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A stream of compressed air does not look like a power source. In factories, it usually hisses through pipes, drives tools, then disappears as waste. But under the right conditions, that same airflow ...

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Customers of Portland General Electric are lending their standby generators to the utility for 200 hours a year in a unique distributed generation program. The utility is not buying power from ...

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Many Clevelanders are using portable generators that run on gasoline during this most recent power outage. This can be done, but the option can be dangerous and has its limitations, Shepp said. A ...