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By 2035, every new car sold in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California will be powered by 100% clean energy.
Renewing Brew - Solutions Story

Renewing Brew

From the farm to the foam in your glass, Oregon businesses are building a sustainable life-cycle for beer through clean energy and energy efficiency.

Itek Energy

Sunnyside Up

In a community at the crossroads of our energy future, a growing solar company is making the clean economy real.

Shawn Noble - General Biodiesel

A Clean Burn

A former Texas oilman and a public health advocate stand up to Big Oil, and fight for clean air and homegrown jobs in the Northwest.

Storytellers at Fortified

How I fell for the carbon tax

One woman shares the story of her rise and fall – and rise again! – as a climate activist: What do an executive, a student, a tribal leader, an activist and a veteran have in common? They were all talking climate action back in February at Fortified! – a climate change storytelling event hosted by the Portland State University's Institute for Sustainable Solutions and in partnership with the City of Portland, Climate Solutions, Ecotrust, Oregon Environmental Council, Renewable Northwest, and the VOIS Alliance.

Southern Oregon's got sol

A quiet milestone has been reached in the evolution of solar and other clean energy solutions brewing along Oregon's South Coast, one built on concerted community effort in hand with public, private and nonprofit collaboration.

We’re blushing. Thank you, Postcard Underground.

Over several weeks this past fall we received a flurry of very encouraging notes in the mail directed at our Solutions Stories.  

Renewable Northwest staff

Harvesting Wind Power

Through a community-wide investment in wind power, a rural county in Oregon is earning millions of dollars to build their economy, cutting carbon and demonstrating that clean energy is both practical and profitable.

Living Future - Bullitt Center

Living Future

Discovering Renewable Energy

How can students design and implement real world solutions to discover the power and the possibility of renewable energy as a career?

Reclaiming Waste Energy

Reclaiming Waste Energy

Through public-private partnerships, the City of Bremerton's Public Utilities department was able to quickly upgrade their wastewater facility to run more efficiently and save the City money.

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Renewing Brew - Solutions Story

Renewing Brew

From the farm to the foam in your glass, Oregon businesses are building a sustainable life-cycle for beer through clean energy and energy efficiency.

Read More

Itek Energy

Sunnyside Up

In a community at the crossroads of our energy future, a growing solar company is making the clean economy real.

Read More

Shawn Noble - General Biodiesel

A Clean Burn

A former Texas oilman and a public health advocate stand up to Big Oil, and fight for clean air and homegrown jobs in the Northwest.

Read More

Storytellers at Fortified

How I fell for the carbon tax

One woman shares the story of her rise and fall – and rise again! – as a climate activist: What do an executive, a student, a tribal leader, an activist and a veteran have in common? They were all talking climate action back in February at Fortified! – a climate change storytelling event hosted by the Portland State University's Institute for Sustainable Solutions and in partnership with the City of Portland, Climate Solutions, Ecotrust, Oregon Environmental Council, Renewable Northwest, and the VOIS Alliance.

Read More

Southern Oregon's got sol

A quiet milestone has been reached in the evolution of solar and other clean energy solutions brewing along Oregon's South Coast, one built on concerted community effort in hand with public, private and nonprofit collaboration.

Read More

Renewable Northwest staff

Harvesting Wind Power

Through a community-wide investment in wind power, a rural county in Oregon is earning millions of dollars to build their economy, cutting carbon and demonstrating that clean energy is both practical and profitable.

Read More