Clean Energy Excellence
The Center of Excellence for Clean Energy is a statewide resource that represents the interests of the energy industry, and our labor partners, within the Washington State Community and Technical College system. We exist to narrow the gap between employers’ demands for a highly skilled workforce and the colleges’ ability to supply work-ready graduates. We convene industry and labor to help drive workforce development initiatives — and coordinate community college resources after industry and labor set the direction.
EDUCATORS
Looking to add clean energy to your STEM, CTE or post-secondary curriculum? View our education resources to get started.
CAREERS & EDUCATION
Interested in exploring a career in clean energy? Learn about dozens of careers, search our job board, and find college programs to get started.
About the Center
The Center leads a coordinated, strategic approach to clean energy workforce development for the region and works with regional partners to: define energy efficiency jobs, establish skill standards and identify job classifications, and create a regional clearinghouse for energy efficiency job openings.
News & Events
Pacific Coast Collaborative: Transitioning to clean energy
The Pacific Coast Collaborative consists of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and the cities of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles — all working together to build the low carbon economy of the future. With a...
Helion Energy creates new clean energy jobs in Everett
Helion Energy is working toward creating a new era of zero-carbon electricity through fusion and building the world's first commercially-viable fusion power plant which runs on a fuel that can be derived from water. This week, Helion broke ground on the next iteration...
Public power utilities urged to review DOE’s updated voluntary cybersecurity model
The Department of Energy (DOE) this week released ahead of schedule an update to the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model, C2M2 V2.0. An industry-led effort to update the voluntary cybersecurity model is in response to the continued attacks on information...
Energy stats by state
Did you know that Washington state generated the most electricity from hydropower of any state and accounted for 24% of the nation's annual utility-scale hydroelectricity generation in 2019? You can access energy data and analysis by state on the U.S. Energy...
Clean Energy Industry report drives strategic goals for PNCECE
To assess the clean energy industry's current state and future, we commissioned the report, Clean Energy Industry in the Bonneville Power Administration Area, by the Seattle Jobs Initiative. This report helped us establish goals to form our short-term strategic plan....
Public Power Jobs
The American Public Power Association (APPA) is the voice of not-for-profit, community-owned utilities that power 2,000 towns and cities nationwide. Visit the APPA Career Center for job listings and employers hiring. Learn more: www.publicpower.org