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TNS Tipoffs - Energy Systems Newsletter for Tuesday March 19, 2024 ( 10 items )  

Ind. Utility Regulatory Commission Issues Agenda for March 20 Meeting
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 19 -- The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following agenda: * * * TO: Commission Chairman James F. Huston, Commissioners FROM: Commission Technical Divisions DATE: March 15, 2024 RE: 30-Day Utility Articles for Conference on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 @ 10:00 a.m. The following thirty-day filings have been submitted to the Commission. Each item was reviewed by the appropriate Commission Technical Divisions and all regulations were met in accorda  more

Dive Into the Opening Celebration of the Florida Museum's New Permanent Exhibit
GAINESVILLE, Florida, March 19 -- The Florida Museum of Natural History issued the following research news release on March 18, 2024: Tap into the Florida Museum of Natural History's grand opening of its new, permanent exhibit, "Water Shapes Florida," with a celebration March 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free, family-friendly festival includes hands-on learning activities, workshops, food trucks and more! Water-themed local music and art performances will include jazz band Porch Swing from 1  more

Center for Technology Licensing program continues to fund early-stage Cornell lab innovations
ITHACA, New York, March 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Cornell's Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) has announced the Ignite Innovation Acceleration grant recipients for the Fall 2023 application cycle. The eight projects range from advanced healthcare solutions and sustainable engineering to agriculture products and digital hiring solutions. Recipients were selected based on their potential to reach a critical inflection point towards commercialization and to positivel  more

Constellation Offers Nation's First Corporate Green Bond for Nuclear Energy
BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 19 (TNSres) -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release: Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation's largest producer of carbon-free energy, has issued the first corporate green bond in the United States that can be used to finance nuclear energy projects. Constellation will use proceeds from the $900 million, 30-year term offering for investments such as maintenan  more

King & Spalding Adds Tax Partner Craig Phillips in New York
NEW YORK, March 19 -- King and Spalding, a law firm, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: King & Spalding announced today that tax lawyer Craig Phillips has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. Phillips is based in the firm's New York office. Phillips works with private funds and corporations on complex M&A transactions, including joint ventures, acquisitions, dispositions and debt workouts. His work in the energy space has included tax-equity financing  more

National Growth Fund: New Grants for Research With Radboud Scientists
NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands, March 19 (TNSres) -- Radboud University issued the following news: Ten projects from the first three rounds of the National Growth Fund will definitively be awarded a subsidy. This was decided by the Dutch government based on advice from the advisory committee. Several projects also involve researchers from Radboud University. With the National Growth Fund, the government is investing Euros20 billion between 2021 and 2025 in projects that will ensure the sustainable   more

Oracle and NVIDIA to Deliver Sovereign AI Worldwide
AUSTIN, Texas, March 19 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release on March 18, 2024: Austin, Texas and San Jose, California -- Oracle and NVIDIA today announced an expanded collaboration to deliver sovereign AI solutions to customers around the world. Oracle's distributed cloud, AI infrastructure, and generative AI services, combined with NVIDIA's accelerated computing and generative AI software, are enabling governments and enterprises to deplo  more

Rural Housing Service Accepts Applications for Off-Farm Labor Housing Subsequent Grants
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Parent Rural Housing Service has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on March 18, 2024, entitled "Section 514 Off-Farm Labor Housing Subsequent Loans and Section 516 Off-Farm Labor Housing Subsequent Grants to Improve, Repair, or Make Modifications to Existing Off-Farm Labor Housing Properties for Fiscal Year 2024." The notice was issued by Yvonne Hsu, Acting Administrator. COMMENT DEADLINE: June 18, 2024 Here are excerpts: * * *   more

University of Bayreuth: Nitrogen-Based Compounds Discovered as New High-Performance Energy Storage Materials
BAYREUTH, Germany, March 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Bayreuth issued the following news release: Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have synthesized unique scandium polynitrides under extreme conditions, with exotic chemistry and potential applications as high-energy-density materials. Their results are published in the "Nature Communications" journal. * * * What for? High Energy Density Materials are materialsc which are abile to store large amounts of energy in a relatively sma  more

University of Louisiana-Lafayette: Graduate School Announces Recipients of Sustainable Development Research Grants
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, March 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Louisiana's Lafayette Campus issued the following news: The Graduate School at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has announced the recipients of the Sustainable Development Research Grants for graduate students. These awards, totaling $40,000, aim to support research that addresses pressing local and global challenges in alignment with the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of these grants is   more