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Ford Energy: The Launch of Battery Energy Storage
Ford Energy photo. Ford Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. For the past year, Ford has operated to build a foundation for this business; planning, securing supply chains, readying manufacturing sites, and aligning their technology with the...
Community College Students Visit UW’s Clean Energy Testbeds
Big Bend Community College students Amber Emerson (left) and Cat Montgomery (center) with Washington Clean Energy Testbeds senior staff scientist Dr. Tucker Murrey (right), fabricating battery electrodes using a slot-die coater. (CEI photo) Earlier this year, six...
Applications Open for Hydropower and Marine Energy Collegiate Competitions
At the final MECC and HCC event, student teams present competition results. Photo by Agata Bogucka, NREL Calling all student innovators looking to make waves in the water power sector! The application windows for the Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine...
USDOT Revises Electric Charging Infrastructure Program
GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser Six months after the new administration froze $5 billion in federal funding for states to build electric vehicle charging stations, the U.S. Department of Transportation has rolled out new guidance for how those funds will be spent. The...
NERC: 2025 Reliability Risk Report
High-voltage wire tower at dusk Late last week, the NERC Board of Trustees accepted the 2025 ERO Reliability Risk Priorities Report, put together by the Reliability Issues Steering Committee (RISC). The report provides key insights, priorities, and high-level...
CEWD and NCCER Announce Partnership in Energy Workforce Development
Earlier this week, the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) announced a strategic curriculum-focused partnership to address workforce development needs in the energy sector. The...
Electric Bills on the Rise, Data Centers Share the Blame
Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon, sits on the banks of the Columbia River. (Credit: Google) As electric bills increase, states are under pressure to protect regular household and business ratepayers. The actual effect of data centers on electricity bills is...
Helion Breaks Ground on First Fusion Plant in Washington
Helion Energy officially breaks ground on its planned 50-megawatt fusion reactor in Malaga, WA., on July 30, 2025. (Helion Photo) Helion Energy announced last week that it has broken ground on the site of its first commercial fusion power plant, beginning initial...
CoE Director Wins SEI Champion Award
Director of the Pacific Northwest Center of Excellence for Clean Energy, Monica Brummer Each year, SEI honors an esteemed individual who has dedicated their time and efforts to further SEI's mission of building leaders to accelerate climate solutions for a more...
CleanTech Alliance Fusion Energy Supply Chain Report
With funding from the Washington State Department of Commerce and the work of consultants Moonbeam Exchange, Hammerschlag LLC, and High Peak Strategies, CleanTech Alliance produced an in-depth report on the benefits of the fusion energy supply chain and its adjacent...