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Dept. of Commerce Awards Building Owners $55.5 Million For CBPS
Photo by Joshi Prateek, NREL 84326 The Washington state Department of Commerce recently awarded seventy building owners across Washington with $45 million in Clean Buildings Performance Grant funding. The funds, awarded to both private and public entities, will use...
BPA to open apprentice jobs in May 2019
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will post job vacancy announcements May 6-21, 2019, for Apprentice Linemen, Apprentice Electricians, and Apprentice Substation Operators. The vacancies will be merit promotion announcements, so military veterans qualify as do...
Oregon company designing for small scale nuclear
Jose Reyes, a nuclear engineer and cofounder of NuScale Power, in Portland, Oregon, says he and his colleagues can revive nuclear by thinking small. Reyes and NuScale's 350 employees have designed a small modular reactor (SMR) that would take up 1% of the space of a...
1700-acre solar project proposed near Columbia River
One of the Northwest’s most ambitious solar projects has been proposed for 1,700 acres of private and public land in Klickitat County near the Columbia River. The project by Portland-based Avangrid Renewables is one of the largest yet proposed for Washington. The site...
Washington approves bill to commit to 100 percent clean energy
On March 1, the Washington State Senate approved an historic bill to commit the state to 100 percent clean energy from renewable and zero-emission sources. Senators voted 28-19 in favor of Senate Bill 5116, sponsored by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle). The bill would...
Shoreline’s Solar Institute offers educators hands-on teaching experience
Middle and high school STEM teachers can apply now for the Washington STEM Educator Solar Institute held Aug. 13-15 at Shoreline Community College. The three-day training covers solar energy concepts that can be used in the classroom to engage student interest in...
Washington State leads nation in energy efficiency jobs
Energy jobs in Washington State comprise 2.8 percent of the entire country's energy efficiency workforce, making it the leading state in the country in energy efficiency jobs, according to the latest U.S. Energy and Employment report. Explore the full report and the...
BPA energy efficiency program receives national recognition
Recognized by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, the Bonneville Power Administration's Energy Smart Industrial program has saved nearly 1.4 million megawatt-hours of verified energy since 2009. That's enough energy to power over 130,000 average U.S....
Advanced solar panel production starts at SunPower in Oregon
The California-based solar manufacturer SunPower has begun making its more advanced solar panels in its new Hillsboro, Ore. facility, four months after purchasing the former SolarWorld factory. SunPower plans to make the advanced "P-Series" solar panels at the...
2018 Year in Review: Partnerships & Milestones
Last year was a monumental year for completed projects at the Center of Excellence for Clean Energy. We are proud of our accomplishments—the projects, deliverables and milestones reached, including: Washington Integrated Sector Employment (WISE) Grant: The completion...