Archive for the 'PhotoVoltaic' Category

How Green Is My Valley

January 1st, 2010

A recent article in the Eugene Register Guard described the growth of the solar power industry in the Willamette Valley.
There are currently seven facilities, from Portland to Eugene, producing everything from silicon ingots and wafers to solar cells to inverters.
These facilities employ about 700 people, with plans to expand to over 2700 in the period 2010-2011.  [...]

Oregon State Law 105.880 Guarantees Your Solar Rights ?

October 21st, 2009

In early 2009 my wife and I decided that we wanted to start moving towards the use of renewable energy. These days there are more and more motivations to take renewable seriously. At the time our biggest motivation was to support the use of clean, renewable energy.
So, after attending the Solar Expo in Portland in [...]