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.

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.”

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.”

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.”

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”.

For the full list of projects funded by the DOC, visit commerce.wa.gov/news/press-releases/commerce-invests-37-million-in-46-clean-energy-projects-across-washington-state/.