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Microsoft Signs a New Deal to Capture and Store Carbon
Photo by Matthew Manuel on Unsplash A new deal was recently announced between Microsoft and CO280, a carbon removal and storage company based out of Vancouver, B.C. that is currently expanding projects and partnerships across North America. As part of Microsoft's goal...
Register today – it’s two weeks away! 9th Annual Energy & Construction Best Practices Summit
Sustaining Our Nation's Infrastructure - June 18 & 19 at Centralia College Registration is required. Click here! Main summit day: June 18, 8 am - 8 pm Keynote: The Stand Up Economist: Carbon and the Economy, by Yoram Bauman, PhD. Plenary Sessions: Industry experts -...
Spring 2014 Smart Energy Newsletter
Jeremy Gall, Training and Development Manager at Avista, is the newest member of the Center’s advisory board. He leads the development, design and implementation of training programs for technical, apprenticeship and journey level utility crafts. Prior to Avista,...
Pacific Northwest Apprenticeship Conference 2014
Registration is open! April 15 - 15, 2014 at the Emerald Queen Casino Showroom Join us! This bi-annual conference will EDUCATE, EMPLOY and EMPOWER participants. Topics include: • K12 Relevance: Expanding Efforts with K12 Programs • College and Apprenticeship:...
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....