HERNDON, Virginia, March 20 -- The RV Industry Association issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Last week, the RV Technical Institute hosted a Level 3 electrical specialty workshop as part of its ongoing workshop series. The workshop covered all training topics needed for the attendees to complete their Level 3 Electrical Specialty. Indicative of the strong demand for this training, all 24 spots in the class were filled within 3 days of registration opening. The RV Technical Institute  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- ACS Omega, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features findings in chemistry and interfacing areas of science from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 19, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 11): Mini-Reviews: * Palladium Catalysis: Dependence of the Efficiency of C-N Bond Formation on Carboxylate Ligand and Metal Carboxylate or Carboxylic Acid Additive Reviews: * Liquid Marbles and Drops on Superhydrophobic Sur  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, March 20 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: FRAMINGHAM, MA and INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Matchbook Learning Schools of Indiana will host a groundbreaking ceremony for The Match High School on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. This school will serve grades 9-12 and will fe  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Astrophysical Journal Letters, a scientific journal from the American Astronomical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 10, 2024, edition (Vol. 963, No. 2): * Bridging the Gap between Luminous Red Novae and Common Envelope Evolution: The Role of Recombination Energy and Radiation Force * Radial Evolution of the Near-Sun Solar Wind: Parker Solar Probe Observations * Modeling the Radial Distribution of Pulsars in the Galaxy * Jupiter  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Families in New Mexico, Illinois, and Washington D.C. will now Have Access to Community Solar Through HHS' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), launched the pilot of the Clean Energy Connector, a tool that connects fam  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu yesterday celebrated the completion of J.J. Carroll House, a deeply affordable housing development in the Brighton neighborhood built in partnership between 2Life Communities, the Boston Housing Authority, and the City of Boston's Mayor's Office of Housing. The project replaces JJ Carroll Apartments, an aging 64-unit Boston Housing Authority public housing site, providing 1  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: Last week, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo traveled to Southeast Asia on behalf of President Biden to lead a Presidential Trade and Investment Mission to the Philippines and members of the President's Export Council on a fact-finding trip to Thailand. From March 11-12, Secretary Raimondo led a delegation of senior executives from 22 prominent U.S. businesses and non-profit orga  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment issued the following news release: The Bowser Administration, through the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE), recently presented six awards to eight individuals for the 2024 District Sustainability Awards and Clean Energy DC Award for their outstanding environmental leadership. The 2024 awards mark the 15th year the District has celebrated businesses, organizations, and individuals on the cutting edg  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, March 20 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: DNV has collaborated with Moss Maritime, a leading offshore design and engineering services provider, to accelerate the deployment of floating solar technology in harsh environmental conditions. DNV has handed over a Statement of Conformity to Moss Maritime for their design brief outlining the design methodology for their c  more

SYRACUSE, New York, March 19 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: Five mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral students are working at the forefront of research in one of the future's booming industries: energy storage, new battery technology and creation of the supply chain and workforce support that an increasingly electric- and solar-powered world will need. Quinn Qiao Their hands-on training is underway in the lab of noted expert Quinn Qiao, professor in the College of   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 19, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of eleven projects to receive $34 million for tools to advance a clean, reliable electricity grid run on wind and solar energy. DOE also announced a new $10 million funding opportunity to streamline the interconnection of clean energy to the grid. Together, these initiatives will enable grid planners, grid operators, and utility com  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 19, 2024: Today, the Biden-Harris Administration, through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), launched the pilot of the Clean Energy Connector, a tool that connects families to solar energy through HHS's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The first-of-its-kind software can now be used by local LIHEAP program a  more

FAIRMONT, West Virginia, March 20 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release: FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their second utility-grade solar site in West Virginia to help meet the state's energy needs and further encourage economic growth. Click here to view and/or download (https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4119448-1&h=3634021091&u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FmKqTQzk5jiM&a=Click+here+to+view+and%2For+download) drone foot  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: Bipartisan bill will strengthen our energy future by improving information sharing so American companies working on critical mineral projects overseas can stay secure U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio to introduce the bipartisan, bicameral Enhancing Public-Private Sharing on Manipulate Adversary Practices in Critical Minerals Projects Act. The bill would  more

LAUREL, Maryland, March 19 -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release: Another instrument planned for flight aboard NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is ready for installation on the spacecraft. IMAP-Ultra is one of 10 instruments contributed from across 25 partner institutions on the Princeton-led IMAP mission set to launch in 2025, and the third instrument to be delivered for integration. IMAP-Ultra, a particle imager   more

LONDON, England, March 20 -- 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 March 28, 2024, edition: * Probing the evolution in catalytic graphitization of biomass-based materials for enduring energetic applications * Wearable flexible pressure sensors: an intriguing design t  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have partnered with Los Angeles-based SoCalGas and Munich, Germany-based Electrochaea to develop an electrobioreactor to allow excess renewable electricity from wind and solar sources to be stored in chemical bonds as renewable natural gas. When renewable electricity supply exceeds demand, el  more

LOUGHBOROUGH, England, March 20 -- Loughborough University issued the following news release: Five new product trials focused on saving the nation cash and carbon are set to run across the UK with the help of designers from Loughborough University. The project, headed by energy supplier EDF, will see more than 2,000 people testing new tariffs and energy solutions. The trials, which will start recruiting in April and run for several months, encompass various initiatives: * 1,000 participants   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 20 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2023-00127) on March 19, 2024: * * * PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Investigation of Chapter 324 Retroactive Distribution Upgrade Waiver ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY In this Order, the Commission closes this Investigation, finding that given the amendments adopted in the most recent Chapter 324 rulemaking, a retroactive waiver of Distribution Upgrade costs   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, March 19 (TNSres) -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * New documents show Duke to keep strangling large-scale solar companies; highly touted solar build-out won't even begin for years - and won't last long * * * Despite a years-long campaign to greenwash its corporate image by misleading the news media and decision-makers, Duke Energy remains a leading driver of the global climate crisis and is expanding   more

ALBANY, New York, March 20 -- The New York Department of Public Service issued the following letter on March 19, 2024: * * * To: Kevin Bailey, 180 Main Avenue, Wynantskill, NY 12198 RE: 2023 Annual Compliance - High Peaks Solar Dear Kevin Bailey: Thank you for your recent submittal pursuant to Section 3F of the New York State DPS's Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (UBP-DERS). This letter is to inform you that the documentation submitted has been reviewed   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: * * * Coalition urges California lawmakers and Gov. Newsom to repeal the tax PG&E and other utility interests quietly slipped into budget bill A.B. 205 * * * Across California, more than 240 community organizations and leaders are joining together in the Stop the Big Utility Tax coalition to fight a proposal that would hike electricity bills for millions of working- and middle-clas  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, March 20 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Maj. Stacie N. Shafran, Space Launch Delta 30 Air University's Project Mercury empowers individuals to tackle critical challenges faced by the Air Force and Space Force. Established in 2019, this intensive 90-day program fosters a culture of collaborative innovation and has transformed over 350 military and civilian personnel into certified innovators through the University of Michigan's C  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter to Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, expressing concerns about the damaging impact of the Fed's extreme 2022 and 2023 interest rate hikes, which have halted deployment of clean energy technologies and have undermined the Inflation Reduction Act's climate and consumer benefits. The senators are calling o  more

NEW YORK, March 20 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP advised Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC - Masdar, the United Arab Emirates' clean energy powerhouse, in connection with a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in Terra-Gen Power Holdings II, LLC (Terra-Gen), one of the largest independent renewable energy power producers in the US, from Energy Capital Partners (ECP). Established in 2007, Terra-Gen is a leadin  more