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Avangrid opens national training center

  • By Eli Zatz For Columbia Gorge News
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MORO — The grand opening of the Avangrid National Training Center (NTC) in Sherman County signifies a growing investment in renewable energy i…

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Letter to the Editor: Renewable energy a plus

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To the editor: Our state is on its way to 50 percent renewable energy. The wheat fields and rangeland of the eastern side of our state are sparsely populated and particularly well suited to both wind and solar development. Environmental and aesthetic issues are real and not to be dismissed. The Summit Ridge Wind Farm, east of Dufur, has completed extensive studies, which addressed these issues.

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Guilty plea is first in windmill bird kill

  • DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — A major U.S. power company has pleaded guilty to killing eagles and other birds at two Wyoming wind farms and agreed to pay $1 million as part of the first enforcement of environmental laws protecting birds against wind energy facilities.

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Wind turbine topples in Washington

  • Associated Press
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PENDLETON, (AP) — A wind turbine snapped its spine and fell to the ground last weekend at the Stateline Wind Farm near Touchet in Walla Walla County.