WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) and U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a report exposing the multiple levels of failure in the creation, implementation, and execution of the so-called "Inflation Reduction" Act. "The 'Inflation   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The American Chemistry Council issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Chris Jahn, President and CEO of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), yesterday testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment, Manufacturing and Critical Materials. The subcommittee hosted a hearing Wednesday morning on "Exposing EPA Efforts to Limit Chemicals Needed for Life-Saving Medical Devices and Other Essential Products." Peter Huntsman, ACC's Immedi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from ACP Director of Eastern Region State Affairs Moira Cyphers, after New York Governor Hochul vetoed the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act today: "Governor Hochul must get serious about reaching 70% clean energy by 2030. Today, she dealt a significant blow to the state's own goals by vetoing legisl  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Oct. 19 -- Advanced Energy Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contributes on materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion and storage, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 20, 2023, edition (Vol. 13, Issue 39): Perspectives: * Challenges and Prospects of Sodium-Ion and Potassium-Ion Batteries for Mass Production Reviews: * In Situ Gas Analysis by Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry for Advanced Rechargeab  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Oct. 21 -- Advanced Engineering Materials, a journal on engineering and novel materials that are making first steps towards commercialization, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition (Vol. 25, Issue 20): Special Section: Composites and Cellular Materials: * Ink Tuning for Direct Ink Writing of Planar Metallic Lattices * Metal-Matrix Composites from High-Pressure Torsion with Functionalized Material Behavior * Experimental Characteri  more

WEINHEIM, Germany, Oct. 20 -- Advanced Materials, a journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 19, 2023, edition (Vol. 35, Issue 42): Perspectives: * Optically Active MXenes in Van der Waals Heterostructures Reviews: * Water-Resistant Conductive Gels toward Underwater Wearable Sensing * Latest Innovations   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued a news release and fact sheet on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $30 million for the Snohomish County Public Utility District's Secure Modern Automated and Reliable Technology Project (SnoSMART) and $38.4 million for Avista Utilities in Spokane and the K  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced new federal initiatives to support economic revitalization and workforce development for Pennsylvania energy communities and workers. With the announcement of a Rapid Response Team, Pennsylvania energy communities will be able to access federal resources to train workers and invest in an energy economy of the future more easily. The ann  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- Chemical Communications, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features chemical sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 18, 2023 edition: Feature Article: * The design strategy for pillararene based active targeted drug delivery systems Communication: * Octafluoronaphthalene as a thermal-annealing-free volatile solid additive enables high-performance organic solar cells * Interfacial dipole eng  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 20 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: ComEd today hosted more than 2,000 students from across the region for its annual Career Day, a regional event designed to inspire area youth to explore a wide range of career paths in the energy field. Company leaders and representatives were on hand to connect with students, with more than 100 job booths and exhibits, on-site technology demonstrations, and information  more

DENVER, Colorado, Oct. 21 -- The Denver Public Schools issued the following news on Oct. 20, 2023: Last week, the Board of Education, DPS Leadership, and the students of Northeast Early College gathered together to celebrate the installation of a brand new solar array. The solar canopy project was a shared green initiative, led by DPS and funded by the City of Denver. The project provides the DPS High School, located in the Far Northeast, access to renewable solar energy. In addition to the sa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- 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), Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA), and Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH), on behalf of the Oversight and Environment subcommittees' Republicans, wrote to Environmental Protection  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- Energy and Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed journal linking all aspects of the chemical, physical and biotechnological sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 10): Analysis: * Green steel: design and cost analysis of hydrogen-based direct iron reduction Review A  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- Energy and Environmental Science, a peer-reviewed journal linking all aspects of the chemical, physical and biotechnological sciences relating to energy conversion and storage, alternative fuel technologies and environmental science from the Royal Society of Chemistry, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 9): Analysis: * Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment for catalytic fast pyrolysis of mix  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed scientific journal from the American Chemical Society that says it publishes research in the intersection of chemistry and chemical engineering and non-nuclear energy and fuels, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 19, 2023, edition (Vol. 37, Issue 20): eviews: * Review of Migration, Transformation, and Control of Volatile Components during Desulfurization Wastewater Evaporation: Advances and Perspectives * R  more

BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 21 -- Energy Efficiency, a peer reviewed journal that says it focuses on energy efficiency, savings, consumption, sufficiency and transition, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition (Vol. 16, Issue 7): * New hybrid deep learning models for multi-target NILM disaggregation * Impact of incentives to purchase energy-efficient products: evidence from Chinese households based on a mixed logit model * Changing behavior while having clima  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act is the most significant legislation to combat climate change in our nation's history, and one of the largest investments in the American economy in a generation. Already, this investment and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's implementation of the law has unleashed an investment and manufacturing boom in the United States unlike anything seen in decades--esp  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on a decision (Docket No. EC23-99-000) involving Federal Power Act Section 203 regulations in Northern Indiana Public Service Co.: * * * I concur with today's order because it is consistent with the Commission's practice for years regarding evaluating applications under section 203 of the Federal Power Act. I write separat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 19, 2023, by Commissioner James Danly on a decision (Docket No. RM22-12-000) on reliability standards to address inverter-based resources: * * * I concur in today's order[1] in which we direct NERC to develop new or modified mandatory and enforceable Reliability Standards prior to 2030 in order to address a set of reliability risks we have known about, and been act  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- Florida State University issued the following news: By Amy Walden For decades, scientists have looked to the skies for ways to mitigate climate change - from solar panel farms to wind-driven turbines. Now, Florida State University researchers are looking at the ground beneath us for new ways to address some of today's most complex global climate challenges. Two researchers from FSU's Department of Mathematics are taking part in the U.S. Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: As America's demand for clean, reliable, and affordable energy grows, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the Streamlining Homeowner Installation of New Energies (SHINE) Act, legislation that will help state, local, and Tribal governments accelerate the permitting and inspection process   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers issued the following news release: This week, the presidents of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Laborers International Union of North America, and the International Union of Operating Engineers signed a national tri-trade solar agreement governing the construction of utility-scale solar projects, making it easier for developers, contractors, and unions to bring critical renewable energy generatio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * * The International Energy Agency concluded that the world needs to double the size of its existing electricity grid in 17 years to power the globe with renewable energy. * The 49.7 million miles of new and rebuilt transmission is almost 2,000 times the circumference of the Earth. * The costs would be enormous, as it involves duplicating our existing system built over a cent  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, Oct. 20 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2023: The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved Indiana Michigan Power's plan to expand its renewable energy generation with four new solar plants capable of generating energy to power more than 200,000 typical homes by mid-2026. The important advances in clean energy are consistent with the Powering the Next Tomorrow Integrated Resourc  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 20 -- The Journal of Materials Chemistry C, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it covers production of materials related to display technologies, optical materials, magnetics, electronics or information storage technology, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 28, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 40): * Recent endeavors and perspectives in developing solution-processable host materials for thermally activated delaye  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, a journal from the American Chemical Society that reports new and original experimental and theoretical basic research of interest to physical chemists, biophysical chemists and chemical physicists, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 19, 2023, edition (Vol. 127, Issue 41): Perspectives: * MXene Surface Terminations: A Perspective Energy Conversion and Storage: * Abnormal Boost in Photovoltaic Performan  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: As America's demand for clean, reliable, and affordable energy grows, U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the Streamlining Homeowner Installation of New Energies (SHINE) Act, legislation that will help state, local, and Tribal governments accelerate the permitting and inspection process for residents to ins  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: Ruth Skoug, of Los Alamos National Laboratory's Space Science and Applications group, was named fellow by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); Skoug is among 63 new fellows this year. Since 1962, AGU has elected fewer than 0.1 percent of its members to join this prestigious group of individuals. She was selected for her far-reaching impact to experimental space plasma phys  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced that Massachusetts agencies have requested clean energy investments for up to 78,500 low-income and affordable homes from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the largest single emissions reduction initiative in United States history. A coalition led by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), a  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Oct. 20 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Porter Mill, LLC to build a 45.8 MW solar facility in Wicomico County. The virtual hearing will take place on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. Public Utility Law Judge Jennifer J. Grace will preside. Porter Mill, LLC has applied to the Maryland Public Service Commissi  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 20 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University researchers are honing in on next-generation LED technology with a $708,506 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study tailoring the brightness of lead halide perovskites--solid-state inorganic materials--which show promise in LEDs, solar cells and photodetectors. Mahesh K. Gangishetty, an MSU assistant professor with appointments in both the Department o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced $30 million for the Snohomish County Public Utility District's Secure Modern Automated and Reliable Technology Project (SnoSMART) and $38.4 million for Avista Utilities in Spokane and the Klicki  more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Oct. 20 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: National Grid has been awarded a $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a project that will deploy digital technology to optimize the use of distributed energy resources (DERs) to improve electric system reliability and resilience. The project is ultimately expected to lead to greater development and adoption of decarbonized resources, suc  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 21 -- Nature Energy, a journal that says it features natural, social and behavioural sciences, economics and multi-billion-dollar global industries, published research articles on the following topics in its October 2023 edition (Vol. 8, Issue 10): Editorial: * The politics of energy security Comment & Opinion: * A transatlantic energy security strategy must also be a sustainable one * Roma energy security * A new cooperation agenda for European energy security * N  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 20 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: The Interstate Renewable Energy Council today released a report that provides guidance on the use of "group studies," an emerging practice to streamline the interconnection of distributed energy resources (DERs) -- such as solar PV, community solar, and energy storage -- to the electric distribution grid. The report, Thinking Outside the Lines: Group Studies in the Distribution Interconnecti  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 21 -- PennEnvironment issued the following statement on Oct. 20, 2023: * * * During a visit here last Friday, President Joe Biden unveiled a list of seven new regional hydrogen hub projects spanning 16 states. These energy projects will receive a combined $7 billion in taxpayer funding through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Pennsylvania will participate in two of the U.S. Department of Energy's projects, including the "MACH2" project in southeastern Pennsy  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI) and Debbie Stabenow (MI) today applauded the announcement of a $150 million Department of Energy (DOE) investment which will strengthen the state's power grid against extreme weather. This funding is being granted to DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, and American Electric Power through the DOE's Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program. Peters and  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Oct. 20 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: SRP has named 14 local businesses Champions of Sustainability for outstanding achievements in electrification, energy efficiency and clean energy through participation in SRP's Business Solutions Program. The awardees were recognized today at the 10th Annual Champions of Sustainability Awards luncheon held at the Arizona Biltmore. SRP's Busin  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Schumer Supercharged The Department Of Energy's Resiliency Programs With Billions In New Funding In The Bipartisan Infrastructure & Jobs Law So Communities Across Upstate NY Could Supercharge Electric Grid Resiliency And Reliability With New Funding, National Grid Plans To Implement New Digital Tech Across Upstate NY & Massachusetts To More Easily Integrate Clean Energy Reso  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science that says it features human genome, martian surface and studies tying AIDS to human immunodeficiency virus, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 20, 2023, edition (Vol. 382, Issue 6668): Editorial: * Safeguard the world's worst pathogens News: - In Depth * Giant European scope rises as U.S. rivals stumble * Restricting use of Indigenous funerary   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 20, 2023, edition (Vol. 382, Issue 6668): Editorial: * Safeguard the world's worst pathogens News: - In Depth * Giant European scope rises as U.S. rivals stumble * Restricting use of Indigenous funerary photos splits society * NASA launches spacecraft to a mysterious metal-rich asteroid * Probe of Alzheimer  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks at a hearing on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "To Examine Opportunities to Counter the People's Republic of China's Control of Critical Mineral Supply Chains": * * * The committee will come to order. We're here today to continue our committee's work securing our critical mineral supply chains and countering the People's Republic of China's co  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Mark Compton, executive director at the American Exploration and Mining Association, involving a hearing on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "To Examine Opportunities to Counter the People's Republic of China's Control of Critical Mineral Supply Chains": * * * I. Introduction I want to start by thanking the Committee for highlighting mineral security issues and your work to create an environment  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of S&P Global, involving a hearing on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "To Examine Opportunities to Counter the People's Republic of China's Control of Critical Mineral Supply Chains": * * * Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member and members of the Committee, it is an honor to address the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. I appreciate the invitatio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: In an op-ed for Newsweek, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) and U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) outlined how the Biden Administration's energy policies are failing the American people. Read the full op-ed below. * * *   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the Department of Energy's due diligence process for awarding competitive grants and loans funded through the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infr  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Oct. 21 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, refuted claims made by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking Member of the ENR Committee, and Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, in a misleading report about  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Three Grants Totaling $150 Million Will Go To DTE Energy, Consumers Energy, and American Electric Power; Peters & Stabenow Wrote Letters of Support for Each Grant WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) today applauded the announcement of a $150 million Department of Energy (DOE) investment which will strengthen the state's power grid against extreme weather. This fundin  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 20 -- Sutter Health issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: Elected officials, community leaders and healthcare executives gathered today to commemorate the completion of a major expansion of Sutter Davis Hospital. The four-year effort, which consistently beat construction deadlines and came in under budget, will create greater access to some of the hospital's most heavily used services. "Sutter Davis Hospital consistently is recognized for excellence a  more

RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Dallas campus issued the following news: A University of Texas at Dallas materials science and engineering professor has expanded her research on solar cells this year to include machine learning techniques through the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. Dr. Julia Hsu, holder of the TI Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, studies how processes and materials can incre  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 20 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Energy Dome's CO2 battery located in Sardinia, Italy. Photo courtesy of Energy Dome University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers are supporting a first-of-its-kind energy storage system in the United States that could come online as early as 2026 in Wisconsin's Columbia County. The project would be the first to demonstrate -- at a commercial scale -- a closed-loop, carbon dioxide-based energy sto  more