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EWEB and UO Partner on Energy Generation Study
EWEB photo Oregon public power utility Eugene Water & Electric Board and the University of Oregon are working together on a study that seeks to better understand if running UO’s on-site combined heat and power (CHP) generator during short periods of peak winter...
Alabama’s First BESS to be Built on the Former Plant Gorgas Site
Alabama Power is planning to build the state's first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on the site of the former Plant Gorgas Site. The planned facility will store up to 150 MW of electricity generated by other Alabama Power resources, enough to power...
Olympic College Partners with Kitsap Transit to Offer New Course
Olympic College Continuing Education is offering a new course, "Electrical Theory: Direct Current Basics", in partnership with Kitsap Transit. The 10-week program will begin April 10, with a cost of $750, and provide students with a foundational understanding of...
Komatsu Begins Hydrogen Combustion Engine Proof-of-Concept Tests
Image: Komatsu Komatsu has developed a concept machine, equipping its flagship large dump truck (the HD785) with a hydrogen combustion engine. The truck has a maximum payload of approximately 92 metric tons. Testing has commenced at Komatsu's Ibaraki Plant in...
CEWD and Skills USA Partner to Support Future Energy Workforce
The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) has teamed up with SkillsUSA, the #1 workforce development organization for students, to support the new Energy and Natural Resources Career Cluster, part of Advance CTE’s Modernized Career Clusters Framework that...
FWEE STEM Career Academies, Applications Open!
Applications are now open for the three FWEE STEM Career Academies this summer! Hosted for students in three locations this year, the academies are open to middle and high school students in Centralia, Tri-Cities, and Wenatchee. Dive into the world of innovation and...
U.S. Department of Energy Layoffs Hit the Pacific Northwest
(PNNL Photo) Government-wide layoffs are hitting engineers, researchers, and others at agencies in Washington state including the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),...
Arizona Electric Utilities Team Up and Explore Adding Nuclear Generation
Nuclear power station with steaming cooling towers and blooming canola field. Location: Lower Saxony, Germany. Arizona Public Service (APS), Salt River Project (SRP) and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) announced earlier this month that they’ll be working together to...
American Public Power Association Smart Energy Provider (SEP) Week
The American Public Power Association kicked off Smart Energy Provider (SEP) Week on Monday, sharing this map of 111 public power utilities that have earned their Smart Energy Provider designation. This designation recognizes utilities with a commitment to and...
Puget Sound Energy and Modern Hydrogen Announce Strategic Partnership
Installation of a Modern Hydrogen methane pyrolysis device at NW Natural, a natural gas public utility in Portland, Ore. (Modern Hydrogen Photo) Washington's largest utility, Puget Sound Energy (PSE), and Modern Hydrogen, a clean energy technology leader, have...