WASHINGTON, March 28 -- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its March 26, 2024, edition (Vol. 6, Issue 3): Spotlights on Applications: * Spotlight: Visualization of Moire Quantum Phenomena in Transition Metal Dichalcogenide with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Reviews: * Persistent Photoconductivity of Metal Oxide Semiconductors * Bibliometric and Visualized Analysis of Piezoelec  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Alliance for American Manufacturing issued the following news release: * * * Yellen's insistence that China address overcapacity is a step in the right direction, according to the Alliance for American Manufacturing. * * * China's glut of solar panels, electric vehicles (EVs), and lithium-ion batteries threatens to strangle the clean energy manufacturing sector in the United States and destabilize supply chains worldwide, according to the Alliance for Ame  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 28 (TNSres) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following fact sheet on March 27, 2024: * * * As required by Assembly Bill 205, the CPUC released a Proposed Decision (PD) that would cut the price of electricity for Californians, reduce electricity bills for lower income Californians and those living in parts of the state most impacted by extreme weather, and accelerate the state's clean energy transition. The proposal changes how large inv  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Center for Progressive Reform issued the following news release: A decarbonization plan developed by Duke Energy, a private monopoly utility in North Carolina, would not be able to meet the state's legally required carbon emissions goals, according to a new policy brief by the Center for Progressive Reform. Regulators at the North Carolina Utilities Commission asked the company to devise such a plan for them after the passage of legislation that committed th  more

NEW YORK, March 28 -- Consolidated Edison, a provider of energy-related products and services, issued the following news release: Con Edison has completed a $200 million construction project that will increase electric service reliability in several neighborhoods on the east side of Staten Island. The two new 138,000-volt, underground cables - also called feeders - run 4.6 miles across the island, from a substation in Travis on the west side to a substation on Dongan Hills Avenue on the east s  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12575) on March 27, 2024. The white paper was written by international trade and finance specialists Shayerah I. Akhtar, Andres B. Schwarzenberg and Danielle M. Trachtenberg. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council: Background and Issues The U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) is a high-level forum between the United States and European Union (EU) that ai  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 28 -- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has received proposals from four project developers under its multistate Request For Proposals (RFP) with Massachusetts and Rhode Island. DEEP issued its request for proposals (RFP) (https://www.dpuc.state.ct.us/DEEPEnergy.nsf/c6c6d525f7cdd1168525797d0047c5bf/5f3d7ee5480  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on March 27, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and MSI STEM R&D Consortium today announced $5 million in funding for two minority-serving universities to support the development of programs that will equip students with the skills needed to succeed in clean energy careers. The funding was administered by the Integrated Strategies Office within DOE's Office o  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 25, 2024: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $22 million to improve planning, siting, and permitting processes for large-scale renewable energy facilities. Six state-based projects will receive $10 million through the Renewable Energy Siting through Technical Engagement  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 28 -- Duane Morris, a law firm, issued the following news release: Duane Morris LLP represented Radial Power in its acquisition of seven photovoltaic projects in upstate New York from RIC Energy. Radial Power is a leading distributed energy platform assisting owners of large real estate portfolios in developing programs to achieve their sustainability, climate and renewable energy objectives. Radial Power's investment in these renewable energy and storage as  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 28 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Today, Granite Shore Power, the operator of New England's last coal-fired power plant, announced that it plans to cease operations at Merrimack Station, the last operating coal-fired power plant in New England, by 2028. The company also announced plans to stop operating Schiller Station in Portsmouth, NH. Merrimack began operation in the 1960s and Schiller i  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- Environmental Entrepreneurs issued the following news release: * * * Threat from Lawmakers Sabotaging Growth * * * Solar panels produced in rural Ohio and Alabama. Electric cars, trucks and buses rolling off assembly lines in Georgia and Tennessee. Cutting-edge batteries coming from the Carolina foothills and the California desert. The U.S. is at the advent of what could be the biggest economic revolution in generations -- as long as lawmakers and politician  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole's disk of gas. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News At the heart of a far-off galaxy, a supermassive black hole appears to have had a case of the hiccups. Astronomers from MIT, Italy, the Czech Republic, and elsewhere have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: An accelerated shift in government policy, corporate policy, and capital deployment strategy are precipitating enormous investment that is driving global growth in climate finance to an estimated $9 trillion by 2030. A new study, "Climate Finance: A Massive Commercial Opportunity for Equipment Finance," released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (Foundat  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: DOE Is Awarding Kraft Heinz Up To $170M Total To Upgrade 10 Facilities Across America, Including Lewis County's, With Heat Pumps And Other Clean Energy Modernizations, Creating Good Paying Jobs And Reducing Annual Emissions by 300,000+ Tons of CO2 Schumer Created Program In The IRA & Infrastructure Laws He Led To Passage To Boost Projects Like The North Country's Kraft Heinz  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Sen.) -- Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-New York, issued the following news release: Funding Will Go To Trillium Health, Rochester General Hospital, Nazareth University, And The Emergency Operations Centers of Livingston Today, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that they have secured $3,173,000 in the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations package to improve health care access and shore up emergency operat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today the Georgia Public Service Commission's Public Interest Advocacy Staff filed settlement terms with Georgia Power on the company's off-cycle Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The terms of this settlement must be approved by Georgia's Public Service Commission. This settlement was made public minutes before the last round of IRP public hearings. The settlement terms expand   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 28 -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The University of New Orleans and Bernhard today announced the completion of a state-of-the-art solar array on the University's campus, which will offset 17% of UNO's annual electric consumption. This initiative marks a significant step forward in UNO's commitment to sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint. Completed in just 10 months, the project comprises 3,300 pane  more

PULLMAN, Washington, March 28 (TNSres) -- Washington State University issued the following news release: Conditions that usually accompany the kind of intense hot and cold weather that strains power grids may also provide greater opportunities to capture solar and wind energy. A Washington State University-led study found that widespread, extreme temperature events are often accompanied by greater solar radiation and higher wind speeds that could be captured by solar panels and wind turbines.   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, March 27 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Working together, a deep-sea robot and human occupied submarine led the discovery * * * The pace of discovery in the oceans leaped forward thanks to teamwork between a deep-sea robot and a human occupied submarine leading to the discovery of five new hydrothermal vents in the eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Late last week, ocean scientists aboard the research vessel   more