by PNCECE | Apr 4, 2019 | Clean Energy News, Job Opportunities
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) will post job vacancy announcements May 6-21, 2019, for Apprentice Linemen, Apprentice Electricians, and Apprentice Substation Operators. The vacancies will be merit promotion announcements, so military veterans qualify as do...
by PNCECE | Mar 13, 2019 | Clean Energy News
Jose Reyes, a nuclear engineer and cofounder of NuScale Power, in Portland, Oregon, says he and his colleagues can revive nuclear by thinking small. Reyes and NuScale’s 350 employees have designed a small modular reactor (SMR) that would take up 1% of the space...
by PNCECE | Mar 8, 2019 | Clean Energy News
One of the Northwest’s most ambitious solar projects has been proposed for 1,700 acres of private and public land in Klickitat County near the Columbia River. The project by Portland-based Avangrid Renewables is one of the largest yet proposed for Washington. The site...
by PNCECE | Mar 1, 2019 | Clean Energy News, Trending Topics
On March 1, the Washington State Senate approved an historic bill to commit the state to 100 percent clean energy from renewable and zero-emission sources. Senators voted 28-19 in favor of Senate Bill 5116, sponsored by Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle). The bill would...
by PNCECE | Feb 28, 2019 | Clean Energy News, Conferences & Events, Publications & Reports
Middle and high school STEM teachers can apply now for the Washington STEM Educator Solar Institute held Aug. 13-15 at Shoreline Community College. The three-day training covers solar energy concepts that can be used in the classroom to engage student interest in...