Green Options » Portland General Electric http://greenoptions.com/tag/portland-general-electric Posts tagged 'Portland General Electric' Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en PGE to Participate in Largest Electric Vehicle Project in U.S. History http://gas2.org/2009/08/07/pge-to-participate-in-largest-electric-vehicle-project-in-us-history/ http://gas2.org/2009/08/07/pge-to-participate-in-largest-electric-vehicle-project-in-us-history/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:09:48 +0000 Elaina Medina http://gas2.org/2009/08/07/pge-to-participate-in-largest-electric-vehicle-project-in-us-history/

Editor’s Note: This is a guest contribution by Elaina Medina of Portland General Electric.

This week Portland General Electric welcomed news it was named a strategic participant and Oregon was named one of five test markets for the largest rollout of EVs and an associated charging station network in U.S. history.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/08/07/pge-to-participate-in-largest-electric-vehicle-project-in-us-history/feed/ Gas 2.0 Launches “EV War” Website: ElectricCarRace.org http://gas2.org/2009/07/09/gas-20-launches-ev-war-website-electriccarraceorg/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/09/gas-20-launches-ev-war-website-electriccarraceorg/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:40:36 +0000 Clayton B. Cornell http://gas2.org/2009/07/09/gas-20-launches-ev-war-website-electriccarraceorg/ This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post.

SAN FRANCISCO - Yesterday, Gas 2.0 (gas2.org) launched ElectricCarRace.org, a site challenging cities across the nation to be first to develop city-wide electric vehicle infrastructure. A two-minute video featuring the Mayors of Portland and San Francisco kicked off the competition, along with posts written by Mayor Newsom, Portland General Electric, and the CEO of Coulomb Technologies Richard Lowenthal.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/09/gas-20-launches-ev-war-website-electriccarraceorg/feed/ PGE Jump-Starts Electric Vehicle Movement in Oregon http://gas2.org/2009/07/08/pge-jump-starts-electric-vehicle-movement-in-oregon/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/08/pge-jump-starts-electric-vehicle-movement-in-oregon/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:24:20 +0000 Elaina Medina http://gas2.org/2009/07/08/pge-jump-starts-electric-vehicle-movement-in-oregon/ Portland General Electric Charging Station

Editor’s Note: This is a guest contribution by Elaina Medina of Portland General Electric.

We are anticipating a large turnout at this year’s “EV Awareness Day” on Saturday, July 11, at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore. Portland General Electric is proud to sponsor this annual event hosted by the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association.

The PGE team will be on hand to show off its new PGE plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and talk to attendees about our network of more than a dozen charging stations we are installing across the Portland-metro area and Salem.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/08/pge-jump-starts-electric-vehicle-movement-in-oregon/feed/ Test Driving One of Only Two Nissan Electric Cars Worldwide http://gas2.org/2009/04/08/test-driving-one-of-only-two-nissan-electric-cars-worldwide/ http://gas2.org/2009/04/08/test-driving-one-of-only-two-nissan-electric-cars-worldwide/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:31:46 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/04/08/test-driving-one-of-only-two-nissan-electric-cars-worldwide/

With one of Nissan’s senior EV project engineers sitting next to me, it felt like I was being expectantly doted on by a protective parent as I drove Nissan’s EV-02 electric test car around a closed course Monday. Given that the EV-02 is only one of two such cars in the world, the reaction was perhaps understandably warranted.

Earlier in the day Nissan had held a joint press conference with Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, and representatives from Portland General Electric, to further affirm Oregon’s burgeoning relationship with Nissan to be one of the first and premier locations for the company’s late 2010 electric car launch.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/04/08/test-driving-one-of-only-two-nissan-electric-cars-worldwide/feed/ It’s On! Portland and San Francisco Battle For Electric Car Domination http://gas2.org/2009/04/07/its-on-portland-and-san-francisco-battle-for-electric-car-domination/ http://gas2.org/2009/04/07/its-on-portland-and-san-francisco-battle-for-electric-car-domination/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:24:16 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2009/04/07/its-on-portland-and-san-francisco-battle-for-electric-car-domination/ The EV wars have begun.

[UPDATE: See latest post from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Mayor Sam Adams, and CEO Richard Lowenthal.] Just a few weeks ago San Francisco’s visionary Mayor, Gavin Newsom, wrote a post for us describing his plan to make the Bay Area the electric car capital of the world by aggressively developing the charging infrastructure to support full-scale EV deployment. At the time he proclaimed:

“Electric vehicles have the possibility to transform our economy, revive our car industry, and improve our environment. To make sure electric vehicles succeed this time around we need to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in battery technology and [charging] infrastructure.”

Well, San Francisco, you have a challenger.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/04/07/its-on-portland-and-san-francisco-battle-for-electric-car-domination/feed/ New Facility Uses Algae to Turn Coal Pollution Into Fuel http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/new-facility-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-fuel/ http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/new-facility-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-fuel/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:27:12 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/09/29/new-facility-uses-algae-to-turn-coal-pollution-into-fuel/ A coal fired power-plant in Oregon has started a pilot project to curb pollution by using algae to harvest greenhouse gases and make fuel and other useful products.

The power plant in Boardman, Oregon, is the state’s only coal-fired facility — and also the the state’s largest single emitter of carbon dioxide. To deal with this problem, Portland General Electric and Columbia Energy Partners have started a pilot project to turn the otherwise nasty emissions into biodiesel, ethanol, and even livestock feed.

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