Posts by NWEnergy Alum
The Transformer – August 20, 2007
Volume 4, Number 6 Clean energy forces win a lot, lose a little in BPA’s power allocation scheme Table of Contents Background Double, double, toil and trouble – The basic…
Read MoreDoug Still Obituary
A giant of the Northwest’s clean-energy and social-justice movements is gone. Doug Still organized and served the needs of migrant farm workers in the 1950s, marched for civil rights in…
Read MoreThe Transformer – June 25, 2007
Volume 4, Number 5 Power Council-BPA study shows feasibility of integrating wind in the Northwest Background In December 2004, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council – the regional power-planning agency…
Read MoreThe Transformer – June 19, 2007
Volume 4, Number 4 Study shows region outpacing conservation goal Power Council seeks advice on hiking 5th Plan target Background In December 2004, energy efficiency advocates cheered the release of…
Read MoreThe Transformer – May 24, 2007
Volume 4, Number 3 Replacing the power from the Lower Snake dams Background On Nov. 15, 2006, salmon recovery advocates released Revenue Stream, a compilation of earlier reports on the…
Read MoreThe Transformer – January 22, 2007
Vol.4, No.1 Shedding some light on solar costs Background As a renewable energy source, solar panels — or photovoltaics (PVs) — are still not widely utilized or generally seen as…
Read MoreTellus Report
A report from the Tellus Institute shows the Northwest can meet its growing need for electricity by increasing energy efficiency and investing in new sources of renewable power generation. Thanks to recent innovations, clean energy technologies are primed to compete with gas plants, the economic benchmark for new power generation. The results of the Tellus study cast doubt on the need for additional fossil fuel generation in the Northwest.
Read MoreRAND Study: Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest
Generating Electric Power in the Pacific Northwest Implications of Alternative Technologies This report by the RAND Corp. examines the implications of alternative power generation technologies in the Northwest. The results…
Read MoreCitizens Energy Plan
The four Northwest states boast abundant supplies of competitively priced clean energy — more than enough to meet all new demand for electricity through 2020. A clean and affordable energy future can be ours, just by delivering the energy efficiency, wind power and other clean, renewable resources at our disposal. This energy future has more family-wage jobs and competitive businesses and a healthier rural economy than any alternative.
This Citizens Energy Plan is a roadmap to that future. Only citizens from diverse backgrounds working together can move the region farther along this road.
Read MoreEnergy Activist – Summer 2006
Clean energy: good business and good for business
Across the Northwest, companies large and small are investing in energy efficiency and renewable generation. This Energy Activist edition explores the business case for energy efficiency and renewables and looks at what some
companies are doing.