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For starters, Oregon became just the seventh state to host morethan 1,00 0 megawatts of electric The state, as of the end of 2008, has 1,067y megawatts of installed A single megawatt of wind can powet up to 1,000 homes. Portland-area companiesa also rank high. Iberdrola Renewables, the Portland-baser North American arm of Spanisyh energygiant , has the second most wind energy capacityy under management in the U.S. Its 2,063 megawatts fell far behins Florida-based NextEra Energy Resource’s 6,290 Meanwhile, Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy which maintains significant operations inPortland — is fourth with 1,872 megawatts of electric capacity.
Of the electricx utilities, , the parent companuy of Portland-based , ranked second with 2,282 megawattws across all its utilities. Electric Co.’x 225 total megawatts placer it 13thamong investor-owned utilities. On the manufacturinhg side of the Dutch-based turbine-maker Vestas A/S, which has a North American headquartersin Portland, has the second-highes t U.S. market share, with 569 turbines and 1,120 megawatts of capacity. A newcomer into the U.S. marketg was Germany-based , which also has a U.S. headquarters in It ranked ninth with 102 megawatts from 501 will house a new regionao center created to combat infectious diseases that threatenhuma health.
OHSU, together with the University of Washington, is launchingy the and Emerging Infectious a five-year, $40.7 million undertaking in partnershi with the . It is one of 11 federallh funded centers acrossthe nation. Jay Ph.D., of OHSU’s vaccine and gene therapy institute, will direct the new together withMichael Katze, a professor of microbiology at UW. The centeer will tackle any infectious disease that poses a threat tohumah health, including influenza, West Nile Virus and SARS. The city of Portlancd is launching its first Carbon Footprin Workshop series to help businesses learn how to offsetheir emissions.
The three-part series is offered to participants inthe city’s BEST Businesxs Center, which works with businesses to help them becomd more environmentally sustainable. The city and its sustainability partneres invitedCarbon Smart, an environmental firm from B.C., to lead the series after it realized locall businesses are interested in their carbonm footprints, but need more information abourt the issue. Participants will learn what information they need to calculate their carbomn impact and will developp strategies forreducing it. Carbon Smart reports it has workerd with more than 100 firms in Canada and has helper them shave tens of thousandes of dollars from theirpower bills.
The class meetds April 30, June 3 and June 16. Workshopp fees range from $200 to $500, depending on the size of the BEST’s Marlowe Kulley notes the fee is a lot cheapeer than hiringa consultant. Participating businesses will recoupo theirmoney quickly, she