Clean Energy Blog

Portland General Electric Co. launched its Smart Grid Test Bed, a project that will integrate smart grid technology and accelerate PGE's vision for a clean energy future. PGE's test bed spans three distinct neighborhoods within its service area. Through the test bed,...

The Foundation for Water and Energy Education (FWEE) held its second annual Hydropower and STEM Career Academy in Wenatchee in June. The academy, which is hosted by the Chelan County PUD, aims to teach high school students about the job opportunities and benefits of...

Cleaner energy along with its tech sector are helping Washington state to lead the nation in the 2019 U.S. News Best States ranking. According to the U.S. News' Best States ranking of economic growth, cheap, climate-friendly electricity drives Washington's economy....

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...

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...

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...

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...