Eugene, Oregon — Students and community groups raised the alarm today after discovering that, on January 6th, the University of Oregon began a pilot project, using an additional large “natural” methane gas turbine to generate electricity to sell to the local publicly owned utility, Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). … [continued]
Latest Cohort Is Program’s Biggest Yet, With Broad Geographic Representation By Justin Daugherty, NLR Remote and island communities face unique energy challenges—but these challenges also present unique opportunities to increase energy affordability, reliability, and security. In their efforts to address their energy challenges, 38 coastal, remote, and island communities will … [continued]
Data centers need huge quantities of water to cool their servers, but if that water contains pollutants, more pollution may result.
By Mark Jacobs, Co-Founder, EVmath.org In the national conversation about electric vehicles, rural America is often treated as an afterthought—or worse, a lost cause. There’s a sense that rural communities are bought into all the myths about EVs—that they’re too expensive, can’t handle country roads, and will end up stranded … [continued]
A couple of months ago, I covered data from the US Department of Energy showing which states had the most EV registrations. Naturally, the leaders were the largest, most populous states. So, that doesn’t show us which states are leading on a per capita basis. A reader, “john smith,” was … [continued]
Recent news out of a Tesla retail and service location in Oregon is quite shocking. Not only are protests happening, but bullets are literally flying. Pro-Elon folks would tell us that Tesla is facing a violent intimidation campaign by evil leftists, while most people protesting against Elon Musk will correctly … [continued]
The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation invests $43.7 million to enable more charging access in the public right-of-way, expand e-mobility fleet options, and deliver new ways to scale affordable energy use in transportation. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Joint Office of Energy and … [continued]
Two large solar power plants have been approved this week, along with a new plan for more HVDC transmission lines.
In an effort to meet strong renewable energy requirements, Oregon just authorized the largest solar farm in the state, and seemingly the nation. It is situated on around 10,000 acres of active farming in Morrow County. In order to counteract the detrimental effects on the local agricultural sector, the huge … [continued]
Persistent drought in the West over the last two decades has limited the amount of electricity that hydropower dams can generate, costing the industry and the region billions of dollars in revenue. The sector lost about 300 million megawatt hours of power generation between 2003 and 2020 due to drought … [continued]
