FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, May 20 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on May 19 2025: * * * Ameresco Announces a $78 Million Facility to Finance Battery Storage Energy Asset The Financial Arrangement with CounterpointeSRE and Barings also Includes an Expected Issuance of a Second Series of Notes, an Additional Uncommitted $300 Million Shelf Facility and a Tax Credit Purchase Agreement for Future Ameresco  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 (TNSrep) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * ANALYSIS: Without Changes, Reconciliation Bill Risks 300 Factories and a Devastating Energy Shortage for the U.S. Economy U.S. Solar and Storage Industry Calls on Congress to Make Critical Changes to Energy Tax Credits in Reconciliation Legislation WASHINGTON D.C. -- Legislation passed last week by the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee and advanced through the Hou  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 20 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority posted the following news on May 19, 2025: * * * Apex Power Conversion Celebrates Ribbon Cutting Of U.S. Headquarters In Mesa Representing an over $60 million investment, the facility will create up to 700 new jobs by 2029 MESA, AZ (May 19, 2025) -- Apex Power Conversion, a solar and storage company, today celebrated the ribbon cutting of its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility in Mesa, Arizona in conjunction with the Americ  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, May 19 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Does renewable energy reduce fossil fuel production in the US? UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Increasing renewable energy may not reduce the use of fossil fuels in the United States, according to a study by Ryan Thombs, assistant professor of rural sociology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. In the study, published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Thombs anal  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48097) on May 15, 2025, entitled "Energy and Water Development - FY2025 Appropriations:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Bill Status and Recent Funding History Table 4 indicates major congressional actions taken during consideration of FY2025 Energy and Water Development appropriations. (For more details, congressional staff may see the CRS Appropriations Status Table at http://www.crs.go  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, May 20 -- Evergy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release: * * * Evergy's Hometown Grants awarded to seven area non-profits to help Energize Our Environment Grant recipients will receive up to $10,000 for community projects Kansas City, Mo. - May 19, 2025 - Evergy has selected the recipients of the 2025 Hometown Grants. These grants will help seven non-profit agenci  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * FERC Rejects Discriminatory Energy Plan Proposed by Major US Electric Grid Operator Washington, D.C. - On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 2-1 to reject MISO's discriminatory plan that would mostly favor the construction of gas-burning power plants at the expense - both time and money - of mostly renewable energy and battery storage projects. MISO currently has m  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Juan Ciscomani: A Washington-First, Arizona-Last Republican Ciscomani admits he hasn't " drawn any red lines " when it comes to sabotaging thousands of clean energy jobs in his district to pay for billionaire tax cuts If past is prologue, we know Juan Ciscomani will help Republican Party bosses gut clean energy jobs - including the thousands created in Ciscomani's district by the I  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * New AJC Op-Ed: 42,000 New Jobs in Georgia Could Vanish if GOP Tax Bill Passes Warns Warnock Read the op-ed HERE Senator Reverend Warnock penned an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) outlining how Georgia risks losing up to 42,000 good-paying jobs if Washington Republicans repeal the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) Clean Energy Tax Credits These endangered clean energy tax credit  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Carlyle Group posted the following news release: * * * Revera Launches as Independent Energy Infrastructure Platform Backed by Carlyle Sydney, Australia and London, UK, May 19, 2025 - Global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) today announced the launch of Revera Energy ("Revera"), an independent energy infrastructure solutions platform backed by Carlyle Global Infrastructure. Revera focuses on developing, building, owning, and operat  more

LONDON, England, May 20 (TNSrpt) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * Solar, Wind and Batteries Could Enable Thailand to Reduce Reliance on LNG Imports * BloombergNEF's Thailand: Turning Point for a Net-Zero Power Grid report finds that solar power has been the cheapest source of electricity generation in Thailand since 2022 * Solar paired with batteries has already become more economically viable than newly built gas- and coal-fired power plants *   more