Clean Energy Blog
Stay up to date on the latest news related to clean energy in our region and beyond.
PNW Center Of Excellence Hosted Governor Inslee for a Visit
The Center of Excellence hosted Governor Inslee, First Spouse Trudi, and partners at Centralia College on Friday, January 19th. The visit highlighted a number of clean energy workforce strategies, developments, and partnerships- including comments from partners on...
‘Floating Offshore Wind Shot,’ increasing floating offshore wind capacity by 2035
As part of the effort to expand offshore wind deployment, the federal government will advance lease areas in deep waters in order to deploy 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity by 2035. Deep-water areas that require floating platforms are home to two-thirds of...
DOE to fund advances in bioenergy technology
Alternative clean energy sources like bioenergy are playing a key role in reaching the current administration's goal of a net-zero carbon economy by 2050. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week $178 million in funding for bioenergy research to advance...
Hiring for Hydro Unplugged, October 19
Since 2017, Hiring for Hydro™, a one-day event co-located with an industry conference, has reached over 200 students from over 14 colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Students participate in educational workshops about careers in hydropower and can attend...
Washington trade delegation to focus on energy and industry
Washington state representatives from business, education, and government, including Gov. Jay Inslee, will participate in a trade mission to the Nordic countries of Finland, Sweden and Norway in September. The governor’s policy agenda for the mission focuses on...
Expansion of EV grid faces challenges in rural Washington
In some parts of rural Washington state, the electric vehicle (EV) market is facing "range anxiety" over getting stranded far from a charger. Without ubiquitous EV charging stations, rural adoption of EVs continues to be discouraged, and without more EVs on the road,...
Virtual clean energy career fairs in September
The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) is offering weekly virtual career fairs on careers in clean energy in September. You can join the virtual sessions on Sept. 8 for “EERE STEMtember Sessions: Careers in Clean Energy,” a webinar series to...
Reaching 100% clean energy by 2035
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in its recent report, clean technologies must scale up quickly in order to reach 100% clean electricity by 2035. Wind and solar energy would provide 60%–80% of generation in the least-costly electricity mix...
How to start your career in clean energy
There are many reasons to work toward a clean energy future, and there's no one right path to a clean energy job. The most important thing to know about working in the clean energy transition is that we need people from every background, every community, every lived...
What energy career is right for you?
Is a skilled trade position calling your name? What about engineering, customer service, or running a power plant? With hundreds of types of energy careers, it's tough to figure out where to start. The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) offers a career...