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As more wind and solar farms come online, it could be harder to find places to build that won’t upset wildlife advocates, farmers, ranchers or nearby communities.
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A major new energy storage facility for the Northwest is one step closer to being built, with federal regulators releasing new documents outlining some of the impacts of the Goldendale Energy Storage Project in south-central Washington – including likely damage to sacred Indigenous sites.
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The Snake River dams in Washington would stay in place under the federal government’s preferred plan for the Columbia River System. On Friday federal…
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A new energy storage project is in the works near eastern Washington’s Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River. The project is expected to bring…
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Like the crumbling gasket in your kitchen faucet, sometimes even small parts can mean a lot. Now, federal watchdogs are looking into all types of parts at…
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Have you ever ignored your car’s oil change a bit too long? That’s essentially what happened at the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant this…
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An electric utility in north central Washington wants to branch out into hydrogen fuel production. It would be the first of a group of power companies in…
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A Portland-based energy developer has signed property leases for a big solar farm in Klickitat County near the Columbia River. When completed, the solar…
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Electric utilities in Washington state would have to phase out all coal power, and eventually, natural gas-fired generation under a measure passed by the…
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The federal government recently doled out two “green findings” to the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear reactor.The Columbia Generating Station, near…
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Crews have finished drilling around 230 core samples in Priest Rapids Dam on the Columbia River in central Washington state.This several-months-long…
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Renewable energy developers are showing interest in converting public grazing lands in sunny central Washington into large solar farms.The state…