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Department of Energy to Resume Negotiations for $430 Million in Hydropower Funding
Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced earlier this week that it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to American...
TerraPower Building Next-Gen Nuclear Plant in Wyoming
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque, right, spoke with Joe Fain, president and CEO of the Bellevue Chamber, at a luncheon event hosted by the chamber. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Late last week, the Bellevue Chamber hosted a luncheon and fireside chat with TerraPower,...
Dept. of Commerce Awards Building Owners $55.5 Million For CBPS
Photo by Joshi Prateek, NREL 84326 The Washington state Department of Commerce recently awarded seventy building owners across Washington with $45 million in Clean Buildings Performance Grant funding. The funds, awarded to both private and public entities, will use...
Constellation Ahead of Schedule at Crane Clean Energy Center
Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant (Credit: DOE) Five months after announcing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Microsoft to restart Three Mile Island Unit 1 and launch the Crane Clean Energy Center (CECC), Constellation provided updates on hiring and site...
Scholarship Deadlines Approaching- Apply Now!
Now is the time for students to apply for scholarships and monitor approaching deadlines. Previously covered scholarships such as the PSE Foundation "Powerful Scholars" program are available through scholarship applications at the institution you are attending. For...
Lawmakers Warned of Load Growth & Need for Reforms
Industry stakeholders brief Congressional lawmakers on challenges related to load growth and reliability on March 5. Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce. A panel of power and utility industry stakeholders met last week with Congressional lawmakers and...
U.S. DOL Women’s Bureau Now Archived Online with the Construction Center of Excellence
From the Construction Center of Excellence's TradeEmpower website. Last week, as part of Women in Construction Week, the Washington State Construction Center of Excellence announced that the Women's Bureau Archive is now live! The invaluable collection of documents,...
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...