WEINHEIM, Germany, Dec. 7 -- Advanced Energy Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it contributes on materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion and storage, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 6, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 45): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Recent Advances in the Large-Scale Production of Photo/Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and beyond * Coupled Photochemical Storage Materials in Solar Recharg  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 7 -- Advanced Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 36, Issue 49): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Sensing Interfaces Engineering for Organic Thin Film Transistors-Based Biosensors: Opportunities and Challenges *  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 7 -- Advanced Materials, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 27, 2024, edition (Vol. 36, Issue 48): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Physical Field Effects to Suppress Polysulfide Shuttling in Lithium-Sulfur Battery * Inspiration from Visual Eco  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: TWIN FALLS, Idaho-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today approved the Lava Ridge Wind Project northeast of Twin Falls, Idaho, which could power as many as 500,000 homes with clean energy, while creating hundreds of jobs and supporting local and regional economies. The project footprint reduces the area disturbed from the initial proposal by half, decreases the number of turb  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. The Bureau of Land Management today approved the Easley Solar project proposed on approximately 2,700 acres of BLM-managed public lands and 990 acres of private lands in Riverside County. The project is expected to generate up to 390 megawatts of photovoltaic solar energy and 650 megawatts of battery storage capacity, delivering reliable clean energy to the  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Dec. 6 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: New research finds hard carbon in rice hull ash, providing a cheap, domestic source of the material that can replace graphite in lithium-ion or sodium-ion battery anodes The porous carbon network left behind after removing silicon from rice hull ash, imaged with scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). credit: Yu et al., 2024. Study: An unexpected source of hard carbon, rice hull ash, provides unexpe  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * U.K. Wind Curtailment Costs $1.3B in 2024 Written by Sarah Montalbano The United Kingdom is experiencing record curtailment costs for wind power in 2024. Curtailment costs are the costs associated with reducing electricity supply when demand is lower. Because wind and solar are over  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 7 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TRANSPORTATION 1. PROCEEDING NO. 22A-0452R Colorado Department of Transportation IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN OF TIMNATH, FOR AUTHORITY TO INSTALL 4-QUADRANT FLASHING LIGHT SIGNALS WITH GATES, BELLS, CONSTANT WARNING TIME CIRCUITRY, NEW SIGNAL CABIN AND EXTEND CONCRETE CROSSING MATERIAL FO  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 7 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: * * * ComEd pilot aims to explore scalability of solar and energy storage solutions to support a more resilient power grid * * * ComEd, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), today celebrated the commissioning of a new battery-energy storage system in Rockford. This battery system is a critical component of ComEd's ongoing $6.5 million solar and batte  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Today, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson issued the following statement in response to the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Final Record of Decision announcement on the Lava Ridge Wind Project. "From the beginning, I have made it abundantly clear that the Lava Ridge Wind Project is completely out of touch with the values and needs of our state," said Rep. Simpson. "Despite having near-unanimous opposition in Ida  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 7 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: DNV has completed an extensive technical review of eight new solar photovoltaic modules from Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies, covering various aspects including technologies, sustainability, field testing, compatibility, and levelized cost of energy (LCOE). DNV's comp  more

PALO ALTO, California, Dec. 7 -- The Electric Power Research Institute issued the following news release: More than two dozen companies from across the global energy value chain have today launched the public-private Mercury Consortium. Conceived by Kraken, drawing inspiration from Ericsson's pivotal role in the development of the Bluetooth connectivity standards, the consortium will be managed by EPRI, an independent, non-profit R&D organization dedicated to advancing clean, affordable, and r  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Dec. 7 -- Electronics, a peer-reviewed open access journal on the science of electronics and its applications, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 13, Issue 23): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * Article - A Coloring-Based Packet Loss Rate Measurement Scheme on Network Nodes * Article - A Container Escape Detection Method Based on a Dependency Graph * Article - A Doodle-Based Control for Characters in Story Visual  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release on Dec. 6, 2024: BOSTON -- A panel of experts on Thursday discussed renewable energy in America and the trends, opportunities and challenges as the nation transitions away from fossil fuels. The webinar, organized by Environment America Research & Policy Center, featured experts who explained how, despite obstacles, renewable energy technologies like solar, wind, electrical vehicles and batter  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 7 -- The Journal of Applied Polymer Science, a peer-reviewed journal that says it covers polymers, including membranes, energy conversion and storage and biomedical implants, published research articles on the following topics in its Jan. 5, 2025, edition (Vol. 142, Issue 1): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * * A modified microscale viscosity model of polymer melts and experimental verification * Catechin as a functional additive in electrospun PCL/gelatin/nHA   more

TROY, Michigan, Dec. 5 -- The Kresge Foundation issued the following news on Dec. 4, 2024: * * * The Kresge-backed loan will help drive an equitable transition to renewable energy with a focus on solar and solar-plus storage * * * Sunwealth, a clean energy impact investment firm, announced today a $30 million construction loan facility with the Urban Investment Group (UIG) at Goldman Sachs Alternatives to develop solar, solar-plus-storage and standalone storage projects across the United Sta  more

MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- La Trobe University issued the following news release: * * * A smart irrigation system powered by artificial intelligence can tell sugarcane farmers when and where to water their crops in an advance that could one day revolutionise agriculture - and help preserve the health of the Great Barrier Reef. * * * Developed by Victoria's La Trobe University for far-north Queensland ag-tech company Aglantis, the intelligent irrigation system uses the Internet   more

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 7 (TNSres) -- The Queensland University of Technology issued the following news: QUT is celebrating the award of $9.87 million ARC Discovery grants to fund 16 projects. The multidisciplinary research teams will delve into a wide range of disciplines from psychology, and education to robotics and chemistry to generate new knowledge beneficial to solving problems in climate change mitigation, reducing teacher workloads, and renewable energy. * * * The recipients are:   more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 7 -- Small, a peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for experimental and theoretical studies of fundamental and applied interdisciplinary research, published research articles on the following topics in its Dec. 5, 2024, edition (Vol. 20, Issue 49): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Navigating the Landscape of Dry Assembling Ordered Particle Structures: Can Solvents Become Obsolete? * Electronic Structure Regulated Carbon-Based Single-Atom Catal  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 7 -- 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 Dec. 21, 2024, edition (Vol. 8, Issue 24): Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review Article * Emergence of carbon dots as luminescent solar concentrators for building integrated photovoltaics * Representative modeling of MXene-based hybrid  more