BEF Community Program Gallery

• Beaverton Resource Center - Beaverton, OR

  To encourage residents to make the switch to green power, and as a tangible example of Beaverton’s commitment to renewable energy, the city partnered with BEF to add a 1-kilowatt solar array to the roof of the Beaverton Resource Center.

• Bellingham Environmental Learning Center - Bellingham, WA

  The 2040-watt solar electric power system educates visitors to the center on the functions and benefits of solar electric power, while providing clean energy to help offset a portion of the facility’s electricity use.

• Clark County Public Works - Vancouver, WA

  Revenues from Clark PUD’s Green Lights program, which allows utility customers to purchase non-polluting, renewable energy supplied by BEF, funded the solar electric system.

• Clark PUD Operations Center - Vancouver, WA

  The project is designed to demonstrate Clark PUD’s hook-up requirements for utility customers interested in installing their own solar generators.

• Columbia Vista Corporation - Vancouver, WA

  The 2.1-kW roof-mounted solar installation at Columbia Vista provides power to the Company’s mill.

• Ellensburg Community Solar Project - Ellensburg, WA

  In partnership with BEF, Ellensburg has installed the first "community solar" project in the nation.

• Habitat for Humanity - Portland, OR

  Thanks to a unique partnership between Portland General Electric, Energy Trust of Oregon, and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, the Salazar family's new roof is outfitted with a solar electric system that will generate more than 1,000 kilowatt-hours of clean, renewable electricity each year.

• Hatfield Marine Science Center - Portland, OR

  The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s (HMSC) solar project demonstrates renewable energy technology to visitors and reflects their commitment to education in sustainable practices.

• Hewlett-Packard - Vancouver, WA

  The HP-Vancouver project is a direct result of the success of Clark Public Utilities' (CPU) green power program, Green Lights, which allows utility customers to purchase non-polluting, renewable energy supplied by BEF.

• Issaquah Fish Hatchery - Issaquah, WA

  Puget Sound Energy (PSE) partnered with BEF and funded the installation of a solar demonstration system at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery to introduce visitors to renewable energy technology and provide them with an opportunity to explore global energy issues in an interactive, hands-on way.

• Lake Metroparks, Farmpark - Kirtland, OH

  The solar installation will act as an attraction for the facility's other renewable energy installations and as a statement of Farmpark's overall commitment to sustainability.

• Midstate Electric Cooperative - La Pine, OR

  The 7 kW photovoltaic array that sits atop the building’s parking structure is expected to supply 12% of the annual energy consumed on site, additionally Midstate will purchase wind energy to provide the remaining 88% of the required electricity.

• Orcas Solar - San Juan Islands, WA

  In partnership with BEF, Orcas Power and Light installed four distributed solar demonstration units on three of the islands to show the potential for eventually displacing imported power supplies.

• Portland Brewery Blocks - Portland, OR

  Situated in what was formerly the Blitz-Weinhard Brewery and developed by Gerding/Edlen, the Portland Brewery Blocks LEED-certified building is home to one of the largest photovoltaic arrays in the Northwest.

• Puget Sound Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee - Renton, WA

  The PSEJATC annually provides training for 2,000 journey-level electricians and 600 state-certified apprentices, removing a critical bottleneck to the regional expansion of this fast-growing technology.

• SeQuential Biofuel Station - Eugene, OR

  The SeQuential biofuel station is a demonstration in realistic, feasible and sustainable technologies: examples of real-world solutions that reduce energy usage and impacts on local water quality.

• Sharp Microelectronics - Camas, WA

  The Sharp Electronics project in Camas, WA is a direct result of the success of Clark Public Utilities' (CPU) green power program, Green Lights, which allows utility customers to purchase non-polluting, renewable energy supplied by BEF.

• The Family Centers - Madison, WI

  During the 2004 Vote for Change tour, artists such as Stone Gossard, Pearl Jam, REM, Bonnie Raitt and the Dave Matthews Band partnered with BEF to fund renewable energy projects for community-based organizations in the states where the tour played.

• The Institute for Environmental Research and Education (IERE) - Vashon, WA

  IERE will use their 1.1-kW solar-electric system and the related web-based live data to enhance the Institute’s renewable energy curriculum.

• Tillamook Animal to Waste Energy - Tillamook, OR

  Port of Tillamook Bay’s Methane Energy and Agricultural Development (MEAD) project is a centralized, dual-plug flow digester designed to accommodate manure from 4,000 mature Holstein dairy cattle located on several farms.

• Vancouver Water Resources Education Center - Vancouver, WA

  With the installation of a solar-electric system and an interactive renewable energy kiosk, the Vancouver Water Resources Education Center is better able to fulfill its more comprehensive environmental mission.

• Washington State School for the Blind - Vancouver, WA

  BEF purchases the Renewable Energy Certificates from the school and sells them to Clark County PUD and other BEF Renewable Energy Certificate customers.

• White Bluffs/Hanford - White Bluffs, WA

  Located at the site of the terminated WNP-1 nuclear power plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, White Bluffs Solar is currently one of the largest grid-connected photovoltaic solar projects in the Pacific Northwest.