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May 18, 2022

Teaching by example: OMSI goes solar

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Photo courtesy of OMSI The site of one of Portland’s oldest power plants is now producing…

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May 17, 2022

Beaverton Public Safety Center advances carbon reduction and resiliency goals

Beaverton Public Safety Center advances carbon reduction and resiliency goals

When Beaverton Police needed a larger, more functional home, collaboration with Energy Trust of Oregon and…

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May 5, 2022

Wilsonville-based ESS pairs exponential growth with sustainable solutions

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) has come a long way since 2011. Back then, co-founders Craig Evans…

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April 20, 2022

Community solar project up and running in Talent

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More than two years after organizers began working to bring community solar to Southern Oregon, a…

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March 17, 2022

Listen now: Wallowa Resources Podcast spotlights local micro hydropower projects

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Northeast Oregon’s Wallowa County has a unique history with micro hydropower plants. Some projects even date…

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December 1, 2021

‘Quite a blessing’: Community solar brings clean energy to Portland residents

Rudy Thomas has lived at Jim and Salle’s Place, an affordable apartment community in Southeast Portland,…

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October 27, 2021

Solarize Rogue prepares to power up community solar

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The first small community solar project approved in Oregon is also the only participant-owned project so…

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June 4, 2021

Energy Trust selects small-scale community solar projects for custom incentives

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In May, Energy Trust of Oregon selected five small-scale (<360 kWAC) community solar projects aiming to…

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June 3, 2021

Oregon Community Solar Program seeks public input on next phase

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The Oregon Community Solar Program recently celebrated its first year of bringing access to local, clean…

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April 21, 2021

New community solar projects bring solar to more Oregonians

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The first three community solar projects through the Oregon Community Solar Program are now online, bringing…

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