WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 23, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 1): Spotlight on Applications: * Advanced Applications of Metal-Organic Decomposition Inks in Printed Electronics Reviews: * Graphene-Based Inks for Flexible Supercapacitor Electrodes: A Review * Review on Polyvinylidene Fluoride-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Applicatio  more

CANBERRA, Australia, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Australian National University issued the following news release: Dual-sided solar panels have the potential to produce 20 per cent more energy than traditional one-sided systems if used properly on residential rooftops, new research from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. Dual-sided - or bifacial - solar cells allow for both the front and back of the solar panel to generate power. The back of the panel collects energy reflected from th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper welcomed nearly $3.25 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) for agriculture producers and rural small businesses across Colorado to lower energy costs, expand access to clean energy, and fight climate change. This was funded in part by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which Bennet an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BOISE, Idaho -- The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding an open-house meeting in Boise on February 6, 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Boise State University to provide information on the Department of the Interior's ongoing efforts to support appropriate renewable energy development on our nation's public lands through an updated Western Solar Plan. The public meeting will preview th  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 24 -- EcoWatch posted the following news on Jan. 23, 2024: By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes In order to help the United States transition to renewable energy, the Department of the Interior has announced a new solar energy "roadmap," including 22 million acres of public lands to expand solar energy development in the West, a press release from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said. The BLM also announced plans for the next steps on green energy projects in California, Neva  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded NOAA $5 million to support the conversion of the Mauna Loa atmospheric baseline observatory in Hawaii to a net-zero carbon facility. The award, part of $250 million in funding announced by DOE's Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies (AFFECT) program, will help NOAA's Global Monitoring Laboratory  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: WASHINGTON - Administration officials have announced more than $55 million in new federal grants for Defense Department projects aimed at improving energy efficiency and resilience at installations across the globe. The funds will support eight projects at Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Washington headquarters service  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 23 (TNSres) -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news advisory on Jan. 22, 2024: Advocacy groups will hold a public hearing Thursday on the Tennessee Valley Authority's 2024 long-term energy plan. The country's largest public power provider has refused to hold its own public hearing on the plan despite criticism of the utility's lack of transparency or public engagement in its power system planning process. What: The People's Voice on TVA's Energy Plan, a publi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP advised Soltage LLC in the sale by Soltage and Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC of their joint venture, Project Hyperion, LLC, to Altus Power, Inc. Project Hyperion is comprised of 121 Megawatts in solar assets, primarily located in North and South Carolina. Soltage is a leading developer, owner, and operator of distributed utility-scale solar and storage assets for utility, commercial, indust  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: On September 30, 2021, a saildrone uncrewed surface vehicle made history by intercepting the eyewall of Hurricane Sam in the northwestern tropical Atlantic, recording a viral video of what it's like to be tossed around by 100 mile-per-hour winds and 30-foot high waves. The Guinness Book of World Records later certified that a 126.4 mile-per-hour wind gust recorded by the  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 24 -- The IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, a peer reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, that says it covers technological advances in control engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 edition: * Backflipping With Miniature Quadcopters by Gaussian-Process-Based Control and Planning * Control of Axial-Torsional Dynamics of a Distributed Drilling System * Modeling and Control of  more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, Jan. 24 -- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that says it features grid-integration and control of energy technologies and systems, published research articles on the following topics in its January 2024 quarterly edition: * Mitigating the Impact of Photovoltaic Power Ramps on Intraday Economic Dispatch Using Reinforcement Forecasting * Hardware in the Loop Wave Energy Converter Co  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 24 -- 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. 24, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 4): * Advances in flexible zinc-air batteries: working principles, preparation of key components, and electrode configuration design * Advancements in radiation r  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 24 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2023-00320) on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Banjo Creek Solar Llc For A Certificate Of Construction For A 161kv Nonregulated Electric Transmission Line Up To Approximately 2,000 Feet In Length In Graves County, Kentucky Pursuant To KRS 278.700 And 807 KAR 5:110 ORDER This matter arises upon Banjo Creek Solar LLC's (Banjo Creek) application for constr  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 24 -- The Minnesota Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs) is awarding seed grants to 45 energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in communities across Minnesota. From Comfrey to Crookston, Welch to Wrenshall, communities are being funded for a wide scope of projects. The projects range from educational outreach on clean energy incentives, to energy efficiency for manufactured homes, to skill-building fo  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 24 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving Otter Tail Power Co. and Northern States Power Co. dba Xcel Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2024-012 N/A Commission Delegations Should the Commission issue a written document memorializing the subcommittee delegations for the Consent Calendar and Resolution of Appeals of Assessments? (PUC: Bethke) Attachments: Briefing Papers (https://minnesotapuc.legistar.com/ga  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 24 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $100 million is now available through the Clean Green Schools Initiative under the historic $4.2 billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. The initiative will allow for the advancement of construction projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help public schools improve environmental sustainability and decarbonize school building  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Jan. 22, 2024, by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard at an event at the Brookings Institution entitled "Place-Based Growth: Helping Communities Making a Comeback": * * * Today I want to focus on an area this institution has been emphasizing for many years: place-based growth. When communities across the country thrive economically, so too does our overall economy. Economic growth takes root at the local level. From tha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Rosemary Mena-Werth A team of researchers from Platform Aerospace, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) recently used a Platform "Vanilla" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to conduct testing of the "POTION" flight-path planning software developed at NPS. Following years of dedicated work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), NPS and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) partners ha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is proud to announce the law firm's 2024 counsel class, promoting 12 attorneys from a wide variety of practice areas and representing each of the firm's three legal departments. The counsel promotions are effective as of February 1, 2024. "Our new counsel class includes a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives, and the attorneys in this group have blazed their own trails withi  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- San Diego State University issued the following news: * * * SDSU physicists harness the power of quantum science to develop new materials that provide legions of benefits * * * From improving methods for detecting diseases to facilitating more secure data transfer and enabling speedier computers, quantum materials hold a promise to transform daily life. Quantum materials exhibit properties that can be understood using quantum mechanics, a branch of  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Jan. 24 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: * * * Sandia leads development of algorithms for resilient microgrids * * * Self-healing electrical grids: It may sound like a concept from science fiction, with tiny robots or some sentient tech crawling around fixing power lines, but in a reality not far from fiction a team of researchers is bringing this idea to life. What's not har  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced that Stovo Corp, located in Grant County, and Climate Control Storage Plus LLC, located in Marion County, were awarded a total of $129,070 through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America  more

GREENBELT, Maryland, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Postal Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Postal Service today celebrates NASA's continued exploration of deep space by issuing two new stamps featuring stunning images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. A $9.85 Pillars of Creation Priority Mail stamp is being released along with a $30.45 Cosmic Cliffs Priority Mail Express stamp. Pillars of Creation Launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Dec. 25, 202  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Jan. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina's Gillings School of Global Public Health issued the following news: A newly published study in Energy Policy, led by doctoral student Rui Shan and Noah Kittner, PhD, assistant professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, examined the environmental and economic tradeoffs for energy storage projects, considering the implications of the Inflation Reduction A  more

DEARBORN, Michigan, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan's Dearborn Campus issued the following news: Two UM-Dearborn doctoral students recently scored first prize in an international CO2 reduction challenge for modeling the "second life" potential of used EV batteries. As wind and solar become a bigger share of our electricity mix, the reliability of our power grid faces some fundamental challenges. Because the wind isn't always blowing and the sun isn't always shining, supply from   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- Wake Forest University issued the following news wrap up entitled "WFU in the News": * * * Selected news clips courtesy of the Wake Forest News & Communications team * * * FEATURED NEWS Could lab-grown rhino horns actually stop poaching? We may never know (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224271419/endangered-rhino-horn-conservation-poaching) By Juliana Kim | NPR Despite all the years of debate, there is still little research on the effect  more