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The training videos are featured in new curriculum for power engineers that's part of a nationwide smart grid workforce training project sponsored by the Department of Energy.

BPA Turns 75: A Look Back and a Look Ahead

The Columbia River and its hydroelectric dams have been a vital part of the Northwest’s economic engine for 75 years.

Winners of Hydrogen Student Design Contest Turn Urban Waste into Energy
The University of Maryland team accepted the award for the best combined heat, hydrogen, and power system design at the World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC) in Toronto. | Photo courtesy of Jennie Moton.

The University of Maryland designs a waste-to-energy system that will help the university reduce energy usage and improve its environmental footprint.

New Zero Net-Energy Facility: A Test Bed for Home Efficiency
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency Kathleen Hogan joined representatives from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and state and local elected officials to celebrate the opening of the new zero net-energy residential test laboratory. | Photo courtesy of NIST.

The Energy Department partners with NIST to prove homes can produce as much energy as they consume.

Super Cool Appliance Design Wins Student Competition
The winners of the Max Tech and Beyond competition -- a team of University of Maryland students -- designed and built a prototype for a wall unit air conditioner that showed more than 30 percent energy savings when tested in a lab. | Photo courtesy of Yunho Hwang, University of Maryland.

Energy Department contest challenges university students to design the next generation of energy efficiency appliances.