WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- 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 Jan. 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 1): Articles: * Thermoexpandable Microsphere-Coated Al Foil Current Collector for Lithium-Ion Batteries with Improved Safety * Critical Investigation of Metal-Organic-Fra  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, a journal that says it features challenges of sustainability in the chemical enterprise and advance principles of green chemistry and green engineering from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 8, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 1): Letters: * Visible-Light-Driven Chlorine-Atom-Mediated Efficient and Selective Cleavage of C-C Bond in Lignin Models * Hydrogen Sodium Vanadiu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: ELY, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management Ely District, Bristlecone Field Office will host an information forum on Jan. 23, 2024, to gather public input on the Pantheon Solar Project proposed in a solar variance area on approximately 2,682 acres of BLM-managed land in White Pine County, approximately 16 miles west of Ely, Nev. The public input period will conclude Feb. 22, 2024  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 8 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (Res E-5297) for Jan. 11, 2024: * * * Pacific Gas & Electric Company Tranche 2 Mid-Term Reliability Contract PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) mid-term reliability contract and related costs for a total of 92 MW nameplate of 4-hour duration energy storage combined with 192.1 MW nameplate of Solar PV, with an expected initial delivery date of June 1  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 9 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1. PROCEEDING NO. 06T-043 360networks (USA) Inc (See Zayo) Qwest Corporation d.b.a. CenturyLink QC IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN QWEST CORPORATION AND 360NETWORKS (USA) INC. a. Filing Date and Party: 11/28/2023 Qwest Corporation d.b.a. CenturyLink QC Zayo Group, LLC Description: FCC Mod  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Chattanooga Campus issued the following news release: When Dr. Ignatius Fomunung describes his work, it's an intersection of three separate but interconnected areas. "I tend to focus on the nexus between transportation, energy and air quality," said Fomunung, professor of civil engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Engineering and Computer Science. He said that improving air quality is not   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSrpt) -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * In FY 2023, the FTC received more than 2.1 million complaints and 2.7 million new numbers were added to the DNC Registry * * * The Federal Trade Commission issued its biennial report to Congress on the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry that shows the number of consumers who have placed their telephone numbers on the Registry over the past two years has reached more than 249   more

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan. 9 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * * CS Energy's Brigalow Peaking Power Plant powered by GE Vernova's LM2500XPRESS* aero-derivative technology will be able to operate on 35 percent (by volume) of green hydrogen initially, with a pathway to 100 percent over this decade * Plant marks Queensland's first hydrogen-ready power station expected to provide   more

PASADENA, California, Jan. 8 -- The California Institute of Technology issued the following news: by Ker ThanWhen the seven-minute window of opportunity finally opened, Raha Riazati was ready. This May, Caltech researchers tested an important step toward an ambitious plan to beam energy from an orbiting satellite down to Earth. Riazati, then a third-year undergraduate at the Institute, had spent months designing and building the ground-station equipment that would play a key part in the detecti  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New paper shows how policymakers could encourage the nascent clean hydrogen industry without indirectly increasing its carbon emissions. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Hydrogen is an integral component for the manufacture of steel, fertilizer, and a number of chemicals. Producing hydrogen using renewable electricity offers a way to clean up these and many other hard-to-deca  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: The Local Infrastructure Hub and the National League of Cities today announced registration is open for a new series of bootcamps to help local leaders develop grant applications for federal funding opportunities through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act that are grounded in data, feature detailed project plans, and include relevant policy objectives. The pro-bono b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- NextGen America issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Today, NextGen America announced the launch of its Ignite the Future website, an educational platform that will help young voters learn about the impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and how they can benefit from this historic legislation.The website features links to clean-energy job boards, resources to discover affordable solar panels, heat pumps, and electric vehicles, and also urges users to co  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 -- Reed Smith, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2024: Reed Smith today announced a promotion class of 27 associates and counsel to partnership and 35 associates advancing to counsel across its global platform, effective January 1, 2024. The new partners are in 11 of the firm's markets, including several offices across the United States and the UK. Members of 13 practice groups, the 2024 partner cohort comprises 11 women and 16 men, and 59% are diverse.   more

MENLO PARK, California, Jan. 9 (TNSjou) -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature on Jan. 8, 2024: * * * A new experiment suggests that this exotic precipitation forms at even lower pressures and temperatures than previously thought and could influence the unusual magnetic fields of Neptune and Uranus. * * * An international team of researchers led by researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory gained new insights into   more

BUFFALO, New York, Jan. 9 -- The University at Buffalo (State University of New York) issued the following news release: The University at Buffalo has launched its Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies to cement its position nationally and globally as a leader in microelectronics and research innovation for the semiconductor industry. In October, the Buffalo-Rochester-Syracuse region was designated a federal tech hub following the passing of the CHIPS and Science Act in 2022 - a $280   more