SeQuential Pacific Biodiesel is a used cooking oil collection company. They recycle used cooking oils throughout Oregon and produce biodiesel. They have many refueling stations around Portland and Seattle, but none in between.
Organization Type: For-Profit Company
(800) 447-3794
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“The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission coordinates management policy and provides fisheries technical services for the Yakima, Warm Springs, Umatilla, and Nez Perce tribes. CRITFC’s mission is ‘to ensure a unified voice in the overall management of the fishery resources, and as managers, to protect reserved treaty rights through the exercise of the inherent sovereign powers of the tribes.'”
Organization Type: Non-Governmental Organization
(503) 238-0667
Columbia Biogas is a Portland, Oregon based company planning to construct a biogas production facility to convert local food waste into biogas. By building the biogas facility in the midst of a city well known for its multitude of diverse cuisines, they’re establishing convenient networks to transfer food-waste from post-consumer to its final resting place: the digester in the biogas production facility.
Organization Type: For-Profit
1(503) 914-4630
Northwest Hydroelectric Association is the regional voice for the hydropower industry promoting hydropower as a clean and environmentally conscious energy source. Founded in 1981, the association presents the Pacific Northwest’s interests in maintaining hydropower before Congress and other groups.
Organization Type: Non-Governmental Organization
(503) 545-9430
Olympia Green Fuels manufactures and distributes biodiesel processors and tank farms from small tanks (100,000 gallons a year) to enormous systems that can produce three million gallons per year. With the equipment they sell, anyone who has access to large amounts of vegetable oil or other triglyceride greases can generate their own biodiesel.
Organization Type: Limited liability company
Puget Sound Energy is a local energy company called based in Bellevue. This company has a great program that allows customers to buy local energy from nearby green or alternative fuel producers. If you purchase by the block, you can buy 160 kW at the cost of two dollars, or you could purchase an 800 kW monthly block for 12 dollars. The Green Power program is great.
Analysis of Puget Sound Energy Activities:
Puget Sound Energy
Organization Type: For-Profit Company
1 (888) 225-5773
Cascadia Consulting is a for-profit consulting firm operating in both the private and public sectors. They provide consultation in waste and recycling, energy, climate forecasts, stormwater pollution issues, and sustainability. Among their other works are sustainable landscaping, design of tools to provide information on environmental benefits, and diversion calculators.
Organization Type: for-profit
(206) 343-9759