WASHINGTON, July 18 -- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, a journal from the American Chemical Society that says it serves the interdisciplinary community of chemists, engineers, physicists and biologists, published research articles on the following topics in its July 17, 2024, edition (Vol. 16, Issue 28). Here are excerpts: * * * Perspectives: * Design Photocatalysts to Boost Carrier Dynamics in Plastics Photoconversion into Fuels Articles: * Integrating Metabolic Oligosaccharide Engi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 17 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following final resolution (No. E-5338) on July 16, 2024: * * * Resolution Approves the Filed Advice Letter (AL) by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) Company Seeking Approval to Conclude the Residential Equity Resiliency Financial Assistance Pilot in the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP). PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves the PG&E Advice Letter 4867-G/7172-E and requires a final pilot report to be sub  more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, July 17 (TNSres) -- Khalifa University issued the following news: * * * With rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and increased frequency of extreme events, the MENA region is at the forefront of the global climate crisis * * * The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is no stranger to extreme weather, but recent research highlights an alarming trend: The climate in this arid region is changing more rapidly and dramatically than ever before.   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: The District's Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE) was awarded $4.6 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to establish an innovative loan fund led by DC Green Bank to boost energy efficiency improvements in affordable housing. Led by DC Green Bank, the loan fund will help make affordable housing greener and help the District achieve its ambitious su  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following news release: What's the story? As Americans prepare to vote this fall, climate change will factor into many voters' decisions at the polls. But amid rising global temperatures and a slew of new federal climate policies, how could climate opinions inform the national conversation? A new survey by researchers at Stanford University and Resources for the Future (RFF) is working to help answer this question. The survey  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news: * * * Prize Will Help Train Manufacturing Workers for a Surge of New Facilities * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners in the first round of the American-Made Upskill Prize for the Solar Manufacturing Workforce (Upskill Prize). The two selected teams will receive up to $500,000 each to implement comprehensive workforce training plans, aim  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, July 18 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Mississippi State University's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems is growing its electric vehicle power capacity thanks to a donation of two Chargepoint EV chargers from CKR Solar. The Florida-based solar, energy storage and home technology company delivered the chargers to CAVS last week, enhancing the ability for CAVS researchers and members of the EcoCAR student competition team to charge electric  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 18 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * $1.2 Million Allocated to Train up to 93 New Employees Statewide * * * The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) approved its monthly allocations of job training funds at the July 2024 Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) board meeting. EDD Acting Secretary Mark Roper announced that eleven companies applied for nearly $1.2 million this month, in preparation   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 17 -- Emory University's School of Law issued the following news release: Two recent Emory Law graduates are semifinalists in an international competition where the ultimate prize is $1 million in investment funding. Bene Owanga 24L and Chinelo Adi 24L are among the 16 semifinalist teams that will travel to the United Kingdom in August to compete for the 15th Annual Hult Prize. More than 9,400 teams initially entered the global competition, which aims to solve some of th  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The National Bankers Association Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Report on Turnkey Model for Leveraging Direct Pay to Advance Solar and Renewable Energy-- A financial solution that makes clean energy financially viable for low-to-moderate-income. Households and communities. * * * Rochdale Capital and National Bankers Association Foundation today released a comprehensive report, A Turnkey Model for Leveraging Direct Pay to Advance Solar and   more

ALBANY, New York, July 17 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * $93 Million Garden Towers Apartments Includes 45 Units Set Aside for Formerly Homeless Seniors With On-Site Access to Support Services * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the opening of Garden Towers Apartments, an affordable 150-unit building for seniors in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. The $93 million development, constructed in partnership with the City of New York, inc  more

ALBANY, New York, July 17 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Selected Teams Will Partner with Leading Real Estate Companies to Advance Their Low Carbon Solutions for Heating Tall Buildings * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced seven finalists in the $10 million Empire Technology Prize, a competitive opportunity for global solution providers launched last October to advance building technologies for low carbon heating system retrofits in tall comm  more

ALBANY, New York, July 18 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * 924-Megawatt Sunrise Wind to Power Approximately 600,000 Homes Once Completed in 2026 New York's Fifth Offshore Wind Solicitation Now Open with Proposals Due September 9 * * * Governor Hochul today announced the start of construction on New York's largest offshore wind project, Sunrise Wind, a 924-megawatt project developed by 0rsted. Once completed, the project will provide  more

FORT WAYNE, Indiana, July 17 -- Indiana Michigan Power, an American Electric Power company, issued the following news release: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), an American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) company, is committed to developing diverse, reliable energy to power customers' homes and businesses. I&M recently filed plans with Michigan regulators for additional generation resources, including solar, wind and natural gas, which will play a key role ensuring I&M can meet its customers' future e  more

NOVELTY, Ohio, July 18 (TNSres) -- ASM International issued the following news: Advancements in optoelectronic semiconductor technology are heavily reliant on the controlled movement of charges and excitons--pairs of electrons and holes--towards specific directions to generate fuel or electricity. Mirroring the mechanism of photosynthesis, where pigments capture solar energy and funnel it to a reaction center for conversion and utilization, photons in this process create electron-hole pairs. Th  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Albuquerque, N.M. Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves and White House CHIPS Coordinator Ryan Harper, along with U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M) to highlight a $24 million investment direct from the CHIPS and Science Act to boost New Mexico's manufac  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 18 -- The Maryland Public Service Commission issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: (BALTIMORE, MD) - Local residents and other interested members of the public are invited to comment on a proposal by Chaberton Solar Bonneville LLC to construct a 5.0 MW solar facility in Harford County. The hearing will take place on Monday, July 29, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. before Public Utility Law Judge Kristin Case Lawrence. The hearing location is the Jarrettsville Branch of  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at the University of Michigan recently awarded more than $1.5 million to support 15 multidisciplinary early-stage to mid-stage research projects with high commercial potential. U-M researchers from the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses, along with faculty from Western Michigan University, Wayne State Universi  more

ALBANY, New York, July 18 -- The New York State Homes and Community Renewal issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * $93 Million Garden Towers Apartments Includes 45 Units Set Aside for Formerly Homeless Seniors with On-Site Access to Support Services * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the opening of Garden Towers Apartments, an affordable 150-unit building for seniors in the Morrisania neighborhood of the Bronx. The $93 million development, constructed in partnersh  more

LA JOLLA, California, July 18 -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: A dozen buildings on the University of California San Diego campus. All of the campus' solar panels. All the chargers for electric vehicles. More than 2,400 light fixtures. More than 800 smart plugs. These are some of the assets that DERConnect, a National Science Foundation-funded testbed for the powergrid, will be able to control on the UC San Diego campus. The team held a ribbon cutting  more

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 17 (TNSres) -- The University of the Witwatersrand issued the following news: * * * The pioneering technology from Wits is transforming energy access with its new impact-driven Champion Franchise Model. * * * Peco Power, a trailblazer in sustainable energy solutions developed at Wits University, recently introduced this innovative approach, a Rent-to-Own Electricity and Champion Model, to the Nomzamo Agricultural Village in Ermelo in Mpumalanga, South Africa.  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined Representatives John Curtis (R-UT) and Scott Peters (D-CA) to introduce legislation designed to support American businesses and ensure fair competition on the global stage. The Providing Reliable, Objective, Verifiable Emissions Intensity and Transparency (PROVE IT) Act would provide high-quality, verifiable data about emissions of U.S.-made products in compari  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, July 17 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: A shift in Antarctica's melting trends and slushy Arctic ice pushes warming from changing sea ice toward the upper limits of climate model estimates In this view from the Terra satellite, chunks of sea ice appear as white swirls off the coast of Greenland. As the ice thins and darkens, it reflects less sunlight than solid ice sheets, speeding up global heating. Image credit: NASA's Earth Observatory. Study:   more

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, July 18 -- The U.S. Embassy in Tanzania issued the following news release: The United States, India, and Tanzania have launched a Triangular Development Partnership to strengthen energy infrastructure and promote renewable energy development in Tanzania. This unique clean energy alliance is the first of its kind on the African continent. The trilateral partnership, being implemented by the U.S.-based nonprofit organization, The Asia Foundation, will leverage each countr  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The White House issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration announces $5 billion for new infrastructure projects and releases new tools for Americans to see how the President's actions are lowering costs and benefiting their daily lives * * * This week, the Biden-Harris Administration will launch its fifth Investing in America tour: Investing in America, Made in America. President Biden's Cabinet and White House officials will   more