KEY TAKEAWAYS:
FUEL expands clean energy workforce projects across Louisiana
$1 million already distributed to 14 statewide programs
Next phase includes $45 million in NSF funding over three years
Initiative aims to build an innovative, inclusive energy workforce
Louisiana’s Future Use of Energy Louisiana initiative is expanding its workforce development efforts statewide, with representatives touting promising results from early projects funded under the National Science Foundation ‘s $160 million “innovation engine” grant.
Lacy McManus, FUEL’s director of Workforce Development, told members of the Louisiana Clean Hydrogen Task Force on Tuesday that the program is focused on scaling proven initiatives that prepare students and workers for clean energy careers.
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