Clean Energy Blog
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Columbia Generating Station Spring Refuel
Energy Northwest Photo Last month, Energy Northwest operators successfully disconnected Columbia Generating Station from the power grid. This was the beginning of its biennial spring refueling outage, which is scheduled to last for 56 days. The outage allows operators...
Database of state incentives for renewable energy
Find out what each state is doing regarding renewable energy policies and incentives. The Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University. It is the most...
Get ready for HYDROVISION International, Sept. 21-23, in Spokane!
Prepare now to attend HYDROVISION International, this year's event is close to home in Spokane! There will be a Live Event and a Virtual Event. Get all the details here: www.hydroevent.com Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hydrovisionintl
The push for electric vehicles
U.S. automakers have pledged a huge increase in manufacturing electric vehicles. The Biden Administration this week issued an executive order for half of all new car sales by 2030 to be electric vehicles. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee reinstated his commitment to a...
Renewable energy sources become more prevalent
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020. Wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy generated a record 834 billion kilowatthours (kWh) of electricity,...
Pacific Coast Collaborative: Transitioning to clean energy
The Pacific Coast Collaborative consists of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, and the cities of Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles — all working together to build the low carbon economy of the future. With a...
Helion Energy creates new clean energy jobs in Everett
Helion Energy is working toward creating a new era of zero-carbon electricity through fusion and building the world's first commercially-viable fusion power plant which runs on a fuel that can be derived from water. This week, Helion broke ground on the next iteration...
Public power utilities urged to review DOE’s updated voluntary cybersecurity model
The Department of Energy (DOE) this week released ahead of schedule an update to the Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model, C2M2 V2.0. An industry-led effort to update the voluntary cybersecurity model is in response to the continued attacks on information...
Energy stats by state
Did you know that Washington state generated the most electricity from hydropower of any state and accounted for 24% of the nation's annual utility-scale hydroelectricity generation in 2019? You can access energy data and analysis by state on the U.S. Energy...
Clean Energy Industry report drives strategic goals for PNCECE
To assess the clean energy industry's current state and future, we commissioned the report, Clean Energy Industry in the Bonneville Power Administration Area, by the Seattle Jobs Initiative. This report helped us establish goals to form our short-term strategic plan....