BINGHAMTON, New York, April 26 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Smaller, lighter solid-state transformers would help renewable energy's integration to electrical grid * * * For more than 100 years, the technology behind electric grids has stayed largely the same. Power plants generate alternating current (AC) that transformers "step up" for transmission over long distances and then "step down" for use in our homes, offices and industrial settings. As the wo  more

PASADENA, California, April 26 (TNSper) -- CALSTART, an organization that says it works with member companies to build a clean transportation industry, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: CALSTART is pleased to announce the election of a financial services expert to its Board of Directors: Julia Grinshpun of JP Morgan Chase. The largest bank in the United States, JP Morgan Chase is also the fifth-largest banking institution by assets in the world, and operates the largest inves  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 26 -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) today received a briefing on the City of Tallahassee's plan for a clean energy transition. Resolving to achieve 100 percent clean, renewable energy in city operations by 2035 and community wide by 2050, the transition includes a targeted plan with broad public input. "As our 'hometown' electric utility, I'm pleased that the Ci  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on the Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (No. IF12386) on April 25, 2023, by environmental policy specialist Richard K. Lattanzio: * * * EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed H.R. 5376 (P.L. 117-169), a budget reconciliation measure commonly referred to as the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). IRA contains eight  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding her use of taxpayer funded travel after she made four trips to Puerto Rico in the past five months. KEY EXCERPT: "The frequency and  more

MUMBAI, India, April 26 (TNSres) -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services across multiple industries, issued the following news release: * * * The sharp increase in CAPEX projects moving into the implementation phase is a major driver for the LV switchgear market, says Frost & Sullivan * * * The Indian low-voltage (LV) switchgear market made a strong recovery in CY2021 due to the pent-up demand from COVID-19  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Working families and small businesses are realizing that Democrats' latest green subsidy scheme will cost more than promised. Not only will their tax dollars go towards billion-dollar corporations, they will also flow to Chinese entities of concern and put American workers at a disadvantage. Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following fa  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSgov) -- The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers issued the following news release: Last week, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R, CA) and House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R, TX) unveiled legislation they call the "Limit, Save, Grow Act," which seeks to extend the debt ceiling but also defunds essential services that working Americans, retirees, veterans, and communities across the country count on. With Majority Leader McCa  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 26 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release: Prolec GE USA, a joint venture between Xignux and General Electric, will invest up to $28.5 million to expand its Caddo Parish facility to manufacture electrical transformers used in wind farms, solar parks and other industrial and renewable energy applications. An estimated $19.7 million of the total investment will go toward the acquisition of new equipment and the installation of a third prod  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, April 26 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Prolec GE USA, a joint venture between Xignux and General Electric, will invest up to $28.5 million to expand its Caddo Parish facility to manufacture electrical transformers used in wind farms, solar parks and other industrial and renewable energy applications. An estimated $19.7 million of the total investment will go toward the acquisition of new equipment and the installation of a third product  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: As many grid operators evaluate how to adapt their markets for the renewable energy transition, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Grid Strategies are releasing two white papers today to help guide needed reforms in two of the largest electricity markets in the United States: PJM Interconnection (PJM) and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (M  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on April 25, 2023, at the North America's Building Trades Unions Legislative Conference: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello! Hello, Building Trades! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello! AUDIENCE: Let's go, Joe! Let's go, Joe! Let's go, Joe! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. AUDIENCE: Let's go, Joe! Let's go, Joe! Let's go, Joe! THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. I think I'll -- I think I'll stop right there. (Laugh  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNStalk) -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following foreign news center briefing on April 24, 2023, by John Kirby, Nations Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, preview of the upcoming state visit of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol: * * * Summary * In this on-the-record briefing, NSC Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby discussed the upcoming state visit of President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea, along with Nat  more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, April 25 (TNSres) -- Princeton University's School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news: Public policy student and researcher at the Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment in Princeton, Alex Giannattasio, analyzes, along with academics from the Center for Energy Transition (CENTRA) of the UAI, the main weaknesses and strengths of the "National Energy Strategy Green Hydrogen.", published by the Ministry of Energy of our country. The objective of  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 26 -- Research Corporation for Science Advancement issued the following news: Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Heising-Simons Foundation are cosponsoring a new initiative, Scialog: Early Science with the LSST. With the goal of advancing foundational science needed to realize the full potential of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), the initiative will hold the first of its series of annual meetings in May 20  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Rep.) -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's The Bottom Line to slam attempts by Democrats and the Biden Administration to kneecap American domestic energy production as families wrestle with swelling energy prices. Leader Scalise also noted that many of the green energy alternatives touted by the Biden Administration,  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) appeared on Fox Business Network's The Bottom Line to slam attempts by Democrats and the Biden Administration to kneecap American domestic energy production as families wrestle with swelling energy prices. Leader Scalise also noted that many of the green energy alternatives touted by the Biden Administration, such as electric car ba  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on April 24, 2023, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Alfred Mutua, Kenyan cabinet secretary for foreign and diaspora affairs at a joint news availability: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning everyone, and a very warm welcome to my friend the Cabinet Secretary Mutua. Alfred, very good to have you here, and I really appreciate the good, productive conversation that we had a short while ago. However, before I turn   more

LONDON, England, April 26 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its April 21, 2023 edition: Review Article: * Glycerol and microwave-assisted catalysis: recent progress in batch and flow devices Communication: * Co-combustion characteristics and kinetic analysis of three different wastes of antibiotic ferment  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: An expanded renewable energy zoning database from the University of Michigan brings together more than 1,600 local ordinances from six Great Lakes states. The Energy Zoning Database is designed to simplify matchmaking between renewable energy developers and interested host communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Recent federal policy incentives coupled wit  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine issued the following news: The Environmental Innovations Initiative announces a third round of funded research communities to catalyze interdisciplinary research at Penn, investigating issues from regenerative agriculture to project-based learning for global climate justice. How can teachers in Uganda equip their students with tools to confront water sanitation and hygiene challenges?   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNStalk) -- The Wilderness Society issued the following statement on April 25, 2023: * * * Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Senator Jim Risch introduced the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act, a proposal that would make more public lands available to mining companies, prioritizing toxic mining over all other public lands uses - from responsible renewable energy to recreation to cultural and ecological conservation. * * * The Wilderness Society released the following statem  more