DOE Offers $100M for Smart Grid Job Training

Considering a new career? The smart grid sector might be a good place to start now that the U.S. Department of Energy has doled out $100 million for smart grid job training in a move that will help 30,000 people prepare for work.

As part of the smart grid job training program, the DOE will give out 54 awards ranging from $82,000 to $5 million across a number of states: Among the big winners: $4.4 million for a Pepco engineering and service center in Maryland, $5 million for Penn State's...