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
Women in energy: driving innovation
More women are embracing energy jobs, helping to drive innovation at their companies. Opportunities for women to fill powerful roles in a male-dominated industry are growing. Find out how some women were empowered to enter the energy industry and forge a successful...
Economic benefits drive the clean energy transition
The shift to carbon-free energy is gaining momentum, due largely to economic benefits. Economists and analysts are making the case that the transition will lead to cost savings on a massive scale. Academic research supports the concept that the costs of technology...
X-energy in Washington state proposes to ‘change the world’ with small nuclear reactors
X-energy in Washington state is developing a new generation of small, safer, and more flexible nuclear power plants in an effort to redefine the nation's energy future. They would make electricity without direct combustion of fossil fuels, which could aid in the...
Biofuels data provides detailed look into renewables and statistics important to emerging energy market trends
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently expanded its data on biofuels. The expanded biofuels data provide a more detailed look at fuels previously grouped under renewable fuels except ethanol, which is now split into biodiesel, renewable diesel, and...
What is hydropower pumped storage?
As Washington moves toward clean energy production and enhanced battery storage, the two following articles explain the story of hydro's pumped storage: Projects would invest billions on Lake Roosevelt for needed renewable-energy storage, but hurdles are high New...
New hydropower project in Washington based on ‘pumped storage’ concept
An effort to generate energy along the Columbia River through a concept called "pumped storage" has drawn pushback from tribes and environmental groups. The hydropower project being developed in Central Washington, overlooking the Columbia River, would generate...