The initiative, funded by a $160,000 Strong Workforce grant, is focused on developing flexible, hands-on training materials that community colleges can use to teach the fundamentals of battery design, safety, testing, and recycling. The timing couldn鈥檛 be better: battery technology is at the heart of nearly every clean-energy innovation鈥攆rom electric vehicles to grid-scale energy storage鈥攁nd the Bay Area has become a national hub for this work.
Through the partnership, 91看片网 and other Bay Area colleges will work closely with ECF鈥攔ecently awarded $28 million from the to build a new pilot battery manufacturing facility in the East Bay鈥攁s well as the , a global network of battery companies and professionals.
As the fiscal agent for the project, 91看片网 College will help coordinate efforts among regional partners including , , , , , , , , , and .
By embedding battery curriculum into existing pathways, the project ensures the work will last鈥攕trengthening clean-energy education across the Bay Area for years to come.