PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law issued the following news: * * * National Science Foundation supports ASU research to reduce harmful environmental impacts * * * Concrete is second only to water as the most widely used material in the world, and cement is the essential "manufactured" ingredient in concrete. More than 30 billion tons of concrete are used every year, and the demand for it continues to rise significantly with in  more

PASADENA, California, Oct. 17 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: A conversation on how the trailblazing Linde Laboratory renovation influenced the future of green construction on campus In 2010, Caltech transformed a 1930s-era astrophysics laboratory into a cutting-edge, sustainable facility for the Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science. The Linde Laboratory for Global Environmental Science earned a LEED Platinum rating and won a Los   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: A coalition of clean energy advocates has filed an appeal with the North Carolina Court of Appeals, contending that the state's electric utility regulators violated state law when they approved Duke Energy's plan to gut financial incentives for residential solar customers. The coalition is petitioning the court to reverse changes the North Carolina Utilities Commission, or NCU  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: By Avery Palmer, Communications Projects Director at IREC * * * The two-year cooperative agreement will fund Resilience Hubs in several of Puerto Rico's vulnerable communities. * * * The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Economic Impact and Diversity (ED), today announces a cooperative agreement totaling $992,000 with the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) to improve energy re  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 18 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry A, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to energy storage and conversion, sustainability or living, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 28, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 40): * Strategies to improve the photocatalytic performance of covalent triazine frameworks * Multicore-shell iron fluoride@carbon microspheres as a long-life cat  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: An instrument designed and built by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers departed Earth last week on a two-billion-mile, nearly six-year journey through space to explore a rare, largely metal asteroid. The Livermore high-purity germanium (HPGe) gamma-ray sensor is an essential part of a larger gamma-ray spectr  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 18 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving Great River Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2023-097 ** ET2/TL-23-170 Great River Energy In the Matter of the Application of Great River Energy for a Route Permit for the Reroute of the 115-kV Cedar Lake Transmission Line Project in Scott and Rice Counties. What action should the Commission take regarding route alternatives and potential permit conditions for th  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 18 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order to show cause (Case No. 23-E-0519) on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Seek Consequences against Go Solar/Green NY LLC for violations of the Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION In this Order, the Public Service Commission (Commission) finds that Department of Public Service (D  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 18 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order to show cause (Case No. 23-E-0521) on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Seek Consequences against Green Visions Solar LLC for violations of the Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION In this Order, the Public Service Commission (Commission) finds that Department of Public Service   more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 18 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order to show cause (Case No. 23-E-0523) on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Seek Consequences against Max Solar Inc. for violations of the Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION In this Order, the Public Service Commission Commission) finds that Department of Public Service (Departmen  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 18 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order to show cause (Case No. 23-E-0527) on Oct. 17, 2023: * * * Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Seek Consequences against NY Solar Doctors, LLC for violations of the Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION In this Order, the Public Service Commission (Commission) finds that Department of Public Service (D  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Today in Philadelphia, Governor Josh Shapiro, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, Philadelphia Building & Construction Trades Council Business Manager Ryan Boyer, Steamfitters Local 420 Business Manager Jim Snell, and Cheyney University President Aaron Walton highlighted the job creation and economic development benefits of the $750 million federal investment the Shapiro Admi  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, have supported a ground-breaking measurement that is helping solve a 60-year-old cosmic mystery that involves the question of why the Sun's corona, the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere, is so much hotter than the surface of the Sun itself. The director of UAH's Center for Space Plasma and Ae  more

READING, England, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Reading issued the following news: Scientists have discovered a way to design materials that improve energy efficiency, in a breakthrough that could help the fight against climate change, make manufacturing greener, and could even take the hassle out of charging your smart watch. The thermoelectric energy harvesting innovation identifies a new way of harnessing previously untapped sources of waste heat and converting it into electricity.   more

LAMPETER, Wales, Oct. 18 -- The University of Wales Trinity St. David issued the following news release: The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has partnered with the energy company EDF and The Energy Consortium (TEC) as part of its journey towards Net Zero. This partnership has led to the installation of over 1200 Solar PV panels on 6 buildings across the University's estate in Swansea and Lampeter. The largest of these installations is on the Dynevor building in the centre of Sw  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- The Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science issued the following news: For research that aims to get a better understanding of how materials behave in actual devices, Prof. Mengxia Liu has received the prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Each year, the David & Lucile Packard Foundation's advisory panel of scientists and engineers carefully reviews nominations and selects 20 early-career researchers to receive individua  more