WASHINGTON, July 25 -- ACS Applied Energy Materials, a journal that says it covers all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its July 24, 2023 edition: Articles: * Tuning of Redox Energy of Transition-Metal Ions through the Utilization of Interlayer Potentials in Layered Perovskites: Development of a Titanium-Based Superior HER Cataly  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release and a letter: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), John Barrasso (R-WY), U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington (R-TX-19), and colleagues demanded U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai swiftly establish a United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) dispute settlement panel to address Mexico's discriminatory policies that favor Mexican state-run energy companies and directly undermine USMCA commi  more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, July 25 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on July 24, 2023: Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced today that Meyer Burger, an industrial manufacturer of solar cells and solar modules headquartered in Switzerland, has selected Colorado Springs, Colorado for expansion. "Colorado's strong economy and business-friendly environme  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: California ratepayers might have to foot a staggering $45 billion-plus cost to keep the aging Pacific Gas & Electric, or PG&E, Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant online beyond its slated 2025 closure, a new Environmental Working Group analysis finds. The outrageous price tag is the estimated cost for operating the plant from 2021 to 2045, or hundreds of millions of dollars every year,   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following written testimony by Bruce J. Walker, ex-assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity, involving a hearing on July 18, 2023, entitled "Examining Emerging Threats to Electric Energy Infrastructure." * * * Chair Griffith, Ranking Member Castor, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, I appreciate the opportunity to submit testimony regarding   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations issued the following testimony by Paul N. Stockton, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, involving a hearing on July 18, 2023, entitled "Examining Emerging Threats to Electric Energy Infrastructure": * * * Chair Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, Chair Griffith, Ranking Member Castor, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the honor of testifying before  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, July 25 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00402) on July 24, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Joint Application Of Kentucky Utilities Company And Louisville Gas And Electric Company For Certificates Of Public Convenience And Necessity And Site Compatibility Certificates And Approval Of A Demand Side Management Plan And Approval Of Fossil Fuel-Fired Generating Unit Retirements COMMISSION STAFF'S SIXTH REQUEST FOR IN  more

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii, July 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Scott Air Force Base issued the following news: Mobility Guardian 23 is giving U.S. and coalition forces an opportunity to experiment in the theater that matters. "Experimenting in the Pacific is important because we've spent the last 20 plus years focused elsewhere in the world," said Lt. Col. Matthew Novotney, MG23 Exercise Control Group Experiment Lead. "Testing new technology and ideas in this theater is what MG23 is all  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Nearly 10 years ago, Wall Street giant Citigroup invited plasma physicist Jongsoo Yoo to discuss a finance position. But the freshly minted Princeton graduate student turned down the invite and decided to remain a postdoctoral researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). "I believed that plasma physics was more suitable for me,"  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By James Shea Alyssa Cadua had not thought about a career in nuclear energy. As a mechanical engineering major in Virginia Commonwealth University's College of Engineering, she assumed she lacked the necessary skills. But this past fall, during her junior year, Cadua took a professional development class at which employers outlined opportunities for students. Dominion Energy was a participant, and its n  more