WEINHEIM, Germany, Dec. 21 -- 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. 20, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 47). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review * Prospective of Magnetron Sputtering for Interface Design in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries * Electro-Chemo-Mechanical Degradation in Solid-State Batteries: A Re  more

DENVER, Colorado, Dec. 21 -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news: Holland & Hart advised Copia Power (Copia), a Carlyle portfolio company, in a $1.2 billion construction-to-term loan financing to fund the construction of its Harquahala Sun 1 and Harquahala Sun 2 solar plus storage projects, located in Maricopa County, Arizona, outside of Phoenix. The firm served as real estate counsel on the financing, one of the first structured with a non-recourse tax credit transfer brid  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 21 -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Refiled plan meets all requirements and aligns with State's Climate and Equitable Jobs Act * * * The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) yesterday approved, with modifications, ComEd's refiled grid plan presented in March of 2024 after changes to the original plan were requested by the ICC in December of 2023. It prioritizes improvements in system reliability to  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 21 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz represented the US Department of Energy (DoE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) in the closing of a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Hanwha Q Cells Georgia, Inc. (QCells), a leading North American crystalline silicon solar manufacturer. The loan guarantee will support Qcells' solar supply chain facility in Cartersville, Georgia, which will produce ingots, wafers, cells, and finished solar panels. The facility  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Dec. 21 -- The New Mexico Department of Economic Development issued the following news release: * * * Economic Development Department approves $2.2 M in training reimbursements for December * * * For the final month of 2024, the Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) board approved $2.2 million in reimbursement funds to support up to 122 trainees and interns, announced the New Mexico Economic Development (EDD) Cabinet Secretary-Designate Rob Black. Each month the JTIP   more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 21 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 19-M-0463) on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Consolidated Billing for Distributed Energy Resources. ORDER APPROVING NET CREDITING FOR VOLUMETRIC COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PROJECTS BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION On October 20, 2023, the Joint Utilities filed a petition for approval of a volumetric community distributed generation (CDG) Net Crediting program (Petition  more

BELLEVUE, Washington, Dec. 21 -- Puget Sound Energy issued the following news release: * * * Power Purchase Agreement will provide up to 7.8 million MWh of firm hydroelectric power backed by capacity * * * Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is proud to sign on with Brookfield Renewable to receive up to 7.8 million MWh of carbon free energy backed by firm capacity from Brookfield's clean energy portfolio in the Pacific Northwest. The Brookfield Hydro Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) will allow PSE to ac  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 21 -- 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 Jan. 7, 2025, edition (Vol. 9, Issue 1). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Review Article * Recent advances in atomically dispersed M-N-C coupled Pt-based oxygen reduction catalysts * Lignin as a sustainable precursor for electrodes and e  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: On December 17, 2024, U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar, U.S. Department of State Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations' Ambassador William Moser, embassy leadership, and Mexican government officials gathered to dedicate the new U.S. Embassy Mexico City. This milestone event celebrates a facility designed to support one of the United States' most significant diplomatic missions. The dedic  more

BOULDER, Colorado, Dec. 21 -- Western Resource Advocates issued the following news release: * * * The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved NV Energy's 2025-2027 Integrated Resource Plan, including new methane gas units and one of the weakest transportation electrification plans in the region. * * * CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada today approved, in large part, NV Energy's 2025-2027 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), including 400 megawatts of new methane   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2024: * * * Western Solar Plan gets green light * * * Today, the Bureau of Land Management issued the Record of Decision for its updated Western Solar Plan, which will guide responsible solar energy development on public lands in 11 states across the West. The western US has exceptional renewable energy potential and some of our nation's best solar, wind and geothermal resources are found on public   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: * * * Research offers potential understanding of habitability on ocean worlds in the outer solar system * * * A new study about Earth's northernmost seafloor hydrothermal system shows even more variety in vent styles than previously thought. This has important implications for understanding the origin of these vents and assessing the global-scale impact of hydrothermal acti  more