FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, June 2 (TNSawa) -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has been named a winner of the Environmental Initiatives Award by the SEAL Business Sustainability Awards for the second year in a row for establishing United States Southeast's largest floating solar plant in a   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions issued the following statement on May 31, 2023, by President Nathaniel Keohane: * * * On the House of Representatives' approval of bipartisan debt limit deal: "On the vital issue of federal permitting of clean energy infrastructure, the debt ceiling package passed by the House of Representatives this evening takes modest steps in the right direction--but Congress and the Biden administration have much more to  more

COVERT TOWNSHIP, Michigan, June 2 -- Consumers Energy issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Consumers Energy announced today it is now operating the Covert Generating Station in Southwest Michigan's Van Buren County, an important part of its industry-leading Clean Energy Plan to meet Michigan's energy needs this summer and for years to come. "Consumers Energy is doing its part to ensure a cost-effective, reliable energy generation supply to our customers and all of Michigan by wel  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on May 31, 2023: * * * Operationalizing the G7 Commitment to End Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains By Marti Flacks and Steven Orientale In Hiroshima, G7 leaders committed to strengthening their cooperation toward "eradicating all forms of forced labor from global supply chains," and to promoting "decent work and [protecting] rights-holders in global supply chains." While thi  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 (TNStalk) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on June 1, 2023: * * * By Morgan Bazilian and Simon Lomax The energy transition involves more than a move away from high-carbon fuels to low- and zero-carbon fuels. It also entails the fundamental reorganization of the global economy around so-called critical minerals--the metals and other raw materials needed to build electric cars, solar panels, power lines, and other technolog  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) today approved a direct loan for more than $900 million to the Ministry of Energy and Water of the Republic of Angola to support the construction of two photovoltaic solar energy power plants in the country. The project will generate over 500 megawatts of renewable power; provide access to clean energy resources   more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation to incentivize the construction of new electric transmission infrastructure to meet our decarbonization goals and support the energy transition, while building the clean energy workforce of tomorrow. U.S. Representative Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) will introduce companion legislation  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, and U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research, are introducing the bipartisan Agrivolt  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and her colleagues on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today examined how Biden administration energy policies increasingly put the nation's electric grid at risk with the rapid buildup of intermittent energy sources, like wind and solar. Hyde-Smith highlighted the strains on the electric grid as the committee conducted a hearin  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper visited Golden, Westminster, Adams County, and Denver to see Colorado projects tackling affordable broadband, opening a brand new lab at NREL, and capping orphan oil and gas wells. Hickenlooper joined Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and other local officials to tour new lab space at the National Renewable Energy Lab funded in part by the Inflation Reduction Act, joi  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 2 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Governor JB Pritzker, Manner Polymers, and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today joined local leaders and partners to announce Manner Polymers' new manufacturing facility in Mount Vernon. Known as an industry manufacturing leader in polymer compounds, Manner Polymers' new state-of-the-art Illinois facility will manufacture a wide array of PVC compounds, including  more

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: U.S. Senator Angus King today continued his push for America to rapidly move towards a clean, affordable, and reliable energy future. In a hearing of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, King questioned James Robb - President & CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation - about how fast the nation can transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy source  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, June 2 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00115) on June 1, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Thoroughbred Solar, LLC For Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 50 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility In Hart County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 ORDER On October 12, 2022, Thoroughbred Solar, LLC (Thoroughbred Solar) filed its application in this case, to  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, June 1 (TNSres) -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: Loughborough University and the Consortium for Battery Innovation are working together to pair advanced lead batteries with green hydrogen to deliver a new source of clean, reliable, and sustainable energy storage for off-grid communities in Africa. Awarded through Horizon Europe, this collaborative, four-year project called LoCEL-H2, (or 'Low-cost, circular, plug and play, off-grid energy for   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 1 (TNSres) -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Today Rocky Mountain Power submitted its biennial Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that foreshadows where the utility plans to get power for the next twenty years. Although the plan forecasts substantial and needed acquisition of new clean energy resources, Rocky Mountain Power stopped short of committing to the clean energy future the world's leading scientists have made clear is necessary  more

SELDEN, New York, June 2 (TNSeco) -- Suffolk County Community College issued the following news release: Suffolk County Community College's new, 26,000 square foot, two-story, state-of-the-art Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) building opened today with a celebratory ribbon cutting featuring area high school students, elected officials, business leaders, scientific and robotics presentations, and the unveiling of The National Grid Center for Workforce and Energy Innovation. The b  more

NEW YORK, June 1 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised renewable energy developer Solek Holding SE and certain affiliates on a series of transactions across its capital structure, which will allow Solek to finance its ongoing expansion of its solar energy business in Latin America. "We believe these series of transactions, which have to fit together in a coordinated fashion, bring out the best in White & Case," said White  more