by PNCECE | Jan 27, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Solar Power
The commercial operation of a utility-scale solar project in Twin Falls County, Idaho, is the state’s largest to date. The Jackpot Solar project is Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ first utility-scale project in the state. The plant will generate enough...
by PNCECE | Jan 26, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation
The U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization is a landmark strategy for cutting all greenhouse emissions from the transportation sector by 2050. Developed by the Departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and the...
by PNCECE | Jan 19, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Hydro Power
It may be a big year for hydropower on the West coast, due to a series of winter storms. Heavy rain in California in the past several weeks has increased reservoir storage levels at dams across the state that supply hydroelectric power. The extra rain could provide a...
by PNCECE | Jan 13, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Education
The Clean Energy Institute (CEI) at the University of Washington is preparing tomorrow’s clean energy leaders. In CEI’s multi-disciplinary course, Energy Materials, Devices and Systems (EMDS), students are trained in a range of specialities, where...
by PNCECE | Jan 12, 2023 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million in funding for 12 projects to strengthen the domestic supply chain for advanced batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs). The selected projects will develop advanced EV batteries that charge faster, have...
by PNCECE | Dec 30, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports
Read POWER magazine’s “most-read news in 2022” on the global electric power generation industry, including projects around the world, policy changes, and research and development. POWER’s Global Monitor articles are among their most-read...
by PNCECE | Dec 29, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation
The year 2022 saw some major clean energy breakthroughs by the Department of Energy, including impacts related to fusion, energy security, and higher standards for climate action. The Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law were major...
by PNCECE | Dec 23, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Solar Power
In 2022, the Oregon Department of Energy was awarded a State Leadership in Clean Energy Award for the Oregon Solar+Storage Rebate Program by the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). The program offers rebates to residential customers and low-income service providers...
by PNCECE | Dec 22, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation
Increasing demand for electric vehicles (EV) and federal legislation are a few major developments for clean energy in 2022. It may be the biggest year ever, in terms of the number and scope of new laws and rules, including the Inflation Reduction Act, state energy and...
by PNCECE | Dec 16, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events, Education
The BUILT Cluster (Buildings, Utilities, and Infrastructure Living Together) is a group that engages social agencies and industry to support sustainable and innovative planning, design, and construction practices and technologies. “Working Together for...
