Renewable Energy Trifecta in Oregon: Wind, Solar and Battery Energy Storage

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--May 10, 2019--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Skeptics of renewable power often ask, "What happens when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow?" Portland General Electric Company (PGE) (NYSE:POR) (Portland, Oregon) and NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) (Juno Beach, Florida) may have an answer: their proposed 380-megawatt (MW) Wheatridge Renewable Energy Center, to be built in Morrow County, Oregon, would be the first large-scale co-location of wind generation, solar generation and battery energy storage in the country.

Within this article: Details of the proposed Wheatridge Energy Center.