Renewable Energy

Some Republican lawmakers in Congress, including longtime central Washington Rep. Dan Newhouse, are defending the clean energy tax credits in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.

More wind and solar projects need to be built to meet Washington’s carbon-free energy goals. A new state bill could give local residents and tribes more say.

Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar.

As electricity providers in Washington scramble to find new sources of renewable energy, Skagit Public Utility District has successfully demonstrated the use of small hydro-electric turbines.

Utilities and independent energy companies have proposed a slew of standalone battery energy storage systems, some of which have generated vocal pushback in the permitting process.

Oregon’s coast is inching closer to generating renewable electricity using floating offshore wind turbines, though any construction is still years away.

The proposed large-scale wind energy farm in southern Idaho would shrink by nearly half and keep it farther away from the Minidoka National Historic Site, a World War II Japanese American internment camp.

Washington will have to develop renewable energy projects to meet its carbon-free goals. A lot of that development will likely happen in rural areas. That’s why the state wants to hear from rural residents.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s largest wind farm in half, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project.

The tribe is joining Portland-based Skip Technology to make large-scale flow batteries that would be ideal for storing intermittent energy sources like solar and wind.