by PNCECE | Sep 15, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events, Hydropower
Since 2017, Hiring for Hydro™, a one-day event co-located with an industry conference, has reached over 200 students from over 14 colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Students participate in educational workshops about careers in hydropower and can attend...
by PNCECE | Sep 9, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events, Policy & Legislation
Washington state representatives from business, education, and government, including Gov. Jay Inslee, will participate in a trade mission to the Nordic countries of Finland, Sweden and Norway in September. The governor’s policy agenda for the mission focuses on...
by PNCECE | Sep 8, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation
In some parts of rural Washington state, the electric vehicle (EV) market is facing “range anxiety” over getting stranded far from a charger. Without ubiquitous EV charging stations, rural adoption of EVs continues to be discouraged, and without more EVs...
by PNCECE | Sep 2, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events
The DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) is offering weekly virtual career fairs on careers in clean energy in September. You can join the virtual sessions on Sept. 8 for “EERE STEMtember Sessions: Careers in Clean Energy,” a webinar series to...
by PNCECE | Sep 1, 2022 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports, Solar, Wind
According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in its recent report, clean technologies must scale up quickly in order to reach 100% clean electricity by 2035. Wind and solar energy would provide 60%–80% of generation in the least-costly electricity mix...
by PNCECE | Aug 26, 2022 | Clean Energy News
There are many reasons to work toward a clean energy future, and there’s no one right path to a clean energy job. The most important thing to know about working in the clean energy transition is that we need people from every background, every community, every...