WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The American Astronomical Society issued the following news release: The American Astronomical Society (AAS), a major international organization of professional astronomers, announced the recipients of some of its 2024 prizes for outstanding achievements in research and education. The 2024 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, celebrating a career of eminence in astronomical research, goes to Neta Bahcall (Princeton University) for her central contributions to dete  more

ALFRED, New York, Jan. 12 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Alfred University has been awarded a $466,853 grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which will support student internships and fund a program that provides short course training for renewable energy engineering students and workers in the electric utilities field. The University has also received a donation from GE Digital of $786,000 in grid planning and operations soft  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Funding will deploy chargers in communities and along major travel corridors, while promoting American jobs and leadership in EV charging WASHINGTON - The Biden-Harris Administration today announced $623 million in grants to help build out an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the U.S., which will create American jobs and ensure more drivers can charge their electric vehicles where they l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management welcomes public comment on the draft environmental analysis for a new clean energy project proposed on approximately 2,433 acres of BLM-managed public land about 38 miles west of Las Vegas, adjacent to the Clark and Nye County line. If approved, the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would add 400 megawatts of clean solar photovolta  more

ITHACA, New York, Jan. 11 (TNSres) -- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a unit of Cornell University, issued the following news release: An international group of researchers finds that conserving about half of global land area could maintain nearly all of nature's contributions to people and still meet biodiversity targets for tens of thousands of species. But the same priority areas are at risk of conflict with human development with only 18% of that land area protected. This research is publis  more

CHENNAI, India, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. International Development Finance Corp. issued the following news release: The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on Thursday, January 11 celebrated the launch of a major strategic investment in critical supply chains with a U.S. company's new solar panel manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu, India. DFC provided a $500 million loan to support the establishment of First Solar's new facility, which will help diversify the supply chain in a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Teams from 20 States and Four Tribal Nations to Receive $50,000 Each as part of Community Power Accelerator Prize * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) today announced the competitors in the second round of the Community Power Accelerator Prize, a $10 million prize competition to advan  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following Economic Information Bulletin (No. EIB-264) on Jan. 11, 2024: * * * By Erik Dohlman, Karen Maguire, Wilma V. Davis, Megan Husby, John Bovay, Catharine Weber, and Yoonjung Lee Public and private investments in alternative food production systems have increased in recent years. Two systems, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and agrivoltaics (AV), have been highlighted for their pote  more

GENEWA, Switzerland, Jan. 12 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release: Three leading industrial clusters from China, France, and the United States have joined the World Economic Forum's Transitioning Industrial Clusters Towards Net Zero initiative, a network of 20 industrial clusters in 10 countries and four continents that have committed to reaching net zero. The initiative is a collaboration with EPRI and Accenture. The Transitioning Industrial Clusters init  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 12 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release: Advocates from Environment America Research & Policy Center on Thursday urged FedEx to take a leadership role in the U.S. transition to renewable energy sources by committing to generating solar power. At an event outside FedEx world headquarters, the advocates delivered a petition signed by more than 11,500 people urging the shipping leader to commit to putting solar panels on its w  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The Biden-Harris Administration today announced $623 million in grants to help build out an electric vehicle (EV) charging network across the U.S., which will create American jobs and ensure more drivers can charge their electric vehicles where they live, work, and shop. This is a critical part of the Biden Administration's goal of building out a conv  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Today, during a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlighted how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act have spurred a domestic manufacturing boom in New Mexico and across the country, creating thousands of high-quality jobs, strengthening the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain, building EV charging networks,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Research issued the following agency statement: The Biden administration recently unveiled regulations targeting multiple home and commercial appliances, which will impact the pocketbooks and comfort of millions of Americans. Biden's Department of Energy (DOE) finalized new energy efficiency standards for residential refrigerators and freezers and proposed standards for commercial fans and blowers. DOE's standards for refrigerators and fr  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 12 -- 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 Jan. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 2): * A critical review of solution-process engineering for kesterite thin-film solar cells: current strategies and prospects * Advances in the modulation enginee  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 12 -- 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 Jan. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 2): * Cross-linking strategies for efficient and highly stable perovskite solar cells * Low-dimensional nanomaterial-ena  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- 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 Jan. 11, 2024, edition (Vol. 128, Issue 1): Perspectives: * Future Paths in Cryogenic Single-Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy * Bonding and Electronic Interactions of Hydrogen   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- 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 Jan. 11, 2024, edition (Vol. 15, Issue 1): Perspectives: * Key Factors for Controlling Plasmon-Induced Chemical Reactions on Metal Surfaces * Triple-Bond Vibrations: Emerging Applications in Energy and Biological Sciences * Re  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Nanoscale, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that publishes experimental and theoretical work across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 2): * Advancements in silicon carbide-based supercapacitors: materials, performance, and emerging applications * Single-atom catalysts supported on a hybrid structure of boron nitride/graphene for effici  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Four Montana State University alumni were quoted by Scientific American magazine in a Jan. 3 article about scientific experiments being planned during the upcoming North American total solar eclipse. Author Jonathan O'Callaghan described the April 8, 2024, event as "one of the rarest of heavenly delights," during which "the moon will pass in front of our star projecting a sun-devouring shadow acro  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- Rep. Bill Posey, R-Florida, issued the following news release: With the support of Congressman Bill Posey (R-Rockledge) the House passed legislation (S.J. Res. 38) introduced by Florida Senator Marco Rubio to overturn a Biden Administration regulation to waive Made in America requirements for building electric vehicle chargers that were included in the 2021 infrastructure bill. "One of the major points the Biden Administration used to sell their $550 billion infrastructu  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the leading voice for America's solar and storage industry, today announced new changes to its board of directors. Darren Van't Hof, managing director of environmental finance for U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance, a subsidiary of U.S. Bank, was elected chair of SEIA's board of directors. PanelClaw, an Enstall Company and manufacturer of   more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: * * * Scientists from the University of Aberdeen will play a key role in a new initiative that aims to train the next generation of mineral resource experts to help the energy transition. * * * Academics from across the University will form part of the new Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources (TARGET) along with universities, research organisations and industrial partn  more

GRONINGEN, The Netherlands, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Groningen issued the following news: The Dutch Research Council (Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, NWO) has awarded an Open Competition Science-M grant to Dr Remco Havenith of the Faculty of Science and Engineering (University of Groningen) and Prof. Claudia Filippi of the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology (University of Twente). They will receive an M2 grant of EUR 745,000 for research that contributes to  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news release: It's possible to significantly reduce the temperatures of a major city in a hot desert climate while reducing energy costs, a new study by UNSW Sydney shows. The findings, published today in Nature Cities, detail a multi-faceted strategy to cool Saudi Arabia's capital city by up to 4.5 C, combining highly reflective 'super cool' building materials developed by the High-Performance Archit  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Jan. 12 -- The University of Louisville issued the following news release: The University of Louisville will lead a new consortium focused on cementing Kentucky's role as a hub for innovation in energy, including batteries, hydrogen, solar power and biofuels. The consortium -- known as REBECCA, short for Regional Energy Business, Education, and Commercialization Convergence Accelerator -- has been selected for a $500,000 Phase 1 planning grant under the U.S. Tech Hubs Pro  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Jan. 11 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following State of the Commonwealth address on Jan. 10, 2024: * * * Mr. Speaker, Madame President, Lieutenant Governor Earle-Sears, Attorney General Miyares, members of our General Assembly, Chief Justice Goodwyn and Justices of our Supreme Court, members of my Cabinet, and fellow Virginians: what an honor to be with you this afternoon. Today, we gather in our Commonwealth's Capitol, not as Republicans or Democrats, bu  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 12 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice presented his 2024 State of the State Address to the West Virginia Legislature on Wednesday evening. * * * Here is the transcript of his speech in its entirety: GOVERNOR JUSTICE: Okay, sit down y'all look like you're getting tired. And you gotta clap a lot tonight. Oh, me. I'll get to the meat and potatoes in just a second, but I want to thank you. I  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised ERG S.p.A. (ERG) on an agreement with Apex Clean Energy Holdings LLC (Apex) to establish a strategic partnership to manage an operating US wind and solar project portfolio and its potential expansion. The agreement represents ERG's first expansion outside Europe, establishing a US-based holding company that includes the wind and solar plants, which have a total of 31  more