NEW YORK, May 17 -- Carlyle Group issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: NEW YORK, NY and BOSTON, MA -- Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced that it has entered into a $450 million forward flow agreement to purchase newly issued residential solar loans from Sungage Financial ("Sungage"), a leading provider of solar financing. In addition, Carlyle made a strategic investment into Sungage Financial. This partnership will enable Sungage Financial to increase thei  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Casten Announces Selections for FY2025 Community Project Funding, Would Bring More Than $40M to Address Chicagoland Priorities Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) announced his Community Funding Projects for FY 2025, which could bring a total of $40,544,332 in federal funding to the Chicagoland community. The 15 projects requested by Rep. Casten will improve health care education, build out   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 17 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: Despite continued challenges facing the electric grid, including more severe weather as a result of climate change and increased demand from electric vehicles (EVs) and other electrified technologies, ComEd in the four months of 2024 delivered improved reliability as compared to the same period in 2023. Customers saw a 13% reduction in the number of power outages and a 72% reduction in o  more

BOULDER, Colorado, May 17 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news on May 16, 2024: * * * Researchers brave cold, blustery conditions to install scientific instruments that monitor heat, moisture, ice structure * * * On May 1, 2024, an engineer, a graduate student, and three research scientists disembarked a military airplane in the middle of the Greenland Ice Sheet with three large pallets of camping gear, tools, instruments, and half a   more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced eight new Biden-Harris Administration appointees joining the DOE team to work alongside U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm in combating climate change and helping the United States achieve President Biden's ambitious clean energy goals. With these new hires, DOE appointees continue to make up an historically diverse team with 59% women, 59% people of colo  more

WASHINGTON, May 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * 18 Projects in 10 States Will Supercharge the U.S. Clean Energy Supply Chain and Open New Markets for Solar Technologies * * * 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 a $71 million investment, including $16 million from the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, in research, de  more

PALO ALTO, California, May 17 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release: EPRI, in collaboration with Southern Company and Storworks, has recently completed testing of a pilot concrete thermal energy storage (CTES) system at Alabama Power's Ernest C. Gaston Electric Generating plant (Gaston) marking the largest such pilot in the world. The technology was developed by Storworks. The 10-megawatt hour electric (MWhe) energy storage solution is charged using heat fr  more

NEW YORK, May 17 -- New Economy Project posted the following news release on May 15, 2024: On Wednesday, lawmakers joined community and labor groups at the Capitol to demand Albany bring public banking to New York this legislative session. The coalition declared its strong support for a new bill, the Bank of Rochester Act (S9326/A10134) and continued to call for passage of the broadly-supported New York Public Banking Act (S1754/A3352). The New York Public Banking Act, first introduced in 2019  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 17 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Bedrock Materials, a pioneering battery technology startup, along with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Intersect Illinois and World Business Chicago, announced it has chosen to locate its research & development (R&D) headquarters in Chicago. The company plans to expand its R&D and manufacturing footprint in Illinois, after it recently closed $9 milli  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement on the Biden Administration's announcement of several actions intended to strengthen domestic solar manufacturing and protect manufacturers and workers from China's unfair trade practices. Congresswoman Kaptur has tirelessly pushed  more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, May 18 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Carolinas has reached a settlement agreement with almost all parties, including certain consumer, environmental and industrial groups in South Carolina, for its rate review request filed in January of this year - the first such request by the company since 2018. If the agreement is approved by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC), the total increase will be approximately $240 mil  more

ALBANY, New York, May 18 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: * * * 11 Projects Across the State Will Leverage More Than $16.2 Million in Public/Private Funding to Support More Than 1,700 Trainees for Over 60 Business Partners Launch of Improved Guidelines Will Streamline Awards Process and Scale Best Practices Across the State - Read Guidelines Here and Here * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the New York State Office of Strategic Wo  more

ALBANY, New York, May 18 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on May 17, 2024: * * * The Grove Will Create New Affordable Housing Opportunities in East Patchogue, Including Apartments with Supportive Services Builds on Governor's Commitment to Increase Housing Supply Across New York * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced construction has begun on The Grove, a 55-unit mixed-use, affordable and supportive housing development in East Patchogue. The newly con  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: Hello, For decades, American infrastructure has been crumbling, outdated, and dangerously lagging behind our peers across the globe. Thanks to the historic legislation Democrats have passed under President Joe Biden's leadership, we're back in action and building a better America. To date, the Biden administration has announced $454 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 56,000 projects acr  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Harriet Hageman sent a letter to the Bureau of Land Management yesterday voicing strong concerns over their proposed Western Solar Plan that threatens the long-standing multiple-use mandate for millions of federally-managed acres throughout the West. She was joined by Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse and 6 others Members of Congress. "President Biden is continuing his war on the American  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: Today, Representative Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) was joined by Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and six Caucus Members in expressing concerns over the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) proposed revamp of the 2012 Western Solar Plan. "President Biden is continuing his war on the American West with this latest attempt to prop up unreliable energy to the detriment of the natio  more

SAN MATEO, California, May 17 -- Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-California, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Kevin Mullin (CA-15) led a national coalition of lawmakers to submit several requests in the FY25 House Appropriations package. These requests encompass a wide range of issues including emergency preparedness, clean energy, higher education and election integrity. The House Appropriations Committee will now review these requests for consideration in the FY25 Appropriations package. "T  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following statement on May 16, 2024: * * * Today the Biden administration announced new trade measures and policy guidance intended to support America's clean energy industry and uplift domestic manufacturers. The administration also released long-awaited guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act's domestic content bonus credit, one of the major policies driving clean energy manufacturing growth in America. Following is a   more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: * * * Today, the Biden administration announced actions to boost domestic solar manufacturing and deployment of American-made solar panels, including closing the Trump-era Section 201 tariff exemption for imported bifacial, or double-sided, solar panels. These bifacial modules now account for more than 98 percent of US imports, resulting in less than 2 percent of imports being subjected to Section 201 duti  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 (TNSres) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: The United States has officially exceeded five million solar installations, marking a significant achievement in the nation's clean energy transition. This milestone comes just eight years after the U.S. reached one million installations in 2016 -- a milestone that took 40 years to achieve following the first grid-connected solar installation in 1973. According to data rele  more

STANFORD, California, May 17 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at Stanford have found a genetic pathway that facilitates interspecies communication between a marine worm, acoel, and its symbiotic algae. * * * Many organisms are far more complex than just a single species. Humans, for example, are full of a variety of microbes. Some creatures have even more special connections, though. Acoels, unique marine worms that regenerate their bodies   more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 18 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: By Jim Shelton The CHASE is on to develop a new generation of liquid fuels that are activated by sunlight, and Yale researchers are helping to lead the way. Over the past decade, basic research aimed at creating sustainable, solar-powered liquid fuel has reached a crossroads. New semiconductor materials can effectively capture sunlight and catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide into valuable products, suc  more