wind farm

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.

At least one company is no longer interested in bidding on a chance to develop a floating offshore wind project off the Southern Oregon coast, and others may also have backed out.

Southern Oregon Tribes have filed a lawsuit against the federal government, in an effort to delay an upcoming floating offshore wind lease auction off the Oregon Coast.

The announcement follows a federal environmental assessment that found the sites would not pose a threat.

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

If voters decide in November to keep the cap-and-invest program, the state has plans that could bring the technology to its coastal waters.

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 southeastern Washington project would be the largest proposed wind farm in the state, but it has raised concerns about ridgeline views, tribal cultural resources and endangered hawks.

A controversial wind farm that was set to be the largest in Washington has been slashed nearly in half. The project developer said the new restrictions could be bad for renewable energy development around the state.

Across the region, Japanese Americans – including survivors of U.S. internment camps – are speaking out about a proposed wind farm, the Lava Ridge Wind Project, in southern Idaho.