As the chaos emanating from our nation’s capital continues to confound, the Clean Energy Transition Institute team is holding steady with a clear focus on the many projects we’re working on in 2025 that advance clean energy solutions in the Northwest.

The CETI team is adding two new members to expand our expertise and increase our impact.

In the past several years, geothermal has emerged as a clean, firm resource with the potential to be scalable and cost-effective.

Jeremy Hargreaves presented the energy pathways modeling technical report to the Oregon Energy Strategy policy working group.

Jeremy Hargreaves presented the Oregon Energy Strategy energy pathways modeling results to the public at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland.

As tides shift in the federal government, CETI remains committed to our mission in the Northwest.

Before we share our direction for 2025 next month, the CETI Team takes a moment to look back at how we worked to accelerate an equitable clean energy transition in 2024, which was a year of considerable growth and output for us all.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting is a critical tool for governments, businesses, and climate advocates to understand progress toward emission reduction goals over time, but local, state, national, corporate, and global methods use varying types of accounting systems, which creates complexity.

Jade Sauvé presented a webinar demystifying jurisdictional and corporate emissions accounting methods.

The study investigates the opportunities and impacts of renewable energy development in rural communities throughout Washington.

Jeanne presented findings from Net-Zero Northwest and some current CETI projects to an energy policy class at University of Washington’s Evans School.

With the 2024 election in the rearview mirror, the CETI team and Board are assessing the impact that local, state and federal results may have on achieving an equitable clean energy transition in the Northwest.