Rural land with older energy grids creates ideal conditions for solar energy companies, according to a new industry report. 

How one retired veterinarian made a big bet on sustainability and tourism in Eastern Oregon.

A Q&A with Maria Pope, senior vice president of power supply & operations, and resource strategy at Oregon’s largest utility, Portland General Electric.

The approved solar farm near Redmond will have a capacity of nearly 10 megawatts.

From Portland Business Journal: 

That project will consist of solar panels on 96 acres. The 10-megawatt project could provide enough power to energize around 1,500 homes annually. It follows plans for a 20-megawatt installation east of Bend.

Those and similarly sized solar projects around the state were boosted in March. After legislation passed to increase the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard to 50 percent — doubling the renewable energy in Oregon's electric supply — another bill incentivizing small utility-scale solar projects was approved to help encourage such energy development in Oregon.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams is trying to bring a Costco store to the site of the Portland Public Schools headquarters near the Rose Quarter.

Oregon native and Willamette University grad Dale Mortensen has won the Nobel Prize in economics.

The owner of Mt. Joseph Family Foods wants to bring a mobile slaughter unit to Joseph so local ranchers can market their meat locally.

Gerding Edlen Development will begin work in October on a $66 million warehouse renovation for Vestas' new headquarters.