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.TOP NEWS
PSE&G training people for clean energy jobs
New Jersey Business
PSE&G has kicked off an initiative to provide low- to moderate-income New Jersey residents with the skills needed for careers in the fast-growing energy efficiency sector. It’s part of the utility’s Clean Energy Jobs program, designed to put up to 2,000 people to work in New Jersey’s clean energy sector.
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.NJSME NEWS
It's Renewal Time!
NJSME
Have you sent in your membership renewal? Are you a non-member that wants to take advantage of all the NJSME has to offer? Join us today – and keep the organization strong!
If you did not receive your 2022 renewal notice, or would like to join as a new member, please send an email to info@njsme.org. You can also find our membership info at https://njsme.org/join-njsme/.
If you pay your dues by voucher/ purchase order, please send them in for signature. Comments, Questions, Concerns? Call us at 609-393-0102.
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.STATE OF NEW JERSEY NEWS
Ocean Wind 1 awards 1st construction contracts
NJBIZ
In a significant development for New Jersey’s first offshore wind project, as well as the future of the rapidly expanding clean energy sector in the state, Ocean Wind 1 announced the awarding of its first three major construction projects April 25.
Ocean Wind 1 is a joint venture between Ørsted and PSEG, which is expected provide clean energy to 500,000 homes while also delivering thousands of jobs. Another goal of the 1,100-megawatt wind farm is to ramp up supply chain initiatives, such as the EEW monopile manufacturing facility at the Port of Paulsboro.
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Gov Murphy, Speaker Coughlin, and Assemblywoman Lopez Join NJ TRANSIT in breaking ground on significant renovations to Perth Amboy Train Station
State of New Jersey
Governor Phil Murphy, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett, Speaker Craig Coughlin, Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, and other state and local officials today celebrated the groundbreaking on major renovations to transform the Perth Amboy Train Station into a modern, customer-focused, and fully-accessible facility. Renovations will include the construction of two new high-level platforms, four new elevators, and additional ramps and stairs to provide greater access to the station’s platforms.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Energy to fund development of climate-friendly grid security and resilience
Nextgov
The Biden administration is committing $12 million for academic institutions and the private sector to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that can make an electric grid distributing energy from cleaner sources less vulnerable to cyberattack.
“Investing in cutting-edge cyber security technology keeps us at the forefront of global innovation and protects America’s power grid in the face of increasing cyber threats from abroad,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said.
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Department of Energy has RFI on funding cost-effective updated energy codes implementation
Building Design + Construction
The U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office has issued a request for information regarding funding cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes.
The information will help inform the program development and execution of Section 40511 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that is related to implementing energy codes.
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Biden administration amps up efforts to reduce aquatic trash
Engineering News-Record
The Biden administration will spend $895 million over the next five years to reduce plastic and other debris in oceans and estuaries through grant and other programs at multiple U.S. agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the State Dept., EPA said on April 18.
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Nuclear power plant to host direct air carbon capture study for DOE
POWER Engineering
Constellation and several partners will receive $2.5 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding to study direct air capture technology at the company’s Byron nuclear plant in northern Illinois.
Although nuclear plants do not produce any carbon emissions, direct air capture would remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere, a possible next-generation technology being explored to help combat the climate crisis.
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