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The City of Talent in the Rogue Valley is one of three communities in Oregon that will get help from the Department of Energy on a new program to create a more resilient power grid.

With one of the best wind resources in the world just offshore, Humboldt Bay hopes to transform the region into a renewable energy production hub.

In the form of a lithium-ion battery, this mineral powers everything from solar panels to electric cars. So far, lithium used in the United States is imported from other countries that commercially extract it. But with interest in the mineral growing rapidly, that will soon change.

Oregon’s senior senator says the U.S. needs to source, refine and recycle more critical minerals like lithium domestically as the nation transitions off fossil fuels.

It’s full speed ahead for zero-emission cars in California.

A supervolcano, a massive eruption and a lost lake left Oregon with what could be the largest known lithium deposit in the United States.

The U.S. Department of Energy granted $25 million for testing wave energy technology at a facility under construction near Newport. The site will soon be home to the only grid-connected wave energy testing facility in the country and one of just a few in the world.

California energy regulators were considering whether to vote this week on a controversial plan to cut the financial benefits residential rooftop solar customers currently enjoy. But that vote is now on hold, indefinitely.

On Monday, California proposed reducing incentives for people who own rooftop solar panels. The proposal includes a monthly fee, as well as reducing the price for the energy that they sell back to the grid, a practice known as net energy metering.

Costs could go down for a carbon-free energy resource if researchers' findings translate into production methods.

Climate-warming pollution is rising in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. Action in 2022 can get the region on track for 2030.

Research out of the University of Oregon shows that, even on the cloudy western side of Oregon, a large chunk of our heating needs could be met with a few well-positioned skylights.