AUSTIN, Texas, March 15 -- Emerson Electric, a technology and engineering company that provides solutions for customers in industrial, commercial and residential markets, issued the following news: Global technology and software leader Emerson (NYSE: EMR) will provide advanced automation solutions to help ensure the safety and reliability of New Zealand's first large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power project. Emerson's renewable power generation expertise will help solar energy company Lodest  more

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, March 15 (TNSper) -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its Board of Directors has named two new members: Darren McDew, retired General, U.S. Air Force, and former Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, and Jessica Uhl, former Chief Financial Officer of Shell plc. GE Chairman and CEO and GE Aerospace CEO H. Lawrence Culp  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 14 -- The South Carolina Department of Commerce posted the following news release: Hounen Solar (Hounen), a global solar panel manufacturer, today announced plans to establish its first United States manufacturing operations in Orangeburg County. The company's $33 million investment will create 200 new jobs. Headquartered in Chino, California, Hounen manufactures solar photovoltaic (PV) panels worldwide, serving the clean energy market. In addition to solar pane  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 15 -- Gov. Henry McMaster, R-South Carolina, posted the following news: Hounen Solar (Hounen), a global solar panel manufacturer, today announced plans to establish its first United States manufacturing operations in Orangeburg County. The company's $33 million investment will create 200 new jobs. Headquartered in Chino, California, Hounen manufactures solar photovoltaic (PV) panels worldwide, serving the clean energy market. In addition to solar panels, the com  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 15 -- The IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, a peer reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, that says it covers technological advances in control engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2023 edition: * Applied Pipe Roughness Identification of Water Networks: Consideration of All Flow Regimes * Attitude Reconstruction of a Spacecraft From Temperature Measurements in Solar Eclipse Analy  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, March 14 (TNSrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following analysis entitled "Privatized Grid Unlikely to Save Puerto Rico Ratepayers from Disastrous Debt Restructuring Plan." The analysis was written by Tom Sanzillo. Here are excerpts: * * * Key Findings The latest restructuring plan for PREPA would add an average of 4.4 cents/kWh over the next 35 to 50 years to Puerto Rico's current 28 cents/kWh electricity charge. The largest poss  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 14 -- The Iowa Utilities Board issued the following news release: The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has set the location for the public hearing regarding a proposed solar and battery storage facilities project by Interstate Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of Alliant Energy (Alliant). The hearing will be held at 9 a.m. April 13, 2023, at the Quality Inn and Suites in Fort Madison, Iowa. On February 3, 2023, the IUB issued an order setting the hearing date in Lee Count  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- NASA issued the following news release: To carry multiple payloads to the far side of the Moon including a satellite to orbit that area, NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas. The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) collaboration with NASA. The contract award, for just under $112 million, is a commercial lunar delivery targeted to  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Ed Darack, Weatherwise Magazine One of the premier innovators of the fields of meteorology and oceanography, the Navy is also a trailblazer in unmanned systems, notably METOC's use of air, sea surface, and under water craft. The U.S. Navy's development of unmanned systems dates to the Pioneer Era of Aviation. In 1911, the Navy contracted Elmer Sperry, inventor of the gyroscope (critical for stabili   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Although sunshine can be harnessed to slow climate change, it rarely inspires dancing in the streets. Yet that's exactly what's expected in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, as it celebrates the completion of two new community microgrids equipped with solar panels and batteries. Solar energy could boost quality of life in the mountain town, which often loses power for weeks to  more

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, March 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Saskatchewan issued the following news release: Four recently completed projects, awarded a total of $99,000 through the Research Junction partnership between the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and the City of Saskatoon in 2020 and 2021, have produced significant results. Adopting the research findings would add more renewable energy to the city's power grid, improve the removal of petrochemical contaminants from river water,   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: On Friday, March 03, U.S. Representative Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) announced more than $6 million in grants to improve the quality of life in rural communities in New Mexico's second district. "Rural development dollars go a long way to help support local economies and the wellbeing of all of our communities," said Rep. Vasquez. "I'm pleased to announce the more than $6 million that will  more