TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 23 (TNSres) -- The Florida Public Service Commission issued the following news release: As in past years, more consumers are generating and using renewable energy, according to electric utility reports filed with the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC). Over the past year, customer-sited renewable generation installations increased approximately 31 percent, and electric generation capacity from these systems increased 32 percent (see chart). Solar photovoltaic pan  more

ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Aberdeen issued the following news: An Aberdeen academic has been recognised as one of the most promising future science and research leaders in the country by being awarded a coveted Future Leaders Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). Dr Ieuan Seymour, from the School of Natural and Computing Sciences, has received a pound sterling1.2M research award from the UKRI's Future Leaders Fellowship scheme to further his research i  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 22 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Research at Virginia Tech is about to get a boost through a new high-performance computing system available through Advanced Research Computing, a unit of the Division of Information Technology. The university's central resource for high-performance computing (HPC), Advanced Research Computing provides systems also known as "clusters," storage, and visualization resources and is staffed by a team of computational scienti  more

LOS ANGELES, California, July 23 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Center will lead to new technologies and workforce development * * * By Amy Blumenthal A team from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, led by Behnam Jafarpour, professor of chemical engineering and material science at USC, has received funding from the National Science Foundation to establish a center  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated July 17, 2024, from Air Products, Allentown, Pennsylvania: * * * To: Document Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140 Washington, DC 20590-0001 Docket ID No. NHTSA-2024-0006 RE: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Compressed Hydrogen Storage Sys  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated July 17, 2024, from Hyundai Motor Group: * * * To: Ms. Sophie Shulman, Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590-0001 Subject: Proposed FMVSS 307 and 308 for Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0006, published April  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated July 17, 2024, from Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus LLC and Glickenhaus Zero LLC: * * * To: Ms. Sophie Shulman, Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0006 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrog  more

KLAGENFURT, Austria, July 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Klagenfurt issued the following news: The war between Russia and Ukraine, for example, does not only affect the trade in gas and oil, but also the market for metallic minerals, which Europe urgently needs to boost the energy transition. A research project from the field of economics is investigating how trade in mineral commodities is linked to geopolitical risks. Europe has committed to the energy transition in order to mitigate human  more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senators Manchin (I-WV) and Barrasso (R-WY) released the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 to enhance energy security and improve permitting for energy infrastructure projects. In April, more than 200 solar and storage companies called for comprehensive permitting reforms that open federal lands to clean energy, modernize the grid, and build out transmission capacit  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, July 23 -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: By Russ Nelson With the number of electric vehicles (EVs) in the United States projected to skyrocket to 26.4 million by 2030, the need is great for not only producing, but improving, the safety and efficiency of the batteries that power them, as well as cell phones, autonomous unmanned vehicles and smart electronics. Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Ala  more