Energy

Portland General Electric Company permanently shuttered its Boardman Generating Station in Eastern Oregon’s Morrow County this fall. Boardman was the only coal-fired power plant in Oregon. (Courtesy PGE)

Goodbye to coal: PGE burned its last load of coal in Boardman this fall

By Wendy Culverwell | December 2020
Portland General Electric completed its 10-year plan to mothball its 600-megawatt coal plant at the Port of Morrow in Boardman...
A rendering shows what a future TerraPower plant could look like. TerraPower and X-energy each received $80 million in initial funding to build advanced nuclear reactors within 5-7 years. The future reactors will be at Energy Northwest’s nuclear campus north of Richland. (Courtesy TerraPower)

Federal awards put Tri-Cities on map for next generation nuclear power

By Wendy Culverwell | December 2020
Tri-City economic development officials are over the moon after the U.S. Department of Energy announced it would invest millions into...
The Horn Rapids Solar, Storage & Training Project in Richland is a 4MW direct current solar array combined with a 1MW battery energy storage system. Power from the project is provided to the city of Richland. (Courtesy Energy Northwest)

New energy project powers up in Richland

By TCAJOB Staff | December 2020
Horn Rapids Solar, Storage & Training Project is now energized in north Richland. The utility-scale solar and battery project was...
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UTC staff: Cascade revenue increase request not in ‘best interest of customers’

By TCAJOB Staff | December 2020
Staff with the Utilities and Transportation Commission have recommended a rate decrease for Cascade Natural Gas customers, saying the Kennewick-based...
3D printed safety components will be used in the TVA nuclear complex at Athens, Alabama. (Courtesy Framatome)

3D safety components for nuclear reactors come to Richland

By TCAJOB Staff | December 2020
Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland played a key role in the first-ever use of a 3D printed safety...
Solar panels with wind turbines and electricity pylon at sunset.

Energy Briefs – December 2020

By TCAJOB Staff | December 2020
Utility-scale solar project planned for Richland Energy Northwest and Tucci Energy Services will develop a 75MW, utility-scale photovoltaic solar project...
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Q&A with Brad Sawatzke

By TCAJOB Staff | December 2020
CEO, Energy Northwest Brad Sawatzke Number of employees you oversee: 1,000+ Brief background of your business: Energy Northwest is a...
Framatome’s new 11,000-square-foot scrap uranium recovery facility will separate uranium dioxide from other materials when it opens in Richland at the end of this year.

New $20M Framatome facility to open by year’s end

By Robin Wojtanik | December 2019
Richland plant set to begin operating new 11,000-square-foot scrap uranium recovery facility A $20 million facility is set to open...

Hydrogen fuel cells gaining momentum

By Guest Contributor | December 2019
In the coming decade, investors are betting that hydrogen will become a prominent fuel that can eliminate carbon dioxide discharges...
William Robertson of Bill & Debbie Robertson Nissan in Pasco shows off the dual plug-ins on the new Nissan Leaf.

Better batteries likely to drive electric car market

By Guest Contributor | December 2019
By Andrew Kirk With a nuclear reservation, national laboratory and cutting-edge agricultural processing in the Tri-Cities’ backyard, Jeff Leskovar expected...
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