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Clark College gets $1M in federal funding to develop Center for Clean Energy
Clark College announced Monday it has received $1 million in federal funding to develop a Center for Clean Energy.
The funds will be used to purchase clean energy technology and equipment to help produce trained clean energy technicians needed across the greater Portland area and beyond, the college said in a press release Monday.
John McDonagh, president of the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, lauded the funding as a critical investment in the future of Clark County’s clean energy production.
“One of the biggest challenges is finding skilled employees to fill the high-wage jobs in these industries,” McDonagh said.
“We are excited to learn that Clark College students who are pursuing clean energy, manufacturing, and sustainable sciences will soon be able to train in these emerging and expanding markets.”
The funding will come from the Community Project Fund, a federal program requested under t