APRIL 2008: AROUND THE STATE
East gets solar projects
ARLINGTON
Not only is the planned solar-power project in Eastern Oregon
going to be a first for Vancouver-based Columbia Energy
Partners, it also will be Oregon’s largest when
it’s completed at the end of the year. CEP has focused on
wind power since it began in 2001 but will use the 10-acre, $20
million project, partly funded through Oregon’s Business
Energy Tax Credit, to enter the solar-power sphere. If all goes
as planned, says president Chris Crowley, the project will be a
pilot for future solar endeavors in Oregon. The two megawatts
of electricity generated will be funneled into
PacifiCorp’s local transmission grid and is not expected
to affect electricity prices, says Crowley.
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