Washington State University’s Tri-Cities campus. (WSU Photo)
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking lawmakers to allocate $10 million in funding for Washington State University’s Institute for Northwest Energy Futures.
The effort to launch the institute began in the spring of 2022. The new support would help pay for a lease-to-own building, an institute director, five scientists and five graduate students. The institute is located on WSU’s Tri-Cities campus in Eastern Washington. Some of the dollars are also earmarked for faculty and graduate students at WSU’s main Pullman campus.
The nascent institute could focus on a variety of technologies, many of which are already being researched by WSU scientists, said Sandra Haynes, WSU Tri-Cities chancellor, at an event on Monday announcing the request.
That includes biofuels, next-generation nuclear…