The Clean Energy Transition Institute (CETI) is excited to release Preserving a Way of Life, the second short film in our Claiming Power: Stories of Rural Communities and Clean Energy project.

Filmed at the Lummi Nation, Preserving a Way of Life shows how the path forward into a new energy future can be informed and strengthened by looking back, particularly for communities centered around traditional indigenous values.

Here is CETI’s round-up of the best podcasts we listened to in 2022 to understand the latest technical and economic decarbonization developments related to our program areas.

Community solar is increasingly seen as a beneficial solution for climate resilience, expanded renewable energy generation, cost savings, and equitable access to the benefits of solar energy.

With the end of 2022 in sight, I bring you our penultimate newsletter for the year with updates on how the Clean Energy Transition Institute carried out our ambitious clean energy transition agenda in November.

In a game-changing win for decarbonization, the Washington State Building Code Council voted to require heat pumps in new residential home construction.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), and the CHIPS and Science Act are massive federal expenditures designed to combat climate change, spur a clean energy industrial revolution in the U.S., and create economic opportunity for millions of Americans.

On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded $2.8 billion to 20 recipients, two of which are located in Washington, to boost domestic production of batteries and critical minerals used in electric vehicles.

President Biden signed the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law on August 16, 2022. Here is a roundup of our favorite resources that have helped us understand the IRA’s role in accelerating the clean energy transition.

Harvesting the Sun tells the stories of three Washington state businesses in Jefferson and Clallam counties that have benefited from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Rural Energy for America (REAP) program.

Filmmaker Jessica Plumb takes us behind the scenes of Harvesting the Sun, the first in a series of short films produced for CETI’s Claiming Power project.

Today the Clean Energy Transition Institute is releasing Community-Defined Decarbonization: Reflecting Rural and Tribal Desires for an Equitable Clean Energy Transition in Washington.