by PNCECE | May 20, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid, Trending Topics
ESS Tech Inc. of Oregon is using flow battery technology to meet the need for long-duration energy storage with batteries that can discharge electricity for up to 12 hours. Flow batteries have the potential to be an important part of the energy transition because they...
by PNCECE | May 19, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Solar Power, Trending Topics, Wind Power
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the largest increases in U.S. electric power generation this summer to come from renewable energy sources. Wind and solar power generators will be the biggest contributors to the increase, both have grown...
by PNCECE | May 13, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Trending Topics, Wind Power
The world’s leading wind power experts were asked to predict what the industry will look like in 2035. The results from those surveyed indicate that wind power development projects will more frequently be paired with batteries or hydrogen production. Also, cost...
by PNCECE | May 12, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events, Job Opportunities, Trending Topics
The energy industry has a large need for skilled trade professionals, engineers, technicians, plant operators, cybersecurity experts, and business professionals. The Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is hosting a free, virtual career fair recruitment...
by PNCECE | May 6, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Smart Grid, Trending Topics
The Electric Vehicle Grid Readiness, Improvement, and Development Act (EV GRID Act) was recently introduced in the U.S. Legislature to meet the increasing electricity demand of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
by PNCECE | May 5, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Smart Grid, Solar Power, Trending Topics
A project funded by a Clean Energy Fund grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce is bringing higher power reliability to a Seattle community by keeping a microgrid facility energized during a power outage. The Miller Community Center microgrid project...
by PNCECE | Apr 28, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Trending Topics, Wind Power
Floating wind turbines could solve the technological challenges that topographical features along the West Coast present, such as the deep drop in water depth along its continental shelves. The Department of the Interior announced this week that the Bureau of Ocean...
by PNCECE | Apr 22, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Wind Power
Wind first ranked as the second-largest source of U.S. electricity generation for an hour in late March 2021. On March 29, 2022, wind turbines in the Lower 48 states produced 2,017 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity, making wind the second-largest source of electric...
by PNCECE | Apr 21, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Trending Topics, Wind Power
As the offshore wind industry is becoming increasingly competitive, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is set to hold its first lease auctions for rights to develop waters off the Pacific Coast this fall. Interest in California offshore wind leases is...
by PNCECE | Apr 15, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Trending Topics
Washington state aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and one way is to capture natural gas emissions at landfills and to use the methane for biofuels. State legislation to reduce emissions would require methane collection systems at large landfills. A capture...
