What a week in the world of energy . . . let's go to the highlights!
Another highlight came on Tuesday, when I learned a local group of electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts are planning a trip to our Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in October. The second photo here shows one EV driver's high-voltage hot rod with a PSE Green Power sticker in the window. The group is planning to drive over to Wild Horse and then recharge their cars while taking a tour of the wind farm. I'll get some more photos up later in the month when that happens.
And finally on Friday, PSE announced its role in what will be a major roll-out of electric cars in 2010, called cleverly, The Electric Vehicle Project -- which features the new Nissan LEAF (which is the blue car here). A $100 million grant from the Department of Energy to eTec, one of the project partners, will help go to charging stations around Western Washington, with PSE gearing up to supply power to the stations planned for Bellevue and King County.
On Monday, a great project in Skagit County roared to life, with Farm Power firing up its 750 kW generator -- capable of meeting the energy needs of about 500 homes. The plant is a manure-to-methane facility that takes cow-poo and turns it into renewable energy. The output goes right to our Green Power Program, meaning that when you participate you help make projects like this possible.
The photo here shows one of the Farm Power founders, Kevin Maas, on the left along with Gov. Gregoire, State Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen and PSE's CEO Steve Reynolds pushing a button on a laptop computer to fire up the huge 16-cylinder powerplant that runs the generator. Kevin's younger brother and fellow Farm Power co-founder Daryl is in the shot as well, but you can only see his ear. As a fellow "little brother" myself, I sympathize with you Daryl! That kind of thing happens to us younger brothers all the time.
Another highlight came on Tuesday, when I learned a local group of electric vehicle (EV) enthusiasts are planning a trip to our Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in October. The second photo here shows one EV driver's high-voltage hot rod with a PSE Green Power sticker in the window. The group is planning to drive over to Wild Horse and then recharge their cars while taking a tour of the wind farm. I'll get some more photos up later in the month when that happens.
And finally on Friday, PSE announced its role in what will be a major roll-out of electric cars in 2010, called cleverly, The Electric Vehicle Project -- which features the new Nissan LEAF (which is the blue car here). A $100 million grant from the Department of Energy to eTec, one of the project partners, will help go to charging stations around Western Washington, with PSE gearing up to supply power to the stations planned for Bellevue and King County.
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