Renewable Energy Developers Propose Over 4,400 Megawatts of Power in Oregon

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Renewable energy developers have proposed 4,400 megawatts of wind, hydroelectric and geothermal projects in Oregon, which represents over 55.5% of the new generation being proposed in the state. The balance of the new generation is fossil fuel-fired generation.

Click on the image at right to view a chart showing the breakdown of new generation planned for Oregon.

The majority of the proposed renewable generation is wind power to provide over 2,800 megawatts and is being developed through twenty projects varying in size from 10 megawatts all the way to 400 megawatts. Project developers include PPM Energy (Portland, Oregon), PacifiCorp (Portland, Oregon), UPC Wind Partners, LLC (Newton, Massachusetts), Horizon Wind Energy (Houston, Texas), LifeLine Renewable Energy, Incorporated (Sacramento, California), Orion Energy, LLC (Oakland, California) plus Confederated Umatilla Tribes of Oregon (Pendleton, Oregon) and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Warm Springs, Oregon).

There are seven projects that are being proposed that will produce 1,390 megawatts of hydroelectric generation utilizing not just conventional but also other related technologies. These other facilities include Energy Recycling Company’s 1,000-megawatt (MW) Klamath County Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plant (Lorella, Oregon) and Oregon Tidal Energy Company’s, a subsidiary Oceana Energy Company, (Washington, DC) 300 MW Columbia Tidal Energy Facility (Astoria, Oregon) plus Reedsport OPT Wave Park, LLC’s, a subsidiary of Ocean Power Technologies, Incorporated, 50 MW Wave Energy Plant (Reedsport, Oregon).

Then there are the four geothermal projects that total 191 megawatts with units that vary from 25 megawatts to 50 megawatts. Northwest Geothermal Company’s Newberry Volcano near Bend Oregon is the largest unit being proposed at 50 megawatts. Nevada Geothermal Power, Incorporated’s (Vancouver, British Columbia) Crump Geyser Geothermal near Adel, Oregon is the largest proposed plant with two 43 MW units. The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs proposed a windfarm with a capacity of 30 megawatts at the Jefferson Mountain Geothermal Plant. The smallest geothermal project is the 25 MW Neal Springs Geothermal Plant near Harper, Oregon being proposed by U.S. Geothermal, Incorporated (Boise, Idaho).

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