Clean Energy Blog
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WA Dept of Commerce Funds 10 Energy Planning Projects
The Washington State Department of Commerce is awarding 10 grants to public organizations with buildings over 20,000 square feet. The awards total $888,000, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program. These...
CEWD Workforce Development Summit, Nov. 14-16
The 2023 Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) Summit will be held Novmber 14-16, in National Harbor, MD. CEWD's annual Workforce Development Summit brings hundreds of industry professionals together for critical conversations and action-focused dialogues...
Earth Day 2023: A retrospective of DOE clean energy initiatives
The Department of Energy (DOE) is celebrating Earth Day this year with a retrospective commemorating its continued commitment to clean energy initiatives. Its retrospective covers the past year of DOE investments in our planet, including climate equity, cutting-edge...
PNWH2 applies for funding to become a Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub
The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) submitted its DOE application to become one of the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. PNWH2 is a multistate coalition that includes Washington, Oregon, and Montana and...
Centers of Excellence selected as part of $72M to expand pathways to clean energy jobs
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced five competitively selected higher education institutions to serve as Centers of Excellence for DOE’s Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC) Program. The Centers will receive a combined $18.7 million in funding from...
Webinar for building owners to participate in Clean Buildings Performance Standard rulemaking
Owners of 20,000+ sq. ft. buildings are being asked by the Washington State Department of Commerce to join a webinar on April 13 at 10:30 a.m. The webinar is an introduction to the rulemaking process for the state’s expanded Clean Buildings Performance Standard....
Urban Energy Apprenticeship Readiness Program: Building the clean energy workforce
Apprenticeships are where the next generation of electricians, solar installers, wind turbine technicians, plant operators, and other skilled workers needed for the clean energy workforce will be trained. The Urban Energy Apprenticeship Readiness Program is a...
DOE’s strategy to expand offshore wind
A DOE strategy to tap the country's vast potential of offshore wind energy to power millions of homes and businesses was released this week. The Offshore Wind Energy Strategy is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive summary of DOE's efforts to meet President Biden’s goal...
Hydrogen, nuclear and long duration energy storage must ramp up to meet clean energy goals
According to new reports released by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), investments in hydrogen, nuclear and long duration energy storage sectors must increase from approximately $40 billion now to $300 billion by 2030, with continued acceleration until 2050 in...
Hydrogen 101
What is hydrogen, and how does it produce clean fuel? Hydrogen is an energy carrier, not an energy source. Molecules containing hydrogen can be broken apart, and the hydrogen captured and used as an energy carrier to store and transport energy from sources like wind,...