Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
February 2011
- Hayes to lead west coast clean economy initiative
- OHSU gets $17 million for coast studies
- Boosters tout Oregon's green industries in Japan
- Offshore wind cable firm opens in Boston
- Solon to build Calif. solar power plant for PG&E
- Deacon, NW Photon form solar joint venture
- Clean-economy leadership roster seeks nominations
- Groups seek support of efficiency legislation
- PSU professor wins noted architecture award
- California moves on 33 percent RPS
- First Solar marks increased profits
- DOE finalizes $96.8M guarantee for Oregon geothermal project
- Oregon's solar industry stumbles
- Earth Advantage Institute nabs Washington contract
- Oregon raising biodiesel fuel requirement
- Sustainability should include seismic resilience
- ECOtality begins roll-out of residential chargers
- Ecotrust study lauds carbon storage of Oregon forest
- Gestamp to build steel facility in Arizona
- Bill to ease financing of green energy projects moves forward
- Oregon lands $4M from NSF to study water management
- Cascadia acquires Ecotone in second deal this year
- Nau launches recycled wool iPad case
- SF Mayor signs law mandating energy audits
- ECOtality, EV Project will 'electrify' Memphis
- Republicans: We don't need EPA regulations
- Peterson to advise Kitzhaber on transportation, sustainability
- Solar drives up at Wilsonville Sonic
- Hot topics for utilities beyond energy efficiency
- UC Davis, Navy partner on energy-efficient lighting
- Adams seeks social sustainability for Portland
- Scrap firm to recycle Kennedy launch pad
- OSU lands $4M to study ag and climate change
- SolarCity buying groSolar home division
- SoloPower gets $197M loan guarantee
- EnerNOC defends against 'market manipulation' accusations
- Joule's renewable fuel technology gets support
- Boston-based Ze-Gen rounds up $25.6M
- PGE, BPA reach transmission agreement
- Take sustainability from word into action
- Zidell river clean-up permit gets nod from NOAA
- Wind energy a $17M boon for Sherman County
- Bill Gallo named Areva Solar CEO
- Vestas adds three to management lineup
- Sustainable Alpha: Bruno Bertocci on world problems and good business
- Iberdrola to Portland: No promises
- Worthington Industries, Gestamp partner on wind turbines
- Tesla Q4 loss, revenue both about double
- Tracking the Volt: Who wants one?
- Wave Energy Trust launches commercialization program
- Azuray opens China office
- SunPower's reach growing
- Report: EPA regs could create 100k Tenn. jobs
- Texas launching plastic bag recycling program
- University of Maryland goes solar
- Rebate could fuel electric car firms
- Study points to benefits of Ga. forests
- Kitzhaber announces biomass grant program
- CleanMetrics releases food impact calculator
- PECI fills up First & Main
- Nonprofit saves $39K with compostable tray
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum in national LED test
- Portland releases Solarize Guidebook
- Ormat Technologies will increase geothermal power in Hawaii
- Chevron completes 2MW solar project
- GE inks deal with Wind Tower Systems
- Portland ranked 12th for EV adoption
- BP Solar ditching San Francisco headquarters
- Lawsuit against LEED and USGBC evolves
- Wells Fargo fuels green business with $8B
- Metro casts new lights on meeting center
- Green Lite Motors partners with OIT, seeks capital
- Drive Oregon gets green light from Kitzhaber
- Vestas profit jumped 25 percent in 2010
- New social responsibility standard worthy of study
- States consider electric car fees
- Tesla shares jump on rebate plan
- Salem crowd split on plastic bags
- Mayor off to Spain to save Iberdrola HQ
- Cole: Take green-building ideas to a larger scale
- Earth Monkeys launches in Southern Oregon
- Duke Energy plans $1.2M car-charging pilot
- Calif. leaders push for more renewable energy, jobs
- Cuomo creates Recharge New York power plan
- Exergonix tests 1-MW battery in Kansas City
- Arizona to oppose EPA on greenhouse gas regs
- Full recovery in Gulf predicted in 2012
- Suntech partners on Arizona solar plant
- SolarWorld sales grow 29 percent in 2010
- Whole Foods launches animal welfare rating
- Green Depot acquires Ecohaus
- Solexant to get $1 million from U.S. DOE
- Judge halts California greenhouse gas plan
- Sustainable Alpha: Aaron Visse on resources and infrastructure
- Oregon Manifest raises bar on bike design
- Element starts construction of first U.S. wind farm
- Judge grants NuScale access to $6.1M
- Lakeview geothermal plan draws criticism
- ECOtality wins grant for 1,500 Calif. charging stations
- Tenn. solar farm gets federal OK
- Duke Energy, Dutch firm launch smart-grid lab
- Apple should take cues from Nike on its supply chain
- FoodHub offers free trial membership
- OSU gets a gold star for sustainability
- Intel ups the ante on green power
- Springboard partners with Mission Markets
- Range Fuels closes Ga. biorefinery
- Citi, SolarCity team on $40M solar fund
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