WASHINGTON, June 15 -- ACS Energy Letters, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society that says it features scientific advances in applied sciences, published research articles on the following topics in its June 14, 2024, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 6). Here are excerpts: * * * Viewpoints: * Hydrogen Evolution from a Spurious Source * Standardizing the Thermodynamic Definition of Daytime Subambient Radiative Cooling Perspectives: * Tin-Halide Perovskites for Near-Infrared Ligh  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, June 14 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on June 13, 2024: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced the commercial operations and dedication ceremony for Kupono Solar. The solar and battery storage facility, located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex, is now operational a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: By unraveling vibrational signatures and observing ion exchanges, an Oak Ridge National Laboratory team revealed how chemical species form in a highly reactive molten salt mixture of aluminum chloride and potassium chloride. Mixtures of chloride salts are often used in electrochemical studies essential in understanding battery performance. Determining chloride's bas  more

ERLANGEN, Germany, June 14 -- The Friedrich-Alexander University issued the following news: Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) has retained its position as one of the most innovative universities not only in Germany, but worldwide, and also remains a world leader when it comes to sustainability. These are the findings of the latest "Impact Ranking" from the British education magazine Times Higher Education (THE). The ranking evaluates how universities across the world contr  more

WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Emily Winget, Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists and engineers received the prestigious Department of Navy Dr. Delores M. Etter Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year Award, June 12, during an awards ceremony hosted at the Pentagon. "The Top Scientists and Engineers of the Year award program recognizes and acknowledges the excellence   more

STANFORD, California, June 15 (TNSres) -- Stanford University issued the following news release: * * * A Stanford team aims to improve options for renewable energy storage through work on an emerging technology - liquids for hydrogen storage. * * * As California transitions rapidly to renewable fuels, it needs new technologies that can store power for the electric grid. Solar power drops at night and declines in winter. Wind power ebbs and flows. As a result, the state depends heavily on nat  more

MOSCOW, Idaho, June 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Idaho issued the following news release: University of Idaho is among five land grant universities nationwide recruited to pilot a two-year 4-H leadership program culminating with each participating youth planning and implementing a research-based community service project. In late May, U of I, Auburn University, Rutgers University, The Ohio State University and University of Minnesota each brought a team of five high school sophomores, know  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 13 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researchers at the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center are working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on a six-year grant to investigate runoff quality and quantity downstream from utility-scale solar sites. "The study is intended to improve design guidance for modeling and monitoring of solar power sites across Virginia," said David   more

WASHINGTON, June 15 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on June 14, 2024: * * * The 2024 G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy President Biden and G7 leaders stood united at the G7 Summit in Apulia, Italy, taking bold action to meet the tests of our time: supporting Ukraine's fight for freedom and driving up the costs of Russia's war, pushing back on unfair economic practices, tackling the climate crisis and food and health insecurity, harnessing critical technologies for the b  more