Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Non-profit

01/12/2026

From linkedin. I really like the part about "erasing future demand with compounding certainty." That is what we do when we strategically employ efficiency and renewables. Words to live by. Thanks Jigar Shah!

08/31/2025

Renewable energy is under attack.

06/06/2024

12/13/2023

I wish I knew the source!

08/12/2023

Fondly remembering the folks at Home Power and Solar Pro magazines.

From the cold northern state of Maine comes an intrepid solar energy installation company that's harnessing the surprising amount of sunshine to save homeown...

07/10/2023

I just ordered my updated edition of Forest Journey, by John Perlin. John is the only person to be SolWest keynote speaker TWICE, once to talk about "From Space to Earth: the story of solar energy," and the second time to talk about "A Forest Journey" (first edition). John says: "Through the voices of the past I learned how the abundance and the scarcity of wood shaped, in large part, the culture, demographics, foreign affairs, economy, politics, and technology of civilizations. I thought that such a pivotal story had to be written." It's an important story here in our timber-dependent region. I am looking forward to reading it .

The Role of Trees in the Fate of Civilization. Bringing a foundational conservation story back from the archives, Patagonia announces the publication of a book that looks at trees from the perspective of climate change.

12/28/2022

Saving stuff saves energy!

How do you bring simple into your life?

11/14/2022

Finally. We had electric cars driving to SolWest more than ten years ago.

While sales are still skewed toward affluent buyers, more people are choosing electric vehicles to save money.

11/05/2022

What happened to that trolley network? Watch the Movie "End of Suburbia" to see how it was purposely destroyed.

08/13/2022

Will this technology eventually make it possible to manufacture less-expensive small EVs with better range? We see a lot of hype, but this looks practical and promising!

Robert Sansone's research could pave the way for the sustainable manufacturing of electric vehicles that do not require rare-earth magnets