YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Energy specialists and industry stakeholders took the initial steps Wednesday toward a long-term plan to develop northeastern Ohio into a hub for energy storage and training.
Central to the effort is the creation of a National Energy Storage Workforce Training and Innovation Center, a pilot initiative commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy and led by Youngstown State University, Brite Energy Innovators and Oak Ridge National Labs.
During a virtual kickoff event Wednesday hosted by YSU, Brite and TeamNEO, more than two dozen experts in the fields of information technology, energy, and workforce development sought to identify through a series of workshops the challenges and opportunities of building an energy storage and distribution hub.
“Our vision is to identify where we are at now, and what is possible to make Northeast Ohio the leader…