SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: California is boosting battery storage projects across the state - an important part of the state's transition to 100% clean electricity. California today approved a $42 million grant to International Electric Power to build a long-duration energy storage project at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. The project will provide electricity to the statewide gri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Senators Collecting Feedback on Revised Foreign Pollution Fee Act Through January 2025 Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released a new discussion draft of their Foreign Pollution Fee Act to level the playing field with Chinese manufacturing and expand American production for public comment. The discussion draft comes after Cassidy's "Louisiana Energy Security Summit: Unleashing  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 11 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Virginia Tech is powering up for a more sustainable future with the completion of four new solar array projects across the Blacksburg campus. Through careful planning and thoughtful collaboration, the solar arrays are now live and working toward Virginia Tech's Climate Action Commitment goals. The new solar arrays, which were installed on Sterrett Center, Durham Hall, McComas Hall, and the Virginia-Maryland College of   more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * 160th community solar project in northern Illinois to serve Boone County and local businesses * * * ComEd President and CEO Gil Quiniones, Illinois Commerce Commission Chairman Doug Scott, Boone County Board Chairman Karl Johnson and representatives of Ameresco, Inc. cut the ribbon today on a community solar p  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 -- Consolidated Edison, a provider of energy-related products and services, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: At a ceremony tonight in the Bronx, Con Edison is awarding $4 million in grants to six nonprofits for their creative approaches to combatting the effects of extreme heat and other climate-related weather events on disadvantaged and marginalized communities across the five boroughs and Westchester County. "Con Edison is proud to invest in these partne  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11284) on Dec. 9, 2024, by Asian trade and finance specialist Karen M. Sutter. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S.-China Trade Relations The People's Republic of China (PRC or China) is the second-largest global economy and has been a top U.S. and global trading partner since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001. China is a key export market for U.S. aircraft, agriculture, se  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * 13 years of research come to life with a high-resolution view of a hybrid catalyst that combines platinum nanoparticles and protein complexes * * * By Amber Rose Argonne and Yale researchers shed light on the structure of a photosynthetic hybrid for the first time, enabling advancements in clean energy production. Photosynthesis is one of the most efficient nat  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following news: By Michael Matz * * * Key Takeaways * Better-performing film capacitors are needed for safe, reliable electric vehicles and renewable energy, but it's challenging to find suitable materials. * To accelerate the discovery of breakthrough materials, researchers developed a machine-learning technique to rapidly screen tens of thousands of polymer compounds and identified severa  more

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 11 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Pioneering advances in quantum computing, sustainable biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and biomedical innovation have earned six faculty members Research Excellence Awards, the highest research honor given annually by Cornell Engineering. The awards were presented at a Cornell Engineering faculty reception held on Dec. 10. Recipients are nominated by their departments and selected by a committee for more than just  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 12 -- The Minnesota Utilities Commission issued the following decision involving CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. dba CenterPoint Energy Minnesota Gas, Greater Minnesota Gas Inc., Great Plains Natural Gas Co., Minnesota Energy Resources Corp., Minnesota Power and Xcel Energy: * * * INTRODUCTION DECISION ITEMS 1. Details 2020-158 ** E015/M-20-607 Minnesota Power In the Matter of Minnesota Power's Petition for Approval of its New SolarSense Customer Solar Progra  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Understanding compound energy droughts can help utilities plan ahead and invest in energy storage * * * On a power grid partly supported by wind turbines, solar panels and hydropower turbines, weather and climate patterns can significantly affect how much power is produced. And as more wind and solar are added to the grid, utilities will need to understand how seasonal   more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 12 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that Peak Energy, the first American venture to advance sodium-ion battery systems, has selected Broomfield, Colorado for expansion. By developing sodium-ion battery cells in Colorado, the startup will strengthen the national supply chain   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * The bill also approves a multi-million-dollar treatment plant for the Red Hill water shaft * * * U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) announced that the full U.S. House has approved the final version of the $883.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is the major annual measure authorizing and directing our national defense. The FY 2025 NDAA now goes to the U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Steptoe, a law firm, issued the following news release: (New York) -- Steptoe LLP represented the lenders, arrangers, green loan coordinators and issuing banks on a series of four construction financings for renewable energy power projects being developed and built in Oklahoma, Illinois, Missouri and Texas by Invenergy. The first was a $1.17 billion Green Loan Principles-aligned build-transfer project financing for the Wagon Wheel Wind Energy Center in Logan, Garfield, N  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2024: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today announced tariff increases under Section 301 for imports from the People's Republic of China of certain tungsten products, wafers, and polysilicon. The rates for solar wafers and polysilicon will increase to 50 percent, and the rates for certain tungsten products will increase to 25 percent. These tariff increase  more