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Komatsu Begins Hydrogen Combustion Engine Proof-of-Concept Tests
Image: Komatsu Komatsu has developed a concept machine, equipping its flagship large dump truck (the HD785) with a hydrogen combustion engine. The truck has a maximum payload of approximately 92 metric tons. Testing has commenced at Komatsu's Ibaraki Plant in...
PNCECE releases capstone project: Workforce Challenges of Electric Power Employers in the Pacific Northwest – led by WSU
Electric utility employment in the Pacific Northwest exceeds 40,000 highly skilled workers and generates nearly $2.8 billion in annual payrolls, according to a new labor market study published by the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy/A Centralia...
Scholarships and internship opportunities for students
Department of Energy Laboratories accepting applications for 2014 Summer Term internship/fellowship opportunities thru January 10, 2014 The Office of Science / Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) is pleased to announce that it is...
IEEE Power & Energy Society offers scholarships
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society (IEEE PES) Scholarship Plus Initiative provides multi-year scholarships and career experience opportunities to qualifying U.S. & Canadian electrical engineering undergraduate students....
DoE Laboratories – accepting summer 2014 intern/fellowship applications
The Office of Science / Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications to its 2014 Summer Term internship/fellowship opportunities at Department of Energy (DOE) Laboratories. These...
Washington state utilties and partners break records for third year
Twenty seven events reached more than 1,650 people throughout the state during October’s Careers in Energy Week. The Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy/“A Centralia College Partnership” (PNCECE) and the Washington State Labor Council (WSLC) led...
2013 Careers in Energy Week, Oct. 14 – 20
The Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy and the Washington State Labor Council are coordinating statewide events to celebrate the third annual Careers in Energy Week, a national initiative developed by the Center for Energy Workforce Development....
New Hydro Regulatory Efficiency Act Passes
President Obama recently signed a bill into law that will help develop small hydropower projects across the nation. It could also bring jobs and help landowners in our area. The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act passed unanimously in both the house and senate. The...
DEED Scholarships – application deadline Oct. 15
The American Public Power Association announced that scholarship applications will be accepted through October 15. Students may earn up to $2,000. For more information, click here.
Center of Excellence for Clean Energy/Centralia College achieves 140 percent hiring target
More than 339 workers found employment as ground crew, substation operator apprentices, plant operator trainees, boiler operators, energy analysts, meter technicians and hydro utility workers within organizations across the five-state region, according to the Pacific...