WASHINGTON, March 14 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 13, 2023 edition: Articles: * First Demonstration of Top Contact-Free Perovskite/Silicon Two-Terminal Tandem Solar Cells for Overcoming the Current Density Hurdle * Heterojunction of Metal Plasmas an  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 14 (TNSrpt) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: Pennsylvania's clean energy economy is growing rapidly across the Commonwealth-revitalizing its job market and boosting it into a position of national leadership, according to a comprehensive analysis of employment data released today by the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance (KEEA), Sustainable Business Network   more

JUNO BEACH, Florida, March 14 (TNSres) -- Florida Power and Light, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, issued the following news release: Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) brought online three new solar energy centers which will provide low-cost, reliable energy to FPL customers and continue moving Florida toward energy independence. FPL now operates 63 solar energy centers statewide, capable of generating enough energy to power approximately 945,000 homes. "We're excited to bring the new solar   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: The Interior Department issued a Record of Decision regarding the proposed Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The Department is substantially reducing the size of the project by denying two of the five drill sites proposed by ConocoPhillips, which is seeking to develop oil and gas leases it acquired beginning in the late 1990s. The compan  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: The nitrate runoff problem, a source of carcinogens and a cause of suffocating algal blooms in U.S. waterways, may not be a harbinger of doom. A new study led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) demonstrates an approach for the integrated capture and conversion of nitra  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following remarks on March 13, 2023, by Director Arati Prabhakar at an event on President Biden's fiscal 2024 budget: * * * I'm Arati Prabhakar - I have the honor of serving as the President's Chief Science and Technology Advisor and as Director of the White House OSTP. Thanks to everyone in the room and everyone tuning in online. We're delighted to have so many of you here. You represent the millions   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, issued the following news release: Rep. Burgess Owens (UT-04) co-sponsored the Hydrogen Permitting Simplification Act to streamline the hydrogen permitting process for federal hydrogen programs if the programs utilize zero-carbon emission sources. "My district is home to one of the largest green hydrogen energy production sites, and Utah is leading the way in clean, reliable, and affordable energy production," said Rep. Owens. "The Hydrogen  more

RESTON, Virginia, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey will provide nearly $3.4 million to map critical-mineral resources in New Mexico in partnership with the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. "Investments from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will make a significance difference in New Mexico and across the nation as we map valuable geology and critical mineral re  more

MERCED, California, March 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: As more renewable energy projects take hold in California, there is more need for effective ways to store that energy. A paper published by a UC Merced research team examines how the need for storage can vary for different combinations of renewable resources. Zabir Mahmud and his team published the paper in iScience, an open access journal that provides a platform for original research in t  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 14 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on March 13, 2023: GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that Taiwan Power Company (TPC)'s Tung Hsiao Power Plant in Miaoli County, Taiwan has safely and successfully started grid-connected trial runs in January 2023 using six GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines. The project was installed within 10 months following the start of constru  more