop the sale of solar patents to China
- Indow Windows lands Clean Energy Works approval
- Azuray Technologies diversifies its product line
- Boeing developing ways to recycle composites from the Dreamliner
- Clackamas Co. housing project wins national green award
- Sustainable Alpha: The view from Europe
- New Greenprint software expands into efficiency
- New Gates Foundation campus receives highest LEED rating
- Chevron is testing solar powered oil production
- MIT researchers: Graphene may be the next big thing in solar
- Greenpeace is fired up over Duke Energy merger
- S.F.'s 101 California nabs LEED platinum
- Imperial Knits launches collection at Portland Fashion Week
- 'Green' food processing incubator opens in Salem
- Vestas acquires technology to prevent aerial collisions
- Two Oregon companies advance in Cleantech Open
- Solar Millennium to sell its project pipeline
- Ecotality wins $26.4M DOE electric vehicle contract
- EPA honors Lowe's for water-saving products
- Portland renews ecoroof incentives
- Evergreen Solar heads toward Nasdaq delisting
- Vestas lands order for Vermont wind farm
- Oregon effort will green portable classrooms
- Ideabox building green pre-fab neighborhood in Eugene
- UPS Foundation delivers $2M for forestry
- NW group launches net zero building certification program
- Anheuser-Busch to spend $30M on green brewery in L.A.
- Working together toward common goals
- Investors want a greener Microsoft
- Lucid Energy sets up shop in Portland
- Seattle-based CleanScapes merging with Recology
- Conscious Commuter hits fundraising goal
- Customers swarm Tesla S preview event
- Portland council sets vote on Oregon Sustainability Center
- Leviton buys energy company Obvius
- Naturally Advanced signs agreement with Carhartt
- Oceanit creates hydro-power subsidiary in Hawaii
- Northcroft: Government supply chain driving sustainability
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