Renewable Energy

The Oregon Solar + Battery rebate program is prepared to issue more than $1 million in rebates to qualifying residents. The program is set to reopen on June 15.

Oregon has more than 120 data centers, and is among a handful of states that are creating laws to protect ratepayers from higher electric bills as more come online.

Recent studies show that data centers are creating uncertainty for the Pacific Northwest’s power grid, potentially creating massive gaps in energy leading to blackouts.

A new national report examines offshore wind on the West Coast and recommends changes to improve planning, leasing and community input.

This roadmap offers more alternatives than plans from other states.

By “crowd-sourcing” electricity from solar panels and home batteries, the virtual power plant approach can get communities through extreme weather events.

An Oregon company is blaming President Donald Trump’s signature budget bill for more than 100 layoff notices it sent to staff two days before Christmas.

The California Energy Commission has dealt the final blow to a proposed wind farm in Shasta County.

Tax credits for renewable energy developers will be phased out under the Republican-backed federal budget bill. Advocates say the Trump administration is going too far with strict new rules before then.

A federal judge on Monday struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters was “arbitrary and capricious” and violates U.S. law. Oregon and California were among the parties seeking the ruling.

The Bureau of Land Management on Monday announced its approval of a controversial lithium mining exploration project in Southeast Oregon’s Malheur County near the Nevada state line.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027.