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News about energy and natural resources in the Pacific Northwest
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Preliminary Analysis of Generating Resources
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The types of energy resources most likely to be built in the next 20 years are natural gas, wind, and solar. Geothermal, hydropower, and biomass are also commercially available, but are expected to play a more limited role. Read more.
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Objectives Process Continues with NOAA as Partner
At the Council’s February meeting, Barry Thom, deputy regional administrator for NOAA Fisheries, laid out a four-step process for what he described as a conceptual approach for developing goals for listed and unlisted Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead.
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Scenario Analysis Begins
The process of comparing scenarios for the Seventh Power Plan will help in understanding the costs of reducing power system carbon emissions, the impact of carbon costs on energy efficiency and renewable resource development, and the potential value of storage technologies.
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Goose Island Terns Consumed Fewer Fish in 2014
“Focusing on avian predation is the single most important and cost-effective thing we can do to reduce the impacts on endangered species of fish.”
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