NEW YORK, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant * (Washington, D.C. -- Sept 8. 2025) Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days. The request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to a new or  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant * Washington, D.C. -- Today, public interest groups challenged the Department of Energy's (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days. The request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to a new order issued on   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * Challenge to the Latest Illegal Extension of J.H. Campbell Coal Plant * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, public interest groups challenged the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) second illegal emergency order forcing the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to operate for an additional 90 days. The request for rehearing was filed with DOE in response to a new order  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 9 -- Hawaiian Electric issued the following news release: * * * Hawaiian Electric ready to handle increase in rooftop solar applications as customers rush to claim expiring tax credit Federal incentives ending as of Dec. 31, 2025 * Hawaiian Electric is focused on approving applications for residential rooftop solar and battery storage systems as quickly as possible as customers rush to finish installations before the early expiration of the Residential Clean Energy T  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * 'Re-Entrant' Mixing Behavior in Organic Solar Cells Necessitates New Modeling Approach In a new study, an international team of researchers created phase diagrams for organic solar cells based on a composite of a polymeric semiconductor and a "small molecule acceptor" (SMA). The phase diagrams show that the mixing behavior of these composites can have an unexpected dependence   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Sept. 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Trusting Your Neighborhood Satellites Pitt computer engineers develop trust algorithm to secure satellites in low Earth orbit * In the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld hijacks a satellite to sow chaos around the world. While in 1971 that scenario may have seemed outlandish, today satellites have become prime targets for h  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Protecting the grid with artificial intelligence * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The electric grid powers everything from traffic lights to pharmacy fridges. However, it regularly faces threats from severe storms and advanced attackers. Sandia National Laboratories cybersecurity expert Adrian Chavez, left, and computer scientist Logan Blakely work to integrate a si  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 [Category: Energy] (TNSrep) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Solar and Storage Dominate New Power Additions in First Six Months of Trump Administration as Federal Policies Drive Up Energy Costs * LAS VEGAS and WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. solar industry installed nearly 18 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in the first half of 2025. Even as the Trump administration rolled out a series of anti-clean energy policies, s  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Sept. 8 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Solar Workgroup hosting community meeting in Gate City * September 8, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (540) 798-6683, dan@appvoices.org GATE CITY, Va. -- The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia is hosting a community meeting focused on agrivoltaics, the dual-use of land for solar energy and agriculture, on Oct. 2 between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. The meeting   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 8 [Category: BizEnergy] -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: * * * SRP and Google Launch Collaboration to Advance Long Duration Energy Storage Innovation, Grid Resilience in Arizona * Salt River Project (SRP) and Google today announced a first-of-its-kind research collaboration to better understand the real-world performance of emerging non-lithium ion long duration energy storage (LDES) technologies, a  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Sept. 9 -- The Washington State Department of Commerce issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Commerce energizes communities with $41.1 million in Clean Energy Community Grant awards Commerce made awards to 49 projects in 22 counties across Washington * The Washington State Department of Commerce delivered $41.1 million to 49 Clean Energy Community Grants awards in 22 counties this year. The grants will support projects such as rooftop solar, battery storage,  more