NW Wind & Solar

03/03/2020

Can a utility in one region buy some of the pollution-free electricity that a utility in another region saves when its customers improve their energy efficiency? We’re about to find out. And if this effort succeeds, it will be a...

02/28/2020

The team celebrating at our annual lunch this afternoon 😋

02/26/2020

This sounds like it would be a no brainier 😲.. am I right? 😆 Renewable Wednesday. Way to go Portland!!

Leave it to Portlandia to figure out how to create hydro-power without building a dam! Portlandians are now generating free electricity every time they turn on the tap! If you live in Portland, Oregon, your lights are now powered in part by the water flowing through your pipes. The city …

02/25/2020

Good News Tues!! Washington's glacier-fed springs and rain forests, will become the first state in the country to put a total ban on new bottling operations looking to plunder the state's natural resources.

The state, with its glacier-fed springs and rainforests, will become the first state in the country to put a total ban on new bottling operations looking to plunder the state's natural resources. The proposal is one of several in the works in Washington to protect local groundwater and to fend off t...

02/20/2020

Wow. Such an incredible commitment to clean energy!

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced this week that it has contracted for 484 megawatts of solar power in the past two months, part of its push to expand its clean energy portfolio and reduce its reliance on coal power.

The seven-state federal power agency is a wind and solar minnow today, but has big plans for the coming decade.

02/19/2020

Wow!😯

On Monday via Instagram, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he is launching the “Bezos Earth Fund,” to offer grant money to scientists, activists, NGOs and others who are making an “effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world,” he wrote in the post....

02/19/2020

We hope that everyone has been enjoying the sun bc we sure have! ☀️☀️☀️😎

02/13/2020

..meanwhile on the East Coast, while this is not at all cheap for Virginia the new legislation "paves the way for an enormous expansion of solar and offshore wind generation plus battery storage, and sets an energy efficiency standard that utilities must meet. It also includes language that would add Virginia to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a carbon cap-and-trade program." 🌞👍😎💨🌎

This bill also clears the way for the development of up to 5,200 megawatts of offshore wind including a 220-turbine project in federal waters.

The Virginia General Assembly passed sweeping energy legislation that would overhaul how Virginia’s utilities generate electricity, a move supporters say could put the state in the forefront of renewable energy policy.

02/11/2020

"Taking household waste that would normally end up in landfills, and embedding it in liquefied recycled plastic to create “a thermoplastic, composite, bio-based, sustainable, climate-positive material”. 👍👍

Israeli startup UBQ has created a revolutionary new method for recycling plastic and biological household waste into sustainable thermoplastic.

02/10/2020

Happy Monday! More sun in the forecast today- Enjoy it everyone. 🌞😎

02/06/2020

Thoughts for Thursday.

The EIA reports that electricity generation from renewable sources such as wind and solar will surpass nuclear and coal by 2021 and to surpass natural gas in 2045.

02/05/2020

Very cool. 😎🌞😎

COLUMBUS (WCMH) — John Glenn Internation Airport has announced its sourcing 100% of its energy supply from renewable sources. According to a release, the Columbus Regional Airport Authority…