Oregon Green News You May Have Missed 4.13.10 to 4.16.10
4/19/2010

In our regular search of Oregon news that is green oriented, here are a few that caught our eye this past week as news you may have missed.

4/15/10  ::  Just when things are cruising along, the U.S. Defense Department steps in and disrupts plans for building the WORLD’S LARGEST WIND FARM in Eastern Oregon.  2 weeks away from breaking ground on a 9 year venture, the 845 megawatt, $2 billion wind farm and its wind turbine blades may pose interference with the Air Force’s radar detection system.  This affects 3 other huge wind projects planned for here in Oregon, Illinois, and Texas.  There is a way around this, and maybe the US Defense Department wants a new toy.  Last week the British Defense ordered a radar system that is compatible with wind turbine blades.  In the name of progress for both the US Defense Department and for the greening of America, get those new radars!

4/13/10  ::  Harnessing the the heat of ground water and turning it into energy is known as geothermal power.  The Oregon Institute of Technology is going to unveil their refurbished oil-fired boiler building turned clean power geothermal plant this week.  This project is bit more innovative than other ones.  Instead of the extreme heat from water steam turning a turbine, it’s heating a second fluid that has a lower boiling point to generate the power.  OIT offers a renewable energy engineering degree and is known for its geothermal expertise.


Written by Jonathan Davis

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