This is a guest post by Thor Hinckley, manager of Portland General Electric’s renewable energy program. The project he’s describing below embodies sustainability’s triple bottom line of economy, environment and equity (social justice — in this case, jobs for all).
‘Beyond limitations’ is an apt description for John Murphy, President of the Portland Habilitation Center [...]
Tags: development·economics·Ernie Munch·global warming·green living·John Murphy·net metering·Oregon·Portland Habilitation Center·PV systems·renewable energy·solar energy·solar panels·Thor Hinckley
Oregon’s new ’solar highway’ project officially kicked off yesterday at the I-5/I205 interchange — yet another intersection between energy and transportation as the fields work toward sustainability (see Electric Vehicles).
Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is partnering with Portland General Electric to install solar panels that will produce 104 kilowatts of energy — equivalent to 28% [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·economics·green living·PV·renewable energy·solar energy·solar panels·Steve Roe
I’m here at Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center for the weekend, off the electricity grid, yet wi-fied onto the Internet grid. A huge snowdrift (it was a hard winter) blocks half my view out the window of the lodge. But it and pretty much all the snow in Oregon is melting fast with the sudden [...]
Tags: Brendon Connelly·carbon footprint·forest·nature education·Opal Creek·renewable energy·solar panels
Here in Portland, Oregon we’re expecting 95 degrees today, which for our mild climate is a major heat wave. How to cope with it? I suggest we do what people did for the 99.9% of human history prior to the invention of air conditioners. They slowed their pace down so they wouldn’t overheat themselves. And [...]
Tags: 97215·AC·air conditioners·coal plants·energy conservation·global warming·green living·hydropower·off the grid·Opal Creek Ancient Forest·Portland·solar panels
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