by PNCECE | Jan 12, 2021 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Publications & Reports
The Washington State Department of Commerce released its Washington 2021 State Energy Strategy in December 2020. The strategy is designed to provide a roadmap for meeting the state’s greenhouse gas emission limits. Enacted in 2020, the law commits Washington to...
by PNCECE | Jan 4, 2021 | Clean Energy News, Policy & Legislation, Publications & Reports
Gov. Jay Inslee announced his climate policy for the 2021-23 biennium for Washington state. The 2021-23 climate investments include: $20M for grants to nonprofit lenders for clean energy loans, $15M for grid modernization projects, $15M for research and development...
by PNCECE | Dec 30, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports, Smart Grid
The Department of Energy (DOE) released its Energy Storage Grand Challenge Roadmap, its first comprehensive energy storage strategy. The DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge (ESGC) is a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and...
by PNCECE | Aug 25, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports, Trending Topics
From the Washington State Wire Op-Ed, 7/29/20: Our recently released report, “Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State,” considers how investments in environmental and built infrastructure offer a pathway to holistic and sustainable...
by PNCECE | Feb 6, 2020 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports, Solar Power
Researchers from the University of California, Davis explain in a recent paper, published in the journal ACS Photonics, that if you want to create a solar panel that generates electricity at night, you have to create one that operates the exact opposite way solar...
by PNCECE | Sep 24, 2019 | Clean Energy News, Publications & Reports, Trending Topics
For more than 100 years, hydropower has translated energy from falling water into electricity at an efficiency rate that exceeds 90% on many projects. Hydro also provides more of the services necessary for reliability than any other resource, including operating...