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Spark Northwest accelerates the shift to clean energy one community at a time. https://linktr.ee/sparknorthwest
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2 years ago, Oasis of Hope in Tacoma flipped the switch on solar. The 31.68 kW system on their roof generates an estimated 33,000 kWh of clean electricity each year, reducing utility bills and freeing up resources for youth programs. 🎥 Watch the full story! #washingtonstate #solarenergy
🏵️ This Thursday! 🏵️ Tradewinds is a gathering celebrating Native art, culture, and entrepreneurship hosted at The Metropole Building in Pioneer Square!
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Tradewinds Native Marketplace — Seattle Urban Native Nonprofits
Tradewinds Native Marketplace Tradewinds is a vibrant gathering celebrating Native art, culture, and entrepreneurship hosted in alignment with Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Art Walk. Explore ...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
🏵️ This Thursday! 🏵️ Tradewinds is a gathering celebrating Native art, culture, and entrepreneurship hosted at The Metropole Building in Pioneer Square!
www.seattleurbannatives.org/events-calen...
www.seattleurbannatives.org/events-calen...
Save the Date!⚡️ Power UP! ⚡️Spark Northwest’s Annual Fundraiser for Community-Powered Energy
📅 October 22 | 🕕 6–8:30 PM
📍 Black & Tan Hall, Seattle
📅 October 22 | 🕕 6–8:30 PM
📍 Black & Tan Hall, Seattle
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Save the Date!⚡️ Power UP! ⚡️Spark Northwest’s Annual Fundraiser for Community-Powered Energy
📅 October 22 | 🕕 6–8:30 PM
📍 Black & Tan Hall, Seattle
📅 October 22 | 🕕 6–8:30 PM
📍 Black & Tan Hall, Seattle
Spark Northwest and Sustainable Northwest can provide 10-40 hours of tailored support to local entities (including nonprofits, community-based organizations, local governments, small businesses, etc.) seeking to make progress on their energy priorities. Talk to us! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Spark Northwest and Sustainable Northwest can provide 10-40 hours of tailored support to local entities (including nonprofits, community-based organizations, local governments, small businesses, etc.) seeking to make progress on their energy priorities. Talk to us! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚩July 31 (this Thursday!) deadline to access solar grant support for PSE solar $$! Spark Northwest is available for FREE grant support, bid procurement and applying for the grant—if you sign up by 7/31. Final deadline for full grant application is 8/13.
Learn more: www.pse.com/.../Renewabl...
Learn more: www.pse.com/.../Renewabl...
July 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🚩July 31 (this Thursday!) deadline to access solar grant support for PSE solar $$! Spark Northwest is available for FREE grant support, bid procurement and applying for the grant—if you sign up by 7/31. Final deadline for full grant application is 8/13.
Learn more: www.pse.com/.../Renewabl...
Learn more: www.pse.com/.../Renewabl...
Join us tomorrow at 9am for a powerful #PNWClimateWeek panel at 9Zero in Seattle! Register: lu.ma/phd6wnmk
We’ll explore how participation, economic justice & distributed energy justice principles can shape solar + microgrid development in communities across the PNW. ⚡️
#EnergyJustice
We’ll explore how participation, economic justice & distributed energy justice principles can shape solar + microgrid development in communities across the PNW. ⚡️
#EnergyJustice
July 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Join us tomorrow at 9am for a powerful #PNWClimateWeek panel at 9Zero in Seattle! Register: lu.ma/phd6wnmk
We’ll explore how participation, economic justice & distributed energy justice principles can shape solar + microgrid development in communities across the PNW. ⚡️
#EnergyJustice
We’ll explore how participation, economic justice & distributed energy justice principles can shape solar + microgrid development in communities across the PNW. ⚡️
#EnergyJustice
Thank you to the Oregon Legislature for passing HB 2065 and HB 2066! These bills create a “First-in-Nation” pathway to build community-owned microgrids. Props to Sustainable Northwest for leading the charge, and to all of the Making Energy Work coalition.
ow.ly/rHOX50WpoUU #OR #microgrids
ow.ly/rHOX50WpoUU #OR #microgrids
Oregon legislature passes first-in-nation microgrid framework
Gov. Tina Kotek, D, is expected to sign the bills that advocates say would protect buildings and other critical infrastructure against increasingly frequent power disruptions.
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July 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thank you to the Oregon Legislature for passing HB 2065 and HB 2066! These bills create a “First-in-Nation” pathway to build community-owned microgrids. Props to Sustainable Northwest for leading the charge, and to all of the Making Energy Work coalition.
ow.ly/rHOX50WpoUU #OR #microgrids
ow.ly/rHOX50WpoUU #OR #microgrids
Looking at building clean energy capacity in your community? Check out these three PNW clean energy development opportunities and learn more here: linktr.ee/sparknorthwest
#grants #cleanenergy #PNW #solar #battery
#grants #cleanenergy #PNW #solar #battery
July 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Looking at building clean energy capacity in your community? Check out these three PNW clean energy development opportunities and learn more here: linktr.ee/sparknorthwest
#grants #cleanenergy #PNW #solar #battery
#grants #cleanenergy #PNW #solar #battery
Energy education matters! Spark Northwest showing off our solar suitcase at the Warm Springs Tribal Community Energy Fair. Students could also come and make little solar lanterns to take home with them! #solarpower #solareducation #cleanenergy #tribalsovereignty
July 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Energy education matters! Spark Northwest showing off our solar suitcase at the Warm Springs Tribal Community Energy Fair. Students could also come and make little solar lanterns to take home with them! #solarpower #solareducation #cleanenergy #tribalsovereignty
💡The Oregon Legislature needs to pass the FULL Energy Affordability and Resilience Package. These bills and investments are critical to protect Oregonians from skyrocketing utility bills and extreme weather.
⚡Take Action: secure.everyaction.com/mzrOZdgN60eB...
#Oregon #ORLeg2025 #energy
⚡Take Action: secure.everyaction.com/mzrOZdgN60eB...
#Oregon #ORLeg2025 #energy
June 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
💡The Oregon Legislature needs to pass the FULL Energy Affordability and Resilience Package. These bills and investments are critical to protect Oregonians from skyrocketing utility bills and extreme weather.
⚡Take Action: secure.everyaction.com/mzrOZdgN60eB...
#Oregon #ORLeg2025 #energy
⚡Take Action: secure.everyaction.com/mzrOZdgN60eB...
#Oregon #ORLeg2025 #energy
Curious about how microgrids work? Fun 1-minute explainer on these amazing climate resilience systems! #microgrids #fridayfun
What is a microgrid?
YouTube video by Western Power
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June 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Curious about how microgrids work? Fun 1-minute explainer on these amazing climate resilience systems! #microgrids #fridayfun
We’re looking for new board members who bring lived experience and/or skills in finance, public agency contracting, fundraising, or policy advocacy. Learn more and express interest by August 15! sparknorthwest.org/job/seeking-...
#WA #nonprofits #cleanenergy
#WA #nonprofits #cleanenergy
June 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We’re looking for new board members who bring lived experience and/or skills in finance, public agency contracting, fundraising, or policy advocacy. Learn more and express interest by August 15! sparknorthwest.org/job/seeking-...
#WA #nonprofits #cleanenergy
#WA #nonprofits #cleanenergy
Affordable, reliable, secure energy is in your community’s future with the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project. #ETIPP is accepting applications from coastal, remote, and island communities through 7/27, and we can help. Learn more and apply bit.ly/ETIPPApp
Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project: Coastal, Remote, and Island Community Technical Assistance | State, Local, and Tribal Governments | NREL
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June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Affordable, reliable, secure energy is in your community’s future with the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project. #ETIPP is accepting applications from coastal, remote, and island communities through 7/27, and we can help. Learn more and apply bit.ly/ETIPPApp
Valley View Elementary in Toppenish, WA is transforming into a community-resilience hub—with solar, batteries, and upgraded lighting—thanks to grit, vision, and $2.7M+ in clean energy grants. 🔆 Read how they’re lighting the way!
#CleanEnergy #EnergyJustice #CommunityPower #WAState #SolarSchools
#CleanEnergy #EnergyJustice #CommunityPower #WAState #SolarSchools
Lighting the way: How Valley View Elementary is becoming a community resilience hub
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June 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Valley View Elementary in Toppenish, WA is transforming into a community-resilience hub—with solar, batteries, and upgraded lighting—thanks to grit, vision, and $2.7M+ in clean energy grants. 🔆 Read how they’re lighting the way!
#CleanEnergy #EnergyJustice #CommunityPower #WAState #SolarSchools
#CleanEnergy #EnergyJustice #CommunityPower #WAState #SolarSchools
🔔 Funding Alert! Nonprofits, Tribes & agencies: PSE has $750K in available solar funding! Spark Northwest is offering free grant writing support through July 31—but space is limited.
Grant info: pse.com/en/green-opt...
#SolarForAll #EnergyEquity #CleanEnergyFunding #SparkNorthwest
Grant info: pse.com/en/green-opt...
#SolarForAll #EnergyEquity #CleanEnergyFunding #SparkNorthwest
June 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🔔 Funding Alert! Nonprofits, Tribes & agencies: PSE has $750K in available solar funding! Spark Northwest is offering free grant writing support through July 31—but space is limited.
Grant info: pse.com/en/green-opt...
#SolarForAll #EnergyEquity #CleanEnergyFunding #SparkNorthwest
Grant info: pse.com/en/green-opt...
#SolarForAll #EnergyEquity #CleanEnergyFunding #SparkNorthwest
2 years ago, Oasis of Hope in Tacoma flipped the switch on solar. The 31.68 kW system on their roof generates an estimated 33,000 kWh of clean electricity each year, reducing utility bills and freeing up resources for youth programs. 🎥 Watch the full story! #washingtonstate #solarenergy
May 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
2 years ago, Oasis of Hope in Tacoma flipped the switch on solar. The 31.68 kW system on their roof generates an estimated 33,000 kWh of clean electricity each year, reducing utility bills and freeing up resources for youth programs. 🎥 Watch the full story! #washingtonstate #solarenergy
As part of the Energy Navigators program, we’re providing no-cost support to help communities and organizations access the technical, funding, and implementation expertise they need to achieve their energy goals. Learn more ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Energy Navigator - Spark Northwest & Sustainable Northwest Support Intake Form
What kind of support will the Energy Navigator program provide? Why should I participate?
Spark Northwest/ Sustainable Northwest intends to provide 10-40 hours of tailored support to local entities (...
docs.google.com
May 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As part of the Energy Navigators program, we’re providing no-cost support to help communities and organizations access the technical, funding, and implementation expertise they need to achieve their energy goals. Learn more ➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🌞 Spark Northwest team members Eriq Acosta and Lindsey Bear show students the "Solar Suitcase"—a mobile solar panel education kit—at a Tulalip Tribes Earth Day event in April.
#Solarenergy #tribalsoveriegnty #energyresilience #WashingtonState
#Solarenergy #tribalsoveriegnty #energyresilience #WashingtonState
May 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🌞 Spark Northwest team members Eriq Acosta and Lindsey Bear show students the "Solar Suitcase"—a mobile solar panel education kit—at a Tulalip Tribes Earth Day event in April.
#Solarenergy #tribalsoveriegnty #energyresilience #WashingtonState
#Solarenergy #tribalsoveriegnty #energyresilience #WashingtonState
Tribal members across the NW gathered for a mock solar install, co-led by Remote Energy + supported by @ENERGY’s ETIPP. Spark Northwest is proud to serve as regional partner. Applications open for next round + webinar TOMORROW (5/21)! Sign up! nrel.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
#solartraining
#solartraining
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tribal members across the NW gathered for a mock solar install, co-led by Remote Energy + supported by @ENERGY’s ETIPP. Spark Northwest is proud to serve as regional partner. Applications open for next round + webinar TOMORROW (5/21)! Sign up! nrel.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
#solartraining
#solartraining
Announcement! Applications are now open for coastal, remote, and island communities to join the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project. Prospective applicants can register for an informational webinar May 21, 2025, to learn more. nrel.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
May 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Announcement! Applications are now open for coastal, remote, and island communities to join the Energy Technology Innovation Partnership Project. Prospective applicants can register for an informational webinar May 21, 2025, to learn more. nrel.zoomgov.com/meeting/regi...
Cutting federal energy efficiency tax credits will harm household budgets, job growth, and grid reliability. 2.3M homes saved $130/year with the 25C tax credit in 2023! Congress must keep these vital programs in place. www.aceee.org/sites/defaul...
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Cutting federal energy efficiency tax credits will harm household budgets, job growth, and grid reliability. 2.3M homes saved $130/year with the 25C tax credit in 2023! Congress must keep these vital programs in place. www.aceee.org/sites/defaul...
Important updates on the Energy Star Program: "For the past 33 years, Energy Star has been known for its recognizable blue label, which shows that an appliance has met energy efficiency standards set by the federal government." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Important updates on the Energy Star Program: "For the past 33 years, Energy Star has been known for its recognizable blue label, which shows that an appliance has met energy efficiency standards set by the federal government." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
Go Oregon!
"... it provides [renters] the efficient, reliable, potentially lifesaving heating and cooling that they might not get without the incentive program.”
A heat pump upgrade can be life-changing. Oregon's lawmakers must step up and reinvest in this resilience program! #ORleg Read & Listen: @opb.org
A heat pump upgrade can be life-changing. Oregon's lawmakers must step up and reinvest in this resilience program! #ORleg Read & Listen: @opb.org
Oregon is getting hotter. This state program is helping thousands of renters stay cool
The Department of Energy works with approved contractors, who then work with landlords, to install energy-efficient heat pumps and make electrical upgrades to thousands of rental properties like rente...
www.opb.org
May 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Go Oregon!
“Stronger communication systems can give people more time to prepare and recover, save lives, and smooth the path to recovery. This is what community resilience looks like in 2025.” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/29/w...
When every minute counts: Building resilience before the next disaster • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Fortifying our neighborhoods and communities against disaster takes time. Bills before the Legislature could help.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“Stronger communication systems can give people more time to prepare and recover, save lives, and smooth the path to recovery. This is what community resilience looks like in 2025.” oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/04/29/w...
Local communities like the Nooksack Indian Tribe are transitioning to clean energy everyday. Our job is to help them do it. GiveBIG to accelerate the shift: www.wagives.org/organization...
May 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Local communities like the Nooksack Indian Tribe are transitioning to clean energy everyday. Our job is to help them do it. GiveBIG to accelerate the shift: www.wagives.org/organization...
Make clean energy accessible to rural, Tribal & low-income communities. #GiveBIG and DOUBLE your impact! 🌞💡
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#EnergyJustice #JustTransition #SparkNorthwest
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www.wagives.org/organization...
#EnergyJustice #JustTransition #SparkNorthwest
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May 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Make clean energy accessible to rural, Tribal & low-income communities. #GiveBIG and DOUBLE your impact! 🌞💡
www.wagives.org/organization...
#EnergyJustice #JustTransition #SparkNorthwest
www.wagives.org/organization...
www.wagives.org/organization...
#EnergyJustice #JustTransition #SparkNorthwest
www.wagives.org/organization...