FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, July 11 -- 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 announced the signing of a contract for a significant battery energy storage asset in partnership with United Power, an electric cooperative serving Colorado's northern Front Range. The groundbreaking asset installa  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: Today, the Bureau of Land Management announced a $3.5 million partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), to advance renewable energy research and new technologies on public lands. Using funding provided as part of the President's Investing in America agenda by the Inflation Reduction Act, the BLM will levera  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 11 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on July 10, 2023: ComEd and a coalition of employers are launching a first-of-its-kind career training program designed to build a diverse pipeline of technical talent to support the clean energy transition in Illinois. Training through this program will expand opportunities for area men and women to enter in-demand technical roles in the energy sector, without requiring a college degree  more

ITHACA, New York, July 11 (TNSjou) -- Cornell University issued the following news: Unused solar, wind, and hydroelectric power in the U.S. could support the exponential growth of transactions involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Cornell Engineering researchers have found. Fengqi You, the Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor in Energy Systems Engineering in Cornell Engineering, is corresponding author of "Climate Concerns and the Future of Non-Fungible Tokens: Leveraging Environmental Bene  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on July 10, 2023: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $72 million in funding for small businesses to pursue scientific, clean energy, and climate research, development, and demonstration projects. The funding will support 296 projects across 44 states and addresses multiple topic areas, such as renewable energy, nuclear energy, cybersecurity, advanced materials and manufacturing, microelectronics, and  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it promotes interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field, published research articles, including the following topics, in its July 11, 2023 edition: Critical Reviews: * Glyphosate Separating and Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Protection in the Era of Smart Materials Ecotoxicology and Public Health: * Role of Residual Monomers in   more

GOLDEN, Colorado, July 11 (TNSres) -- Colorado School of Mines issued the following news on July 10, 2023: Hydrogen has emerged as a key player in the energy transition, identified by the International Energy Agency as a "versatile energy carrier" that has a diverse range of applications and can be deployed in a variety of sectors. But is hydrogen a moonshot? Or does it really have the potential to change the energy game? At Mines, teams of researchers are working on the hydrogen problem--fro  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on July 11, 2023: * * * China Imposes Export Restrictions on Two Mineral Products Beginning August 1, China will impose export restrictions on some gallium and germanium products-metals used in computer chips and other products-to protect national security interests. Industrial experts say the move--viewed as retaliation against U.S. export restrictions aimed at curbing China's high-technology i  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNStalk) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following commentary on July 10, 2023: * * * Hail Storm Destroys Solar Farm in Nebraska The solar panels at a 5.2 megawatt solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska were mostly destroyed by baseball-sized hail moving at 100 to 150 miles per hour at the end of June. The solar panels were supposed to be hail-proof, but the size of the hailstones was exceptionally large. High winds that accompanied the hail storm may have dr  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 (TNSres) -- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation issued the following news release: The dominant narrative guiding climate policy is that the crisis is so severe that countries, companies, and consumers must act to reduce climate emissions, even if it is not in their individual economic interest to do so. But a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, concludes that   more

PASADENA, California, July 11 (TNSfund) -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: The W. M. Keck Foundation has given $4 million to Caltech to endow the Edward C. Stone Professorship. The position honors the internationally known physicist who served for 50 years as project scientist for NASA's Voyager mission. As a tribute to Edward C. Stone's scientific contributions and farsighted leadership, the W. M. Keck Foundation has made a gift of $4 million to endow a new f  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 12 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on July 11, 2023: Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33) today introduced legislation to prohibit large-scale solar project developments on prime Pennsylvania farmland. Senate Bill 798 would prohibit development on land considered class one or class two by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service. USDA considers these classes the best for farming and crop prod  more

HERNDON, Virginia, July 12 -- Photochemistry and Photobiology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Society for Photobiology that says it features the interaction of light with molecules, cells and tissue to the biological responses, published research articles on the following topics in its July/August 2023 edition: Research Articles: * Insights into the Ultrafast Photodissociation Dynamics of Isoprene-Derived Criegee Intermediates * Solar Light Responsive Graphitic Carbon Nitride Coup  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on July 11, 2023, by spokesperson Matthew Miller on Iraq's deal with Total Energies: * * * We compliment Iraq and Total Energies on the signing of a $27-billion energy deal that will accelerate Iraq's path to energy self-sufficiency and advance Iraq's collective climate change objectives. Years in the making, the Gas Growth Integrated Project aims to capture flared gas and deploy renewable energy sources. The Uni  more

VILNIUS, Lithuania, July 12 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on July 11, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good morning, everyone. I'm just going to be super brief. I just wanted to welcome everyone to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the seventy- -- 74th -- 75th NATO S- -- 74th NATO Summit. Anyway, as you all know, we have the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan here to take any que  more