Posts by NWEnergy Alum

Laying it on the lines: Reducing clean energy’s environmental footprint

Large “central-station” renewable energy projects probably will be needed to replace coal plants and meet climate-protection goals. But some of the best potential sites for wind, solar and other renewable projects are far from the urban centers that need most of the power. Often, these remote sites have little or no access to existing transmission lines…

3TIER has been ranked among the fastest growing companies.

Across the Northwest, plans are afoot to close down coal plants and transition workers and the energy economy towards a greener future. In Oregon, negotiations continue on the shutdown of the Boardman plant.

When we’re all calculating our carbon footprints and fretting over budgets, why is it important for us to come to Portland Nov. 12-13 for the Coalition’s NW Clean & Affordable Energy Conference and membership meeting? Short answer: these two days make the Coalition stronger, wiser and better prepared to deliver the clean and affordable energy future we all work for.

Coalition partner Save Our Wild Salmon has begun the “One of a Kind” project to reveal the astonishing story of endangered Snake River salmon and the race to save them.

Coalition member groups are butting heads with the state Consumer Counsel and others over rate cases and the viability of new wind development.