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Sila Starts Operations in Moses Lake at first-of-a-kind facility
Sila’s newly commissioned silicon anode manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Wash. (Sila Photo) Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, announced this week that it has begun operations at Sila Moses Lake, its new automotive-scale silicon anode plant in Moses...
PNNL onsite and remote internships offered in Summer 2022
Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) is offering Community College Internships. The Summer 2022 internship application is now open, and applications are due Jan. 12, 2022. Fall 2022 applications are due May 26, 2022. The PNNL Summer 2022 internship dates are: May 24...
State utility regulators to receive DOE assistance for transforming electric grid
Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that 21 public utility commissions will receive technical assistance from the National Laboratories to help state regulators make decisions and develop innovative solutions to improve grid reliability and...
Goose Prairie Solar Project approved for construction of solar powered generation facility in Yakima County
Last week, Gov. Jay Inslee signed the Site Certification Agreement for the proposed Goose Prairie Solar project, agreeing with the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council’s recommendation to allow project construction. The Site Certification Agreement allows OneEnergy...
Columbia Basin College students to access ‘Pathways to Hanford’ for jobs and internships
The Hanford Mission Integration Solutions has donated to the Columbia Basin College (CBC) Foundation to help launch a partnership to help CBC students find internships and jobs at the Hanford site in Richland, Wash. In January 2022, CBC Career Services will partner...
Clean Energy COE awarded Career Connect Washington grant
The Clean Energy Center of Excellence has been awarded a Career Connect Washington (CCW) grant, "Clean Tech Alliance in partnership with Center of Excellence for Clean Energy: Clean Tech/Energy Sector." The Clean Energy COE is among CCW's Sector Intermediary November...
Bonneville Power apprenticeships open in January 2022
The Clean Energy Center of Excellence has received advance notice of apprenticeships opening in January 2022. Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will be hiring up to 30 apprentices: 10 linemen apprentices, 10 electrician apprentices, and 10 operator/substation...
New, joint Office of Energy and Transportation to support a national electric vehicle charging network
The current administration recently released a plan to support the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) under the recently passed $1 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Biden Plan supports a nationwide EV charging network and creates a new joint DOE-DOT Office....
DOE’s Entrepreneurship Program to accelerate commercialization of clean energy technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the latest expansion of its Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program to accelerate the commercialization of clean energy technologies. The program aims to help clean energy innovators move breakthrough ideas from the lab to...
Meet a new generation of wind technicians
Get Into Energy features profiles in the up-and-coming generation of wind technicians. View more videos: GetIntoEnergy Videos