The Washington State Department of Commerce (DOC) announced a $37 million investment into 46 clean energy projects throughout the state, including projects in Renton and Kent.<\/p>\n
The two programs will be funded by the Washington Climate Commitment Act (and additional state funding), with $14 million going towards the “Research, Development and Demonstration” program, which awards “projects fund multiple new and developing technologies, ranging from low-head turbines to create hydropower, to several different carbon capture technologies, to low-carbon concrete products.”<\/p>\n
Of the $14 million, two Renton entities will receive funding:$1,997,500 will go to MujiElectric LLC to “develop and demonstrate a high-efficiency wide-bandgap perovskite-based solar cell” and $500,000 will go to Seiksui Aerospace to develop a “novel thermoplastic solutions for battery storage housings in clean energy vehicles.”<\/p>\n
In Kent, Mutual Materials will receive $331,000 for “a project utilizing industrial byproducts to reduce GHG emissions through the development of low-carbon concrete products adapted to Washington state materials and building specifications.”<\/p>\n
The second program has $23 million, which will go towards general solicitation for clean energy projects. King County Water District #90 in Renton will recieve funding from this program, totalling in $140,000. This will pay for the installation of a “100 kW (or larger) solar array paired with battery energy storage to supply buildings, well pumps, water treatment plants, electric vehicle charging stations and emergency generation”.<\/p>\n