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Integrating ‘Green Skills’ Into Career Education
Students use a model home to see the energy output of different heat sources in this clean energy technology class at the Innovation Center in Greenville, S.C. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report Some school districts are adding programs in clean energy and...
Grant PUD is Updating their Clean Energy Implementation Plan
Grant PUD recently shared that work is underway to create an updated plan to detail their continuing efforts to meet the state’s clean-energy mandate, which includes special provisions for underrepresented and vulnerable customer groups. The 2026-2029 Clean Energy...
CEWD Energy Curriculum Adoption Series
The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is hosting public, free, educational webinars this August and September as part of Take Action in August: Energy Curriculum Adoption. The series will feature weekly webinars spotlighting energy curriculum tools,...
Dept. of Energy Releases New Grid Reliability Report
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Energy released a report evaluating U.S. grid reliability and security- warning that blackouts could increase by 100 times in 2023 if the U.S. continues to shutter reliable power sources and fails to add additional firm...
CFS and Google Announce a New PPA Deal
Commonwealth Fusion Systems specialized magnet. CFS photo. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) and Google announced a new deal earlier this week: Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with CFS for 200MW of electricity from CFS’ inaugural ARC power plant....
Group14’s Delayed Production Start- Hope for the Future
Group14’s BAM-2 silicon anode manufacturing facility in Moses Lake. One production module should be commissioned and start generating silicon battery material by the end of the year, while the second should start early next year. (Group14 Photo) Group14 Technologies,...
Energy Northwest and BPA Advance Plan to Increase Region’s Nuclear Power
The Columbia nuclear power plant. Last month, Energy Northwest and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) announced the approval of a $700 million project proposal to increase the output of the Columbia Generation Station nuclear facility, which is the region's third...
UW’s CoMotion Labs Introduces Inaugural Climate Tech Incubator Cohort
The reception desk at the Seattle Climate Innovation Hub. (SCIH Photo) The University of Washington's CoMotion labs serve as a multi-industry incubator for early-stage startups in the greater Seattle area, as well as the UW community. CoMotion provides essential...
States Join Together to Fight Trump Repeal of EV Mandates
GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser President Trump has delivered on his promise to ease the aggressive push led by California, the California Air Resources Board, and other states to mandate the transition to electric vehicles. Last week, Trump signed three Congressional...
2023 Columbia Basin/Lower Snake River Dams Settlement Agreement Withdrawn
Ice Harbor Dam, Bonneville Power Administration Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would withdraw from the 2023 Federal Columbia River Power System settlement, known as the “12/14 Agreement.” The agreement was reached by the Biden Administration and...