WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: * * * Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy 2024 (IGNIITE 2024) Focuses on Empowering Next Generation of Researchers to Advance U.S. Leadership in the Clean Energy Transition * * * Today, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced approximately $11.5 million in funding through its new Inspir  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * Funding From the President's Investing in America Agenda Will Fund Energy Efficiency Improvements and Upgrades, Save Energy, and Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Communities Across the Country * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $18.5 million to four states and 20 local governments for the next round of formula grants through   more

UPTON, New York, June 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: Elke Arenholz, a renowned scientist known for her expertise in magnetic materials and X-ray spectroscopy, scattering, imaging, and instrument development, has been named director of the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science user facility at DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory, effective August 2024.   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on June 27, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER23-1067-002) involving PJM Interconnection LLC: * * * I dissent because the Commission's order on rehearing, like the underlying order, is both procedurally and substantively unfair to resources that combine energy storage with another technology such as solar.[1] First, an important part of PJM  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on June 27, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. ER23-150-000) involving Southern Power Co.: * * * I dissent because the Commission's Order authorizes affiliate transactions between Southern Power Company (Southern) and Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power), despite evidence that Georgia Power may have designed a Request for Proposals (RFP) proces  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: FERC today invited the public to comment on a potential framework that would make more efficient and cost-effective use of the power grid by requiring the application of dynamic line ratings (DLR), which use up-to-date forecasts of weather conditions to improve the accuracy and transparency of transmission line ratings. Transmission line ratin  more