With gas prices taking a toll on people’s wallets, Consumer Reports (CR) has a new survey of what Americans think about battery electric vehicles
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Oregon Solar & Storage Conference
Visit engaging exhibits, and hear from industry leaders about solar policy, storage, business development, land use, large-scale development, and more.
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Building Energy & Controls Apprenticeship Program
Our world demands more energy efficient and resilient buildings, but we need people to manage those buildings and keep them efficient.
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Solar Oregon’s GO ZERO TOUR
Solar Oregon's annual Go Zero Tour, join them for an open house tour of 8 NetZero carbon homes in Portland.
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Moving the Decimal Point on the Price of Gas
More reasons to buy an EV than your pocketbook. They drastically reduce your carbon footprint and the amount of air pollution you are generating (and, in turn, breathe). And they’re delightfully quiet and fun to drive.
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How Does a Heat Pump Work
If you are looking to replace the air conditioning or heating system in your home, you may want to consider an air-source heat pump.
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Fight Back Against Fossil Fuel Autocrats
One of the many downsides to our reliance on fossil fuels is that it empowers autocrats in petro-states to spread chaos at home and across the world. It’s time to Electrify & Decarbonize.
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Save the Planet & Money with Heat Pumps
Super high-efficiency electric heat pumps have become very common in all parts of the world for water heating, space heating, and air conditioning. They can operate in even the coldest climates and deliver the same heating and cooling benefits, often at lower operating costs. In addition, heat pumps powered by renewable energy produce zero emissions! Heat pumps are super-efficient because they use very little energy to move heat. Heat pumps have been used for decades to transfer heat out of your refrigerator to keep it cold on the inside and for air conditioning systems to cool your house. The same technology can now heat and cool your home or heat…
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Alternatives Exist for Rare Minerals in Batteries
Greener, Friendlier Alternatives Exist for Rare Minerals in Batteries The Myth For years, commentators have been handwringing about the extraction practices, environmental and social harms, and corporate ownership of mining operations that contribute to clean energy technology, with a focus on cobalt, rare earths, and other rare ingredients of the clean energy transition. Much like governmental, intergovernmental, and private assessments of “critical materials,” these critiques pay far too little attention to how scarcity, usually signaled by price, elicits not only mineral exploration and mine development but also a powerful set of other and faster adaptations and alternatives like efficient use, substitution, and recycling. A major contribution to this genre comes from…
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Bat Fatalities at Wind Turbines
Investigating the Causes & Consequences Wind energy is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world It represents an important step toward reducing dependence on nonrenewable sources of power. However, widespread deployment of industrial wind turbines has unprecedented adverse effects on certain species of bats that roost in trees and migrate. Bats are beneficial consumers of agricultural insect pests, and migratory species of bats provide free pest-suppression services across ecosystems and international borders. Although the underlying causes of bat fatalities at wind turbines remain unknown, potential clues can be found in the patterns of fatalities. TSH scientists, in collaboration with other U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) science centers as well as…
