WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on June 25, 2024: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the final winning teams in the Collegiate Track of the American-Made Community Energy Innovation Prize. In the IMPACT Phase of the prize, the three winning student-led teams demonstrated how their projects brought the benefits of clean energy to underserved communities with measurable impacts. The te  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 25, 2024: * * * DOE's Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative Recognized for Advancing the Sustainability and Climate Resilience of the U.S. Government in Ways That Cut Energy Costs, Reduce Emissions, and Grow Our Economy * * * Today, the White House announced the recipients of the Presidential Federal Sustainability Awards, which recognized the Department of Energy's (DOE) Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative. T  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen (both D-Md.) joined local leaders and partners in Frederick and Howard Counties to highlight $2,810,000 in direct federal investments for three community projects. The lawmakers first visited the Village of Burkittsville, where they were joined by Mayor Michael Robinson, State Senator William Folden, Councilmember Jerry Donald, and members of the Burkittsville Vi  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, June 26 (TNSres) -- Constellation, a retail supplier of power, natural gas and energy products and services for homes and businesses, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: * * * Continued positive momentum for nuclear energy propels investment in Constellation's existing fleet as policymakers, customers and communities increasingly recognize the value of reliable, clean energy * * * Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation's largest producer of carbon-free   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity highlights safety net health care providers using Inflation Reduction Act funds and tax credits to decarbonize their communities and protect patients The HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) published two case studies today highlighting how Boston Medical Center and OhioHealth, a pair of nonprofit safety net health care   more

NEW YORK, June 25 -- IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, a peer-reviewed journal from the IEEE Power and Energy Society that says it embraces the innovation in electric apparatus for power delivery with a focus on power transmission and distribution components, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol, 39, Issue 3). Here are excerpts: * * * * A Novel Single-Ended Transient-Based Boundary Protection Based on the Instantaneous Energy of Traveling Waves   more

PISCATAWAY, New Jersey, June 26 -- IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, a peer-reviewed journal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers that says it features grid-integration and control of energy technologies and systems, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 quarterly edition (Vol. 15, Issue 3). Here are excerpts: * * * * Control System of Multi-Port Autonomous Reconfigurable Solar Power Plant (MARS) & HIL Platforms for Design * A Novel  more

ALBANY, New York, June 26 -- The Interstate Renewable Energy Council issued the following news release: IREC is excited to welcome five interns to the team this summer to help with each of our program areas--Regulatory, Workforce, Local Initiatives, and Communications! While IREC has envisioned a formal internship program for some time, capacity constraints prevented the program from becoming a reality until Hannah Rome, Operations Manager, joined IREC in November of 2023. Hannah, the leader   more

LONDON, England, June 26 -- 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 July 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 12, Issue 25). Here are excerpts: * Recent advancements in radiative cooling textiles for personal thermal management * Advances in organic adsorption on hydrophilic hierar  more

LONDON, England, June 26 -- Nature Energy, a journal that says it features natural, social and behavioural sciences, economics and multi-billion-dollar global industries, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 9, Issue 6): Research Highlights: * Relieving stress for stability * Puerto Rico's energy transition News & Views: * Solvent effects in Li-mediated synthesis * Equitable rooftop photovoltaics deployment * More ions in, less power out * En  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Institute for Local Self-Reliance issued the following agency statement on June 25, 2024: * * * Over eight gigawatts of new power generation capacity went online in the first quarter of 2024 and nearly all of this capacity was renewable. 85 percent of new capacity was from solar generation, with 5.5 gigawatts of large-scale solar and 1.7 gigawatts of distributed solar. Wind energy buildout contributed just over a gigawatt, while fossil gas development dropped to a ne  more

NEW YORK, June 26 -- White and Case, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm White & Case LLP has expanded its Global Project Development and Finance Practice, Global Energy Industry Group and US Construction Practice with the addition of Peter Berg as a partner in Houston. "We are delighted to welcome Peter to our growing Global Project Development and Finance Practice, as we continue to strengthen our first class, front-end construction transactional practice in the Am  more

NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland, June 26 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on June 25, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the 2024 SelectUSA Investment Summit held at Gaylord Convention Center: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good morning, everyone. Great to see this room full of folks, to see all of you here today. And I want to begin by thanking my friend, my colleague, Secretary Raimondo, as well as Deputy Secretary Graves at the Commerce Department, everyone at Commerce for  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, June 25 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: A new study led by team members at UC Santa Cruz have used a complex computer model to investigate how the influence of low gravity, as found on ocean worlds in our outer solar system, could influence flows of water and heat below their seafloors. The work was conducted as part of a multi-institutional "Exploring Ocean Worlds" NASA program, led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst  more

LONDON, England, June 26 -- Sustainable Energy and Fuels, a peer-reviewed journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry that says it features the development of sustainable energy technologies, published research articles on the following topics in its July 7, 2024, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 13): * Effect of the Ca/P ratio of Ni-loaded hydroxyapatite on the catalytic decomposition of biomass tar at low temperatures * A graphite/amorphous diamond coupled framework with high ORR and OER performance a  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, June 26 (TNSres) -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * It is Jupiter's most recognisable feature - a storm that has been raging for hundreds of years - but up until now little has been known about how activity at the gas giant's Great Red Spot affects its surroundings overhead. * * * Thanks to images taken by the world's largest deep-space telescope, scientists have now been able to reveal fascinating new details about the effect the  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) joined local leaders and partners in Frederick and Howard Counties to highlight $2,810,000 in direct federal investments for three community projects. The lawmakers first visited the Village of Burkittsville, where they were joined by Mayor Michael Robinson, State Senator William Folden, Councilmember Jerry Donald, and members of the Burkittsvi  more