Category Archives: Decarbonization of Power

This category includes organizations that focus on reducing the CO2 emissions associated with energy production. This includes such strategies as:
Substituting Gas Baseload Power for Coal Baseload Power
Capture of CO2 at Baseload Power Plant
Substituting Nuclear Power for Coal Power
Substituting Wind Power for Coal Power
Substituting Photovoltaic Solar (PV) Power For Coal Power

Inventys Thermal Technologies Inc

Inventys Thermal Technologies (Inventys) is a cleantech company that produces technologies for the energy and process industries. It is currently in its first stages of commercializing its patented VeloxoTherm™ gas separation process whereby carbon dioxide is removed from industrial flue gas streams. The recovered CO2 can then be used for enhanced oil recovery or geologically stored – mitigating its impact on climate change.

-From the About Us page of their website

Organization Type: For-Profit Corporation

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(604) 456-0504

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4510 Beedie Street Burnaby, BC Canada

Farm Power

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Farm Power is a Washington and Oregon company that works towards sustainable agriculture and renewable energy. Their facilities use an anaerobic manure digester that harvests methane gas from manure. They use the methane to create electricity and send the manure to their partnered farms to use as an organic fertilizer. Their goal is to build manure digesters for as many dairy farms in the Pacific Northwest as possible. They work with groups of dairy farmers to design regional digesters that can serve multiple farms. By using their digesters they reduce thousands of tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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(360) 424-4519

Portland Permaculture Guild

The Portland Permaculture Guild is an informal group dedicated to permaculture as a system of conscious, sustainable, ecological design.  They offer classes, workshops and other activities based on public interest.  They often work with other like-minded organizations in the region to promote sustainability education and implementation.

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BURN Design Lab

According to their website, “BURN Design Lab is a non profit corporation that creates customized biomass stove solutions to meet the cooking needs of the developing world. Working with implementing organizations, we develop sustainable stove dissemination systems that will appeal to cooks and have a profound impact on deforestation, women’s health and global warming.”

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(585) 503-3459

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18850 103rd Ave SW Vashon, WA 98070 United States

Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals

The Northwest Association of Environmental Proffesionals (NWAEP) is a group of Washington and Oregon environmental professionals whose goal is to provide opportunities for the professional development and recognition of members through meetings, conferences, and other activities.  According to the webpage:

Membership in the Northwest Association of Environmental Professionals is open to anyone in the Northwest who is involved or interested in the environmental professions and who conducts their work in accordance with the Environmental Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. By definition, an “environmental professional” is someone who either earns their livelihood from, or has a specific skill or experience in, one or more environmental areas. Included in this broad category are environmental managers, engineers, consultants, educators, regulators, attorneys, vendors and suppliers, technicians, activists, and students, among others.

Many members of NWAEP are also affiliated with the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP), but membership in the latter organization is not required.

They are a nonpolitical and interdisciplinary organization.  They promote advancement in scientific education, planning, research, assessment, review and management.

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NWAEP PO Box 141 Portland, OR 97207

Avista Utilities

“Avista Corp is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses.” Avista Utilities provides service to 351,000 electric and 310,000 natural gas customers in . Avista is a leader in renewable and environmentally friendly energy generation, committed to the wise use of resources and sustainable energy conservation. Avista offers a variety of energy efficiency programs, rebates and other incentives for residential and business customers. Since 1978 they have been committed to implementing energy efficiency programs, saving more than 130 aMW.

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(800) 936-6629

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Customer Service, MSC-34 PO Box 3727 Spokane, WA 99220-3727

Northwest Sustainable Energy for Economic Development (SEED)

As said on their website “Northwest SEED educates, equips, and empowers communities to develop their own solutions that provide real community benefits. As a non-profit organization, they work directly with communities to identify practical solutions that support a sustainable local economy founded on locally owned energy.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization

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1 (866) 759-SEED or (206) 328-2441

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1402 3rd Ave. Suite 901 Seattle, Washington 98101

Solar Washington

According to their website “Solar Washington is a nonprofit organization composed of people, companies, programs and organizations working to advance the solar industry in our state. It offers volunteer and job opporunities, as well as links to many local organizations.”

Organization Type: Non-Profit Organization

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PO Box 3832, Seattle, WA 98124-3832

Columbia Biogas

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

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1(503) 914-4630

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Columbia Biogas, 721 NW 9th Avenue, Suite 227, Portland OR 97209

Ecoadapt

According the their website, “EcoAdapt, founded by a team of some of the earliest adaptation thinkers and practitioners in the field, has one goal – creating a robust future in the face of climate change. We bring together diverse players in the conservation, policy, science, and development communities to reshape conservation and resource management in response to rapid climate change.”

 

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(206) 201-3834

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P.O. Box 11195 Bainbridge Island, WA 98110