JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Joe Bela, AFIMSC Public Affairs Nearly five years of collaboration between the Air Force, civic stakeholders and private industry came to fruition Feb. 2 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 2,600-acre solar enhanced use lease project at Edwards Air Force Base, California. It is the largest ground-mounted solar array project constructed on an Air  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Feb. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Joe Bela, AFIMSC Public Affairs Nearly five years of collaboration between the Air Force, civic stakeholders and private industry came to fruition Feb. 2 with an official ribbon-cutting ceremony for a 2,600-acre solar enhanced use lease project at Edwards Air Force Base, California. It is the largest ground-mounted solar array project constructed on an Air Force installatio  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), today announced that Andrew Cortes, Founder and Executive Director of Building Futures, will be his honored guest for the 2023 State of the Union. Building Futures, a Providence-based pre-apprenticeship training program that prepares Rhode Islanders for careers in the construction industry, launched in 2007 during Congressman Cicilline's tenure   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Nick Langworthy, R-New York, issued the following news release and letter: Congressman Nick Langworthy released a letter addressed to Governor Hochul to call out her announcement during her "Stateof the State" address on banning on-site fossil fuel combustion for new construction in 2025. The governor's hypocrisy on this issue is beyond the pale and will cost the third of New Yorkers who use gas and oil to heat their homes during the winter even more money and cause m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: U.S. businesses announced funding and plans for at least 38 clean energy projects, expansions, and renewed production across 17 states in January, according to a new monthly review from the national nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs). Developments range from new electric vehicle (EV) charging and manufacturing facilities for solar, batteries, and wind to a clean  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 3 -- Environmental Science and Pollution Research, a peer-reviewed journal from the European Chemical Society that says it serves the international community in environmental science and related subjects with emphasis on chemical compounds, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 30, No. 5 edition: Review Articles: * Challenges in developing strategies for the valorization of lignin--a major pollutant of the paper mill industry * Hotspots anal  more

ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 3 (TNSres) -- ETH Zurich issued the following news release: * * * Whether rooftop solar panels are worth the cost is largely dependent in Switzerland on local compensation rates for solar power and on electricity prices in general - these are the findings of a study by researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Bern. Many power grid operators pay too little, thereby limiting the expansion of solar power. * * * To reach its climate goals, Switzerland needs to ma  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNScapv) -- Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor yesterday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) criticized the media for coverage of the latest regulatory milestone for the Willow Project that excluded the voices and perspectives of unions and Alaska Native leaders who are overwhelmingly supportive of the development. Sullivan noted that environmental activist groups from the Lower 48 were quoted extensively in the   more

LONDON, England, Feb. 4 -- Imperial College London issued the following news: * * * A new research programme will develop new ways of extracting useful information from particular types of huge, complex datasets. * * * The programme, run by six universities including Imperial College London, will receive pound sterling6.3 million in support. The aim is to achieve a step change in the modelling and analysis of vast banks of ever-growing, often interconnected data relating to customer needs a  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Feb. 4 (TNSsro) -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, February 6, 2023 CAUSE NO.: 45785; ALJ: SCHUSTER; TIME: 9:30 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: VELETA; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 PETITION OF INDIANA-AMERICAN WATER COMPANY, INC. FOR (1) APPROVAL OF UPDATED SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES APPLICABLE TO PETITIONER'S WATER OPERATIONS, AND (2) APPROVAL OF SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CHARGES APPLICABLE TO PETITIONER'S WASTEWATER O  more

BELLINGHAM, Washington, Feb. 4 -- The Journal of Photonics for Energy, a journal that says it features photonics for renewable energy harvesting, conversion, storage, distribution, monitoring, consumption and efficient usage from the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, posted research articles on the following topics in its January 2023 edition: Review Papers: * Technology update on patent and development trend of power over fiber: a critical review and future prospects Cross  more

SAINT PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: Yesterday just before midnight, the Minnesota Senate passed SF 4, the 100% Clean Energy bill. The landmark legislation will help the state reach 100% carbon-free energy by 2040. The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the companion bill last week, and legislation will now go to the Governor's desk for final signing. The 100% Clean Energy proposal has been a pilla  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 4 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news: Just before midnight on Thursday, Senate Democrats passed their Clean Energy bill that puts Minnesota on the path to zero emissions by 2040. Senate Republicans raised many concerns during the debate, calling it a Blackout Bill that will put affordable and reliable energy out of reach for too many. "We all want to do our part for clean energy," Sen. Rob Farnsworth (R- Hibbing) said. "This bill has serious ris  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 3 -- Minnesota State Sen. Jordan Rasmusson issued the following statement on Feb. 2, 2023: * * * We all want to ensure a dependable energy future for Minnesota. However, the Democrats' 100% carbon-free energy proposal would not help advance this mission, and instead, could severely jeopardize our energy outlook. Senate File 4, fittingly known as the 'Minnesota Blackout Bill,' would mandate our state's electricity to be from carbon-free sources. It would establish a c  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following report (No. PNNL-33471) on Feb. 3, 2023, entitled "Introducing the 9500 Node Distribution Test System to Support Advanced Power Applications Introducing the 9500 Node Distribution Test System to Support Advanced Power Applications." The report was written by Alexander Anderson, Subramanian Vadari, Jonathan Barr, Shiva Poudel, Anamika Dubey, Thomas McDermott and Robin Podmore  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following statement by Energy Deputy Secretary David M. Turk involving a hearing on Feb. 2, 2023, on the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity to provide an update on the Department of Energy's (DOE or Department) efforts to implement the Infrastructure Investment an  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 3 -- Minnesota Senate Republicans issued the following news on Feb. 2, 2023: Today Senate Republicans put forth their A+ Energy Plan as the foundation for reliable, affordable, and "always on" energy planning for the state. "A reliable, affordable, and always on energy source is one of the most important things we take for granted each day," said Sen. Andrew Mathews (R-Princeton). "Our proposal allows nuclear, renewable gas, and hydroelectric energy to count towards c  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 4 (TNSgov) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2023: Last night, the Minnesota State Senate passed SF 4, which raises Minnesota's Renewable Energy Standard and creates a Carbon Free Standard that would require all of Minnesota's utilities to produce carbon-free electricity by 2040. The bill now moves to Governor Walz's desk for signing. Last Wednesday, Sierra Club and over 50 of our coalition partners through the 100% Campaign turned out ov  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 4 (TNSjou) -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Researchers at UCL and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite our understanding of water and its many anomalies. * * * The newly discovered ice is amorphous - that is, its molecules are in a disorganised form, not neatly ordered as they are in ordinary, crystalline ice. Amorphous ice,   more