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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...
DOE Announces $1.9B Funding Opportunity for Transmission Technology Upgrades
High-voltage wire tower at dusk On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity announced an approximate $1.9 billion to catalyze electricity infrastructure investments to meet electricity demand growth and resource adequacy requirements,...
DOE Approves Safety Documentation for MARVEL Criticality
Idaho National Laboratory photo: rendering of the MARVEL microreactor Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho Operations Office approved a key safety document for the MARVEL microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory. The approved document, called a...
WSU Celebrates 65 Years of Nuclear Excellence
Journalists from several media outlets toured the Nuclear Science Center in advance of the 65th anniversary of the reactor’s first activation, learning about WSU’s continuing commitment to research, training and America’s energy future (photo by Bob Hubner, WSU Photo...
PGE Secures New Clean Energy and Battery Storage
Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash Portland General Electric recently finalized agreements for more than 1,000 megawatts of new clean energy and battery storage, marking major progress in the company’s largest clean energy acquisition effort to...
U.S. Dept of Energy Announces Funding to Expand Geothermal Energy
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a funding opportunity of $171.5 million to support next-generation geothermal field-scale tests for both electricity generation and exploration drilling to support characterization and potential confirmation of...
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...
Center for Energy Workforce Development Launches Tribal-Focused Education Module
The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) recently announced the launch of a new Tribal elective module as part of its Energy Industry Fundamentals (EIF) 2.0 curriculum. Sponsored by Enbridge, the module is the first elective addition to EIF and is designed...
Integrating ‘Green Skills’ Into Career Education
Students use a model home to see the energy output of different heat sources in this clean energy technology class at the Innovation Center in Greenville, S.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report Some school districts are adding programs in clean energy and...
PacifiCorp Selling Washington Assets to Portland General Electric
High-voltage wire tower at dusk Earlier this week, PacifiCorp announced it has entered into an agreement with Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) to sell its wind, natural gas generation and distribution assets and infrastructure in the state of Washington...