Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
May 2011
- Biofuels firm Myriant files for $125M IPO
- ZeaChem teams up with Procter & Gamble
- NatureBake goes local with Oregon Grains Bread
- Clayhaus rises from shattered glass
- Xzeres announces earnings
- GE calls it: Solar cheapest energy form in 5 years
- Calif. launches program for cleaner diesel vehicles
- Incentive cuts squashing demand for solar in Arizona
- Texas passes bill for natural gas vehicles
- Vestas takes 79-turbine order from California
- Duke Renewables buys 20-MW wind project
- Algae oil company Solazyme goes public
- Meeting set for green fund allocation
- Best Buy banishing Brammo, other EVs from stores
- New organic wine label launched in southern Oregon
- Blending affordability with sustainability
- Oregon Innovation Council fights for funding
- Bill Gates backs battery startup
- Iberdrola signs part-time contract for K Falls power
- Slideshow: Carpet Collectors recycling process
- BETC facing massive cutbacks
- EV firm RedCloud opens doors in Portland
- Tesla seeks up to $214M in new stock sales
- Green pays dividends for Sacramento businesses
- Google invests $400M into alternative energy
- Carpet recycler makes West Coast expansion push
- Bottle Bill update passes Oregon Senate
- Pivotal Leaders list adds new names
- NW coalition pushes for aviation biofuels
- OSC-backers sport new optimism
- Legislators to Chu: Not Hanford
- Oregon still second in clean energy leadership
- Four macro economic trends you should watch
- Green center lands, seeks biz partners
- Duke Energy buys Siemens wind turbines
- Innovalight gets $3.4M from DOE
- Vestas introduces low-wind turbine
- Electronic Recyclers Intl. plans $10M N.C. facility
- MotoCzysz partners with Segway
- Salem, Hillsboro got in 'the zone' for solar jobs
- Solar manufacturing is not without economic risks for Oregon
- BPA bashed at wind conference for shutdown
- Oregon's solar supply chain fills in
- Solar manufacturing advantage: Oregon
- Pacific Foods quantifies its green operations
- Miranda Homes reduces construction waste
- Monster Electrical creates a better path to need-it-now parts
- Portland Roasting: More than a compostable cup of joe
- GoGreen provides catalyst for sustainable business
- Steele promotes greener building
- LeanPath takes on food waste
- Solamor powers greener events
- UC Davis mixed-use project aims for net-zero
- First Wind issues $200M for new projects
- Bill Nye: Green industry needs good welders
- SoloPower story highlights 'coopetition'
- Sustainable businesses must walk the talk
- Indow Windows takes custom approach to efficiency
- SBO recognizes Innovation in Sustainability
- Innovation in Sustainable Operations: Myers Container
- Innovation in Sustainable Supply Chain: Burgerville
- Innovation in Sustainable Business Advocacy: Oregon BEST
- Innovation in Sustainable Product: Indow Windows
- Vestas takes 111-turbine order for Kansas wind farm
- Farmland LP investing $2.2M in Willamette Valley fields
- Ashland brewpub wants into the livestock business
- BPA requests first shutdown of wind Wednesday
- Bank of America pledges 15 percent emissions reduction
- Solazyme ups its IPO ante
- Seahawks go solar
- ZeaChem locks in GreenWood as biorefinery supplier
- Oregon Wave Energy Trust offers matching grants for wind-wave technolgy
- Propel opens station in Redwood City, Calif.
- Powin to market energy storage products
- Hara Software gets $25 million
- Building contractors meet up to get greener
- BPA decision may prompt wind shutdown soon
- Lowe's buys stake in Sungevity
- Perpetua Power closes $4M investment, plans expansion
- Iberdrola funds Ohio education center
- OSU leads cold-weather barley research
- Offshore wind partnership sets up shop in Mass.
- California casts about for ways to meet climate goals
- In Hawaii, transition to renewables causes angst
- UO picks Springfield for Sustainable Cities
- Nike gets kudos for sustainability sharing
- In Portland, SoloPower CEO has certainty
- N.C.-based MegaWatt Solar ready to ramp up
- As SoloPower exits Wilsonville, opponents feel the heat
- Georgia Biomass opens for production
- Xcel close on Colorado target for renewable energy
- Oregon gets high marks for transporation investment
- SoloPower set to spurn Wilsonville for Portland
- Where sustainability and consumer psychology meet
- Feed-in tarrif changes planned for Oregon solar industry
- First Solar, China Power agree to deal
- Cogentrix gets $91M loan guarantee for Colo. project
- California beverage container recycling stays strong
- Sustainable Alpha: Elaine Aye on the building sector
- Developer bets on 'green' amidst resort community carnage
- Merkley, Alexander introduce EV bill
- Bill Gates talks up renewable energy investment
- Oregon BEST announces new consortium to fund research
- Oregon gets $1.5M to improve rail service
- Danish wind company AH Industries opens U.S. headquarters in Kansas City
- Colorado gets law to curb emissions, control haze
- Bioscience restored to Colorado cleantech funding bill
- Test driving the Nissan Leaf in Phoenix
- PGE leads nation in renewable power customers
- St. Louis green buildings on the rise
- Vestas gets 34-turbine order for California wind farm
- Metabolix lands $6M from DOE and USDA
- PSU incubator lands in 'United States of Innovation'
- Tesla posts $48.9M loss in first quarter
- BPA rolls back renewable energy incentives
- Oregon Sustainability Center team releases new designs
- University of Oregon launches sustainability program
- Bottle Bill update passes in Oregon House
- Vestas sees wider Q1 loss despite revenue rise
- Brammo teams with Italian firm on six-speed electric motorcycle
- Mass. cuts biomass from its renewable energy portfolio
- N.C. approves 300MW coastal wind farm
- PSU's Ecouture fashion show attracts business interest
- Rep. Markey weighs in on water vs. wind question
- Making 'green' greener
- German company pitches greener drycleaning to U.S.
- Hawaii wind farm concerned about geothermal expansion
- Blue Oak Energy on fast growth track
- Phoenix gets 450 jobs from Easy Energy Systems
- Amp Electric Vehicles scores $100M deal in Iceland
- Berkeley Lab: China's energy use will level off
- Nissan Leaf delivery pace is plodding
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