WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Local "Energy Superheroes" - so designated in a book about women in the energy profession - are set to meet with afterschool students in four cities today, Thursday, October 26, to celebrate the 24th annual Lights On Afterschool. The women are signing copies of the book, Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Careers, then leading students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) activities  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Oct. 27 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news on Oct. 26, 2023: American Battery Factory (ABF), an emerging battery manufacturer leading the development of the first network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the United States, today broke ground on a two million square foot gigafactory located in Tucson, Arizona. The site will provide an estimated 1,000 jobs, $1.2 billion in capital investment and $3.1 billion in economic impact  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Oct. 26 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency announced an award of up to $500,000 to regional nonprofit organization Appalachian Voices on Tuesday for the organization's Building Community Resilience in Virginia's Coalfields with Place-based Climate Change Adaptation project. The funding comes through EPA's Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program. EPA  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Land Management announced today approval of the Gibellini Vanadium Mine Project outside Eureka, Nevada, green-lighting a proposal to develop critical minerals on BLM-managed public lands. Vanadium is a U.S. Geological Survey-designated critical mineral used in steel manufacturing, aerospace applications, and battery technology. "Responsible d  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 26 -- Rice University issued the following news release: Solar cell efficiency has soared in recent years due to light-harvesting materials like halide perovskites, but the ability to produce them reliably at scale continues to be a challenge. A process developed by Rice University chemical and biomolecular engineer Aditya Mohite and collaborators at Northwestern University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Rennes yields 2D perovskite-based semiconduc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued the following statement on Oct. 26, 2023, by Nat Horner, program manager for grid cyber-resilience: * * * If I asked you to envision the electric grid, you would probably think of a big, complex, physical system with lots of steel, copper, and concrete: towers, wires, transformers, and power plants. But the electric grid is also a vast, complex information system: data about   more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced it has completed the sale of its unregulated utility-scale Commercial Renewables business to Brookfield, operator of one of the world's largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. The sale agreement was previously announced on June 12, 2023. Duke Energy will use the proceeds from the transaction to strengthen its balance sheet   more

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: * * * An article by TU/e researcher Thijs de Groot and his team on the usefulness of a small cathode gap in alkaline electrolyzers appeared in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy recently. * * * Green hydrogen is a serious contender to become a renewable energy carrier. For example, we could use it to store solar and wind energy during peaks in order to utilize the energy wh  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 26 -- Energy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release: FreeState Electric Cooperative and Evergy Energy Partners are breaking ground on the new Stull Solar Farm located at 1730 E. 400 Rd in Lawrence, KS. The Stull Solar Farm is one of three sites that Evergy Energy Partners will build and operate to serve FreeState members through a power purchase agreement. Ever  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented Nautilus US Power Holdco (Nautilus Solar) in a $202 million U.S. debt private placement to refinance 58 operating projects aggregating to 186 MW located across seven states. The transaction is the first investment-grade institutional portfolio financing of mainly community solar projects. The Greenberg Traurig team negotiated the transaction documents and   more

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 -- The IEEE Sensors Journal, a journal that says it features design, fabrication, manufacturing and application of devices and electronics and physics aspects of sensors from the IEEE Sensors Council, published research articles on the following topics in its Sept. 15, 2023, edition (Vol. 23, Issue 18): Featured Article: * Recognition Algorithms in E-Nose: A Review * Inductive Power Line Harvester With Flux Guidance for Self-Powered Sensors * Self-Powered Sensors: Applicat  more

LONDON, England, Oct. 27 -- 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 Nov. 7, 2023, edition (Vol. 11, Issue 41): * Synthesis, characterization & catalysis of ITQ 2D metal-organic frameworks and spectroscopic & photodynamic propert  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it advances in physical chemistry, chemical physics and materials science, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 19, 2023, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 41): Perspectives: * Probing Complex Chemical Processes at the Molecular Level with Vibrational Spectroscopy and X-ray Tools Physical Insights into Quantum Phenomena and Function: * Dens  more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Oct. 27 -- The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, a peer-reviewed journal from American Institute of Physics that says it covers renewable and sustainable energy relevant to the physical science and engineering communities, published research articles on the following topics in its September 2023 edition (Vol. 15, Issue 5): PERSPECTIVES: * The future of solar forecasting in China REVIEW ARTICLES: * Harnessing the power of floating photovoltaic: A global re  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 27 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2022-00272) on Oct. 26, 2023: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Hummingbird Energy, LLC For A Certificate Of Construction For An Approximately 200 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility And Nonregulated Electric Transmission Line In Fleming County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 ORDER A hearing in the above-styled matter was held on Tue  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Washington, DC - Today, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine federal offshore energy strategy and policies. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV), highlighted that, if not for Chairman Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Administration would not be holding any offshore oil and gas lease sales until at least 2029. Chairman Manchin also discus  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Placing solutions in the cloud but learning with boots on the ground, GEAR Lab researchers build low-cost, solar-powered irrigation tools to make precision agriculture more accessible. * * * By Anne Wilson, Department of Mechanical Engineering In agriculture today, robots and drones can monitor fields, temperature and moisture sensors can be automated to meet crop needs,   more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the first step for expedited offshore wind and land-based renewable energy solicitations as part of New York's 10-Point Action Plan to expand its thriving large-scale renewable industry. To further bolster the growing offshore wind industry, the Governor also announced $2.3 million in awards from the State's Offshore Wind Training Institute to sup  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of the first gas well safely plugged with funding from a $25 million federal grant to New York State through the landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. New York State is working with landowners to plug aging and abandoned oil and natural gas wells to protect public safety, help reduce methane and other climate-altering greenhouse g  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 26 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: On Oct. 17, the Carolina Industrial Group for Fair Utility Rates II (CIGFUR), which represents a group of large industrial customers and manufacturers filed a notice of appeal from the Duke Energy Progress (DEP) rate case, challenging the Customer Assistance Program (CAP) and the ability for the N.C. Utilities Commission (NCUC) to approve any future low-income payment assistance program.  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin Madison campus issued the following news: Rainfall failed to stop people of all ages from exploring science hands-on at the sixth annual Science on the Square event on Oct. 19. Booths along State Street explored horticulture, physics, robotics and more, many of them hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison departments, organizations, students and faculty. It's all part of the statewide Wisconsin Science Festival. 1   more

SINGAPORE, Oct. 26 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp), IHI Corporation (IHI) and GE Vernova's Gas Power business have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly explore the potential retrofitting of Sembcorp's Sakra power plant in Singapore with ammonia-firing capabilities. This collaboration is an extension of an earlier MOU between Sembcorp and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine federal offshore energy strategy and policies. During the hearing, Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV), highlighted that, if not for Chairman Manchin's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Administration would not be holding any offshore oil and gas lease sales until at l  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Oct. 26 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2023: Yesterday, the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) issued an order approving a settlement changing rules for customers of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., Evergy Kansas South, Inc., and Evergy Metro, Inc. (collectively Evergy), a monopoly electric utility in Kansas and Missouri that provides energy to 1.7 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Vote Solar and the Sierra Club opposed the  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 27 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has honored Johnsonville State Historic Park in New Johnsonville with the Excellence in Sustainability Award among the 57 Tennessee State Parks. The award is part of the annual Tennessee State Parks Awards of Excellence. "Johnsonville State Historic Park is a model for its work in sustainability," said Greer Tidwell  more

BRISTOL, England, Oct. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * For the first time, scientists researching in the field of quantum dynamics (QD) will be able to access, develop and deploy a universal software framework for simulations, removing many barriers that exist to achieving a deeper understanding and exploiting new phenomena across the quantum world. * * * Scientists use powerful sources of light to study tiny particles, atoms and molecules, t  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 26 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: After starting last, University of Michigan team overcame major setbacks in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge The University of Michigan Solar Car Team and their car, Astrum, cross the ceremonial finish line in Adelaide, Australia on October 26, 2023. They placed fourth in the 2023 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Image credit: Levi Hutmacher, Michigan Engineering Powered by the Australian sun, the  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Oct. 26 -- The Washington State Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The Washington State Department of Commerce was awarded a $2.2 million grant from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, a funding opportunity from the Office of State and Community Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The state plans to use this funding to lower energy use, reduce emissions, and promote energy efficiency in communities.   more