FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, April 29 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Completes Comprehensive Upgrades at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College The $1.6M Design-Build Project Enhances Campus Resiliency and Sustainability while Delivering Cost Savings and Enhanced Efficiency FRAMINGHAM, MA and Fennimore, WI - April 28, 2025 - Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC), a leading energy solutions provi  more

FOLSOM, California, April 29 -- The California Independent System Operator issued the following news release: * * * California ISO releases 2024-2025 Draft Transmission Plan Stakeholder call scheduled for April 15 to review the plan and collect feedback FOLSOM, Calif. - The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has released its draft 2024-2025 Transmission Plan, recommending 31 total projects costing an estimated $4.8 billion at buildout. The vast majority of the projects - 28 of the   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated April 2, 2025, from Mandy Lee, Global Government and Regulatory Affairs senior director of Orbia Fluor and Energy Materials dba Koura, Waltham, Massachusetts: * * * To: Marcy Card Existing Chemicals Risk Assessment Division (7403M) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: EPA-HQ- OPPT-201  more

TUCSON, Arizona, April 29 -- Tucson Electric Power issued the following news release: * * * Flawed Energy Study Delivers False Promises to City of Tucson In Brief * The initial draft of an energy study conducted for the City of Tucson is compromised by flawed assumptions about how much time and money would be needed to form a municipal utility. * The study ignores factors that would increase Tucson's energy costs, reduce reliability and drive a city-run utility's rates higher in the future   more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has released the following public communication dated April 10, 2025, from Graphyte Inc.: * * * To: Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Passthroughs & Special Industries) Internal Revenue Service CC:PA:01:PR (Notice 2025-10) RE: Notice 2025-10, Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit; Request for Public Comments * * * We submit this letter in support of including Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage (Bi  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, April 28 -- The University of Michigan posted the following news: * * * Michigan Minds podcast: Reasons for hope amid grim climate news EXPERT ADVISORY Climate expert Jonathan Overpeck, dean of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, does not sugarcoat things. The words "scary," "depressing" and "devastating" come up when he talks about the impacts of climate change, including record warmth and drought conditions. But he also doesn't igno  more

CHANDLER, Arizona, April 29 -- Microchip Technology, a provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, issued the following news release: * * * Microchip Expands Connectivity, Storage and Compute Portfolios to Meet the Growing Demands of AI Data Center Applications Company delivers an innovative, secure and scalable ecosystem to support modern servers CHANDLER, Ariz., April 28, 2025 -- The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming data centers, creatin  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, April 29 -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Standalone energy storage systems account for 64% of utility-scale tendering activity in first quarter of 2025 Key Takeaways: Tenders supported by Viability Gap Funding (VGF) demonstrate significantly improved viability, with tariffs approximately 40% lower than non-VGF projects for two-hour storage durations. Companies such as IndiGrid and HG Infra Engineering are   more

LOS ANGELES, California, April 28 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * How Can Computing for AI and Other Demands Be More Energy Efficient? A look at different approaches by USC Viterbi and School of Advanced Computing faculty The growth and impact of artificial intelligence are limited by the power and energy that it takes to train machine learning models. So how are researchers at the USC School of Advanced Computing and ot  more