Sustainable Business Oregon Archives
January 2012
- Arizona school district installs 4.3 MW of solar
- Groups plan Canadian cleantech venture capital fund
- Kansas City Royals go greener
- DEQ fines Umatilla disposal operator for violations
- Should we build Apples or should we harvest them?
- Whole Foods' Walter Robb talks strategy in N.C.
- Intel still leads nation in green power
- Hawaii adds $150,000 to EV rebate program
- Weiss Associates wins $15M environmental contract from Lawrence Livermore Lab
- Push on to pass Benefit Corporation legislation in Oregon
- Commerce backs up SolarWorld on import surge claim
- North Carolina's green economy lacks luster
- Naturally Advanced signs partnership with Tuscarora Yarns
- New Resource Bank raises $7.7M
- Rethinking regulation's bad rap
- Gamesa working with DOE on wind turbine development
- Case Study: Produce supply chain – two tales in one city
- Obama Obama touts energy strategy in Colorado
- CouchSurfing becomes a B Corp.
- Element Power wins approval for Ohio wind farm
- California led U.S. in new wind for 2011
- Trina Solar disputes SolarWorld's claims on imports
- Calif. Governor plans to expedite solar approval
- Evergreen Energy files for bankruptcy
- Maine could generate 10 percent of tidal power
- Clean energy firm MTPV raises $10M
- Oregon clean economy leaders talk agenda
- Green Cities fund brings new life to Gerding Edlen
- ZeaChem lands $232M loan guarantee for Boardman refinery
- Portland Community College building jumbo solar array
- Solar manufacturers see flood of imports prior to trade ruling
- Ford provides overview of e-options at Portland auto show
- Opower adds coupons
- Wells Fargo financing big New Mexico solar project
- Iberdrola laying off 25 in Portland
- Clean energy called 'crucial' to Hawaii
- Columbia Land Trust buys salmon habitat
- Business groups focus on saving DEQ budget
- Gallery: A look inside ISITE's sustainable space
- Forum: VC funds scarce for cleantech
- USDA seeking rural renewable energy project applications
- $18M wind farm planned for central Pennsylvania
- Elements Markets building Ohio biomethane project
- Aztec Solar grows with acquisition
- Solar Power Inc. to build facility for Volkswagen
- Wind Capital Group secures $350M
- Northwest Sign Recycling wins ODOT contract
- PSU Social Innovation Incubator adds to its roster
- Wind impact on birds is minimal
- Pittsburgh's Yellow Cab trying green fuel
- Novomer, Penford to work on sustainable polymers
- Bamboo Sushi rated country's most sustainable restaurant
- Nanosolar changes CEOs
- Oregon drops out of Top 10 LEED states
- First Wind gets OK for Maine wind project
- Eco Building Products fires up Salem plant
- No Solyndra bids by deadline
- Oregon manufacturers get nod for energy efficiency
- Baltimore taps Bloom Energy fuel cells
- Zipcar-powered car sharing hits Kansas City
- Obama nixes Keystone XL Pipeline
- Oregon wind farm first to ask for permission to harm birds
- Trellis Earth steps closer to IPO
- Boardman's next life may depend on giant cane
- Business' energy agenda light in the face of budget
- PGE working on plan for its energy mix
- Joule raises $70M for renewable fuel technology
- Sungevity raises $12M of a $40M round
- Gerding Edlen closes Green Cities fund at $183M
- Southwest Airlines plans 'green' cabin makeover
- SolarWorld accused of sending 'racist' anti-China holiday card
- Costello named VP at International Living Future Institute
- Ten predictions for green building in 2012
- California approves battery efficiency standard
- California, feds extend solar program
- Algae-based fuels a growing business in New Mexico
- Tesla loses key engineers
- Gov. Kitzhaber's energy plan seeks big ideas
- Oregon's residential solar market: steady not stellar
- Gallery: Ten energy leaders to watch in 2012
- Large-scale wind may wane in Oregon
- Facebook Prineville center gets 'best green building' award
- Brammo plots new headquarters in Ashland
- PSU lands $3.5M for sustainable transportation research
- Goodwill beefs up recycling revenue
- Maine plans massive greenhouse, algae biofuel facility
- Silicon Ranch expands Georgia footprint
- SoloPower, SolarWorld among companies 'likely to struggle' in 2012
- Vestas navigates uncertain future
- VC cash keeps flowing to cleantech
- Breakthrough may give electric vehicles 500-mile range
- Oregon issues draft report on health impacts of wind energy
- Oregon Seafoods launches sustainable tuna packs
- Vestas posts strong 2011, continues to hire
- Hauser leaves ILFI, future of Natural Step in flux
- ClearEdge announces $500M fuel cell deal
- Renewables pass nuclear as power source in U.S.
- Biofuels startup Novogy lands $4M
- General Mills nabs first LEED gold plant certification
- Zep , Westinghouse in solar patent dispute
- Hawaii utility looks to add 50MW of geothermal to grid
- Report: Tesla to debut Model X SUV in February
- SolarWorld turns Hillsboro plant into solar showcase
- PowerSecure lands $20M utility deal
- BPA asks FERC for rehearing on wind curtailment
- Tesla set to announce Model X SUV
- GM recalls Volts over fire risk concerns
- Solar Power gets $44M in financing from China Development Bank
- Ecova to make another acquisition
- New Seasons announces next store in Northeast Portland
- California's Zero Motorcycles raises $2.2 million
- ZeaChem cranks up refinery operations in Boardman
- Funding for rural renewable energy projects slashed
- Portland cleantech initiatives morph
- Wanted: Landmark urban agriculture project
- PECI hits milestone in Utah
- Vestas revises revenue outlook
- Solar equipment maker Satcon cutting 140 jobs
- Caribou Coffee goes sustainable
- Business needs to play a role in sustainable cities
- Climate change means regional opportunity
- Feds approve transmission line for Steens Mountain wind farm
- VOIS Alliance hires first executive director
- Ash Creek acquired by Apex
- Solar optimists see a bright 2012
- Clean the World plans $12M Florida expansion
- Hawaii sets hot pace for clean energy
- 2011 a roller coaster for solar in Arizona, beyond
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