Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) is to open a £7m energy centre in Wales which will create 250 new jobs. SSE is investing £5m in a new energy centre which will provide renewable energy training facilities and be home to a green operational centre. The new centre will be built in Treforest. via SSE To Continue reading →
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Home automation technology company Vivint has opened a smart grid training center in Austin, Texas, that is intended to help various professionals gain insight into advanced metering infrastructure and home area network (HAN). via Renew Grid: Content / FYI / Vivint Establishes Smart Grid Training Program.
Landis+Gyr, a provider of integrated energy management solutions tailored to energy company requirements, announced that it has been selected by the Northwest Lineman College to help develop a smart grid training center at the college’s Oroville, Calif. campus. The training center will be utilized to support courses in smart meter certification, advanced metering infrastructure and Continue reading →
Landis+Gyr announced it was chosen by the Northwest Lineman College to help develop a smart grid training center at the college’s Oroville, Calif. campus. The training center will be used to support courses in smart meter certification, advanced metering infrastructure and home area networking. via Landis Gyr to design smart grid training center – POWERGRID Continue reading →
UTC is one of 33 colleges nationwide and the only school in the state to win federal stimulus funds to help develop training programs to expand electric smart-grid technology. Officials say the award puts the school on the cutting edge of the emerging technology. via Chattanooga Times Free Press | UTC awarded federal grant for Continue reading →
Working with the University of Washington (UW) and Northwest power industry organizations, a group of Washington State University (WSU) researchers has received $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a program to train engineers in clean energy and smart grid technology. via North American Windpower: Content / FYI / University Researchers To Continue reading →
Representatives from the US Department of Energy (DOE) announce that they have just awarded a $2.5 million grant to the College of Technology, at the University of Houston. The money will be used to create a new type of training program, which will seek to train a small, highly-specialized unit of technicians in how to Continue reading →
Last week’s announcement from the Department of Energy about funding for workforce training may be just as important as the stimulus funding to drive investment in smart grid infrastructure. This very welcome news has been widely reported, with the gist being that $100 million in Recovery Act funds has now been marked for 54 projects Continue reading →
Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana has received a $4.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy for smart grid workforce training programs that will help prepare the next generation of workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries. As part of the grant, Ivy Tech will partner with Purdue University to develop the Continue reading →
State Sen. Andy Berke (D-Chattanooga) congratulates the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga for winning $2.4 million in federal stimulus funds to develop training programs for electrical smart grid technology. “With these funds, UT-Chattanooga will be able to provide students with the knowledge and training necessary to obtain the jobs of the future,” Berke said. “Smart grid technology Continue reading →
The U.S. Department of Energy this week selected three smart-grid work force training programs in Washington to receive more than $11 million in funding. The programs are preparing workers in the utility and electrical manufacturing industries to modernize the nation’s electrical grid and implement smart-grid technologies. The funding for Washington programs is part of nearly Continue reading →
Syracuse University gets $2.5M in stimulus money to educate utility workers in smart grid technology
Syracuse University this week received a federal stimulus grant of $2.5 million to develop “smart grid” college programs for utility workers and engineers, and National Grid received nearly $2.2 million to train its own employees in smart grid technology. The grants were part of $100 million in funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy Continue reading →
Ohio State University is getting nearly $2.5 million in federal stimulus money that the school is to use for developing an electric “smart grid” curriculum and training programs. The award is part of $99.3million in stimulus grants announced last week by the U.S. Department of Energy. via Stimulus aid to help OSU teach about ‘smart Continue reading →
The Department of Energy will give $100 million in grants to fund 54 smart grid workforce training programs. Ideally, 30,000 Americans will receive training to implement the smart grid programs that were funded by the DOE and private investors last year. via DOE Grants $100 Million For Smart Grid Training : Greentech Media.
