Topic: alternative energy

First-of-its-kind partnership to reduce college’s carbon footprint

15 February 2008

  • Living Portland

(Portland, Ore.)—In an effort to expand its use of alternative energies, Lewis & Clark is partnering with Honeywell International, a technology and manufacturing company, to supply the campus sports facility with solar power.  Under the agreement, Honeywell will install solar panels on the roof of the Pamplin Sports Center and sell to the college the [...]

Ocean wave technology gaining momentum

20 September 2007

  • Advancing Knowledge
  • Engaging our World

(Portland, Ore.)—Ocean wave technology could eventually power as much as 10 percent of the world’s electrical demand, but it is an alternative energy source that comes with little-understood legal, economic and environmental impacts. The day before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) convenes a public hearing on licensing pilot projects along Oregon’s coast, Lewis & [...]