AKRON, Ohio, March 16 (TNSres) -- Babcock and Wilcox Enterprises, a provider of energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets, issued the following news: Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. ("B&W" or the "Company") (NYSE: BW) announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2022. "We delivered seasonally strong fourth quarter results, which improved significantly on a sequential basis, and enabled us to meet our revised adjusted EBITDA target for   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 16 (TNSgov)(TNSrpt) -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release and letter: California regulators should revise a new rooftop solar plan to make solar more affordable for low-income communities, dozens of groups will tell the California Public Utilities Commission at its meeting Thursday. The commission's plan drastically slashes the credit new solar users would get for sharing their extra solar energy with the grid. More than 100 g  more

LONDON, England, March 15 -- Chemical Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features findings of exceptional significance from across the breadth of the chemical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its March 21, 2023 edition: Review Article: * Advanced hematite nanomaterials for newly emerging applications Edge Articles: * Spin polarization assisted facile C-H activation by an S = 1 iron(iv)-bisimido complex: a compre  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The first fully electric vehicle quietly pulled into a parking space in Oak Ridge last week. The new addition to the site is part of a broader transition to an electric vehicle fleet across the EM complex. The cleanup program aims to add 150 electric vehicles to its fleet this year. Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) cleanup contrac  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 15 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: A Florida State University chemist has earned one of the most prestigious awards available to early career faculty members for her work to improve solar cell efficiency. Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Lea Nienhaus is the recipient of a Faculty Early Career Development Award, or CAREER Award, from the National Science Foundation for her research into light-matter interactions in sem  more

MESA, Arizona, March 16 -- Fujifilm USA issued the following news on March 15, 2023: FUJIFILM Electronic Materials, U.S.A., Inc., announced today key sustainability initiatives designed to increase the organization's commitment to sustainable business practices, including solar panel installation and water conservation measures. At the recently expanded Mesa, Ariz. location, the company is in the process of adding solar panel covered parking for its employees. These panels will offset about 15  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 16 (TNSrpt) -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: Governor Gretchen Whitmer highlighted a recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which found that Michigan has won $16.6 billion of projects creating 16,300 jobs as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the state's economic development efforts. This follows encouraging studies, rankings, and research from several leading organizations and pu  more

BUTTE, Montana, March 15 -- The National Center for Appropriate Technology issued the following news release on March 14, 2023: The National Center for Appropriate Technology's (NCAT) AgriSolar Clearinghouse today premiered its short film "The Solar Shepherd" during the 2023 Solar Farm Summit in Chicago. The film showcases a family-owned farm in central Massachusetts that's raising sheep and solar energy on the same piece of land. AgriSolar or agrivoltaic partnerships are growing across solar-  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory is set to launch the Space Wireless Energy Laser Link (SWELL) to demonstrate laser power beaming in space as part of the scheduled U.S. Department of Defense Space Test Program (STP) H9 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) March 15. SWELL is one of several experiments that will launch aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle to the ISS for the year  more

MATERIALS PARK, Ohio, March 16 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news: A study at the University of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y., suggests perovskites -- a family of materials nicknamed for their crystalline structure that have shown extraordinary promise in recent years as a far less expensive, equally efficient replacement for silicon in solar cells and detectors -- may become far more efficient. Researchers typically synthesize perovskites in a wet lab, and then apply the ma  more

MATERIALS PARK, Ohio, March 16 (TNSres) -- ASM International posted the following news: WITec GmbH, the originator of commercial Raman imaging systems, has delivered a new alpha300 R instrument to the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW) Baden-Wurttemberg in Ulm, Germany. The Raman microscope will be used in the "Powder-Up!" pilot plant in Ulm, where cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries will be produced and the scalability of fabrication methods will be investigated. Lit  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) today reintroduced the Security to Avoid Violence in Educational Settings (SAVES) Act. This legislation would redirect federal funds to establish a grant program to enhance school safety at the state and local levels. "The first responsibility of any school is to provide for the safety of all students," said Rounds. "When it comes to our kids, it shou  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's Mornings with Maria to discuss restoring energy independence to America and fiscal responsibility to Washington. Leader Scalise highlighted how H.R. 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, will reduce expenses across the board for American families by promoting all types of American energy production instead of relyin  more

SWANSEA, Wales, March 16 (TNSjou) -- Swansea University issued the following news: Swansea University has established a low-cost and scalable carbon ink formulation capable of unlocking, for the first time, the potential for perovskite solar cells to be manufactured at scale. Using slot die coating in a roll-to-roll (R2R) process, academics from the SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre at Swansea University have established a way to create "fully printable" perovskite photovoltaics (PV), a  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 16 (TNStalk) -- The Natural Resources Council of Maine issued the following statement on March 15, 2023: * * * On Monday March 13, 2023, the Biden Administration approved the Conoco-Phillips Willow project, a massive oil drilling proposal that would become the largest on federal lands in the United States. In response, the Natural Resources Council of Maine released the following statement from Federal Project Advocate Anya Fetcher. "The Biden Administration's approval o  more