SAN JOSE, California, Feb. 7 -- Cisco Systems issued the following news release: * * * News Summary * Owned and operated by IGNIS, Cisco anticipates that the Spanish solar plant will provide enough solar energy to match 100% of its European operations' annual electricity needs* * The deal involves a 37-MWac new-built solar plant in a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) which will generate approximately 80,000 MWh of electricity per year (60,000 MWh allocated to Cisco) * This milestone h  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Research led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Marti Checa and Liam Collins has pioneered a groundbreaking approach, described in the journal Nature Communications, toward understanding the behavior of an electric charge at the microscopic level. Their findings could be vital for improving efficiency, life span and performance in batteries, solar cells and other el  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Environmental Science & Technology, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it promotes interdisciplinary understanding in the environmental field, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 58, Issue 5): Viewpoints: * Sustainability Claims of Nanoenabled Pesticides Require a More Thorough Evaluation Reviews: * Ferroptosis Induced by Pollutants: An Emerging Mechanism in Environmental Toxicology   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging the Biden Administration to increase tariffs on Chinese solar imports threatening American solar manufacturing jobs, including at companies like First Solar in Toledo. The Toledo Blade Editorial Board called the move "welcome action" and "important for Toledo." Read what they're saying about Brown's efforts to fight   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The Illinois Commerce Commission issued the following news release: The Illinois Commerce Commission's Office of Diversity and Community Affairs' (ODCA) 2023 Annual Report shows that diverse spending by the state's largest investor-owned utilities remained steady for the third year in a row at over $2 billion. Some utilities reported a nearly 50 percent share of their total spending with diverse suppliers, including minority, women, veteran, and small b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Inorganic Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features bioinorganic, organometallic, solid-state, materials and nanoscale chemistry, energy and photochemistry, catalysis, theory and computation, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 63, Issue 5): Featured Articles: * Zwitterionic Aqua Palladacycles with Noncovalent Interactions for meta-Selective Suzuki Coupling of 3,4-Dichlor  more

LONDON, England, Feb. 7 -- 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 Feb. 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 6): * Multichromophoric photoswitches for solar energy storage: from azobenzene to norbornadiene, and MOST things in between * Recent advances in porous materials   more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 7 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) will hold a virtual public statement hearing on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, concerning Homer Solar Energy Center, LLC's (Homer Solar) plans to construct, own, and operate a solar farm in the Towns of Homer, Cortlandville, and Solon, Cortland County. On July 27, 2023, Homer Solar filed a petition seeking a Certifica  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The National Academy of Engineering issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 114 new members and 21 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,310 and the number of international members to 332. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership honors   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Eric Sorensen, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: MOLINE, IL - Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17), a member of the House Agriculture Committee, promoted clean energy investments going to rural communities and highlighted his work to strengthen Illinois agriculture. Sorensen joined U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Senior Advisor Cindy Axne and Rural Development State Director Betsy Dirksen Londrigan to highlight clean energy investments on local farms   more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 7 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: DTE Energy (NYSE:DTE) and leading shopping center owner/operator Taubman Realty Group (Taubman) today announced that both Twelve Oaks Mall and Great Lakes Crossing Outlets will be the first shopping centers enrolled in DTE's MIGreenPower program, the top utility green tariff program in the U.S. MIGreenPower enables DTE Electric customers to attribute a percentage of their electricity use to Michigan-made  more