Grounded host Bryan Hockaday meets OSU Assistant Professor Chad Higgins and takes listeners on a tour of a solar research farm outside of Wilsonville. On the farm, they’re fine tuning the practice of agrivoltaics and experimenting with what crops respond best to integrated solar electricity production.
Read MoreOn the latest episode of Grounded, host Bryan Hockaday catches up with Sarah Moehrke, ODOE’s Community Navigator. In her role, Sarah is often on the road and meeting with Oregonians all across the state. In just over this past year, Sarah has logged nearly 15,000 miles as she connects cities and counties with resources to help with community-scale sustainable improvement projects.
Read MoreSummers in the Pacific Northwest are spectacular, but it’s starting to feel like Oregon’s summers keep getting hotter. On this episode of Grounded, host Bryan Hockaday learns about ODOE’s Heat Pump Incentive Programs and talks with Oregon’s Climatologist Larry O’Neill.
Read MoreIn this month’s newsletter, the Oregon Hanford Cleanup Board provides an update, ODOE celebrates Pride Month, a new Grounded podcast episode talks e-tractors, a long-time ODOE team member begins a well-earned retirement, and more.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded, join host Bryan as he heads out to the Columbia River Gorge to attend the annual Cherry Pre-Harvest Tour and see an all-electric, autonomous tractor.
Read MoreWe’re excited to welcome Bryan Hockaday as the new host of Grounded. In this first episode of the Grounded reboot, join Bryan as he begins his expedition across the state to learn all about energy in Oregon.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded, we explore ODOE's second Biennial Zero Emission Vehicle Report with EV expert, Jessica Reichers.
Read MoreOn episode 38 of ODOE’s Grounded Podcast, Jen Senner speaks about the federal funding that has been allocated for energy and climate programs here in Oregon- let’s listen!
Read MoreIn this episode of Grounded, we learn about three important reports recently published by the Oregon Global Warming Commission from our guests, Cathy Macdonald and Zach Baker.
Read MoreIn our last newsletter of the year, ODOE publishes the 2022 Biennial Energy Report, releases a new study on renewable hydrogen, announces a request for information on Grid Resilience, plugs into the latest Grounded podcast episode, and more.
Read MoreOn the third episode of a Oregon Energy Timeline Conversations, we sit down with the Energy Trust of Oregon's founding executive director, Margie Harris. Learn about the early days of ETO and the passionate energy work lead by Margie in this intimate and candid interview!
Read MoreOn the second episode of a special Grounded series called Oregon Energy Timeline Conversations, we meet with ODOE’s Hanford Hydrogeologist, Tom Sicilia. Tom will share the state of nuclear energy in Oregon and a little about it’s past and potential future!
Read MoreGrounded’s first installment of Oregon Energy Timeline Conversations sits down with John Patterson and talks about Oregon’s solar history and more!
Read MoreIn this month’s newsletter: $10 million for energy efficient rebuilding from the wildfires, a playbook for federal funding for rural communities, reopening our Salem office to the public, a new podcast episode for your ear buds, and more.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded, we talk with Oregon Home Energy Score experts Roger Kainu, Peter Brandom, and Dacia Bakkum to learn about what a home energy score means for you and your city.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded we sit down with Jessica Reichers, ODOE's Energy Technology & Policy Manager and EV expert. We discuss the inaugural Biennial Zero Emission Report and how to make it work for you!
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded we dive into the hot topic of energy storage, specifically- pumped-storage hydropower. ODOE’s own Rebecca Smith joins us as well as Erik Steimle from Rye Development for this fascinating and timely discussion!
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded, we learn about Oregon's first net-zero preschool with New Day School teacher, Didi Jayagitta and Green Hammer team members, Laura Squillace and Alex Boetzel.
Read MoreOn this episode of Grounded we learn about Arcimoto's electric three-wheel vehicles with founder and CEO, Mark Frohnmayer.
Read MoreOn this interactive episode of Grounded, we sit down with ODOE’s Director, Janine Benner, and walk through the Oregon Energy History Timeline section of the 2020 Biennial Energy Report.
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