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Sign Up Today for the 2025 Energy Bowl
The 2025 Energy Bowl is a national student competition powered by Get Into Energy through the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD). It challenges college students to develop creative, AI-powered solutions for real-world energy issues, and offers a direct...
Learn the basics of hydropower
Learn the basics of how hydropower works and watch the "Hydropower 101" video from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.... Hydropower technologies generate power by using a dam or diversion structure to alter the natural flow of a river or other...
Governor Inslee issues statement on record global carbon levels
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statement last week about record global carbon levels. "Together with our requirement for 100% clean electricity and many other policies, Washington's path to climate solutions will deliver good-paying jobs, cleaner air, and a...
Meet our new director of the Clean Energy Center of Excellence
Jake Fay, Dean of Instruction, Healthcare & Industrial Trades, at Centralia College announced this week the hiring of a new Center of Excellence for Clean Energy director. Monica Brummer will transition from her current position as Coordinator in the Centralia...
The role of small modular nuclear reactors in the transition to clean energy
The Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) recently released a report on small modular reactor deployments in the Pacific Northwest. According to the report, small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) could play a key role in Washington State's mandated transition to a...
HYDROVISION International 2021, Sept. 21-23, Spokane, WA
Exhibits, industry professionals, education, one-on-one meetings, networking, a multi-track summit, and more — all at the HYDROVISION International 2021 event slated for Sept. 21-23, 2021, in Spokane, Wash. HYDROVISION International is the largest gathering of...
National labs accelerate innovative water power technologies
Ever wondered what kind of research is being done for developing innovative water power technologies? The Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy funds several national labs to...
Record growth for clean energy in 2021
There are now over 173,000 MW of clean power capacity operating in the U.S., more than double the U.S. capacity just five years ago. And more is on the way, with over 84,000 MW of clean power capacity under construction or in advanced development across the country,...
Gov. Inslee signs climate change legislative package
Gov. Jay Inslee signed a historic climate change legislative package this week, during a three-stop tour through King County. The governor signed the Climate Commitment Act, environmental justice legislation, a clean fuels standard and bills related to reducing...
June 2021 virtual lineworkers rodeo seeking competitors for 2022
The American Public Power Association's Rodeo Committee is recognizing lineworkers in its 2021 Virtual Public Power Rodeo Challenge to be held June 14-18, 2021. The 2021 in-person rodeo was canceled due to pandemic-related health and safety concerns. The virtual...