New York state is providing $45 million to fund apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships for clean energy construction in an effort to build a pipeline of skilled workers to meet the sector’s projected employment needs.
California regulators now propose tighter battery storage safety rules after a blaze earlier this month destroyed most of a 300-MW lithium-ion array at Vistra Energy’s 750-MW Moss Landing storage site at a decommissioned gas power plant near San Jose.
GSA inks $1B+ ‘historic’ deal with Constellation Energy for nuclear power supply to 13 federal agencies from its northeast and midwest plants such as the 2.35-MW Byron facility in Illinois, now being expanded.
The $45M state initiative is set to develop a diverse pipeline of skilled workers to meet projected workforce construction needs in the clean energy sector
US Agriculture Dept. expects to announce more awards "in the coming weeks" and has picked six other cooperatives in Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon and Washington-Idaho.
The estimated $70M long-duration battery system, largest at a US Defense Dept. site, will provide backup power at the energy-intensive U.S. Marine Corps base, with 70,000 military and civilian personnel on a 125,000-acre site.
Agencies seek construction sector support for project contracting and workforce execution, with billions in investment seen to expand options for drought-plagued water systems and other overburdened infrastructure.
Fervo Energy has construction underway on 631-acre project, including on 148 acres of public land, and announced two purchase agreements with Southern California Edison for 320 MW of eventual output.