CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A new approach to carbon capture could slash costs * Capturing carbon dioxide from industrial plants is an important strategy in the efforts to reduce the impact of global climate change. It's used in many industries, including the production of petrochemicals, cement, and fertilizers. MIT chemical engineers have now discovered a simple way to make carbon capture more efficient a  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 11 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Commonwealth Edison, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: * * * ComEd Livens Expanded High Voltage Substation at Wilton Center, Built to Enable Largest Cluster of Wind and Solar Projects in Illinois * ComEd today announced it has livened an expansion of its 765 kilovolt (765 kV) Wilton Center substation in southern Will County. The substation expansion is a necessary upgrade to enable the largest cluster of utility-sca  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release: * * * Fedorchak votes for legislation to strengthen reliability and secure America's energy supply chains * Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today voted in support of two bills that prioritize long-term energy reliability and secure U.S. supply chains to help lower costs. H.R. 3628, the State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act (link is external), directs states to   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 11, 2025: * * * ICYMI: Heinrich Speaks at Semafor's Principals Event on Permitting Reform Last night, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, spoke at Semafor's Principals Live - Powering America's Future event in D.C. about permitting reform legislation  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Dec. 11 -- The University of California posted the following news release: * * * Innovating to serve the world: UCLA researchers elected to National Academy of Inventors * Innovation is woven into the DNA of UCLA, where researchers are working each day to address the world's most pressing challenges and translate breakthrough ideas into technologies and products that save lives, improve society and drive economic growth. This year's election of two new faculty member  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Dec. 12 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Production Linked Incentive scheme drives robust growth in India's solar manufacturing sector However, much of the progress will depend on sustained policy coherence, capital mobilisation and upstream integration Key Takeaways: Launched in 2021, the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for high-efficiency solar modules has attracted strong industry int  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * McBride Questions Under Secretary of Science on Trump's Disregard for Solar and Wind Technology * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) questioned Under Secretary for Science Dr. Dario Gil during a House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing (link is external). McBride focused her remarks on the importance of science-driven policy, the elimination of wind and solar   more

LAUREL, Maryland, Dec. 11 [Category: Science] -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory posted the following news release: * * * NASA Selects Johns Hopkins APL-Developed CINEMA Mission to Study Space Weather * NASA has selected Dartmouth College and the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, to begin developing a mission that will shed more light on the growing impacts of space weather. The Cross-scale Investigation of Earth's Magnetotail and A  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Naval Research Laboratory Scientists Uncover Electric Field Link That Triggers Magnetic Reconnection in Space * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have identified a previously overlooked electric field mechanism in Earth's magnetotail that could help predict when disruptive space weather events are about to occur. When the solar wind, a stream of charged particl  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Dec. 11 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service posted the following news: * * * NOAA Shares First Space Weather Data from SWFO-L1's Magnetometer * The Magnetometer (MAG) onboard the Space Weather Follow On - Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory is performing well and has begun sending magnetic-field data back to Earth. SWFO-L1, NOAA's first spacecraft built exclusively for around-the-clock s  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Dec. 11 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release: * * * Rare image of Tatooine-like planet is closest to its twin stars yet * EMBARGOED UNTIL NOON EST (U.S.) ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2025 * * Astronomers discovered a new exoplanet hidden in decade-old data * * Planet is bound to binary stars, which orbit each other every 18 days * * Planet is six times closer to its stars than other directly imaged planets orbiting binary systems EVANSTON,   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Solar and Storage Could Provide More than $313 Million per Year in Consumer Savings by 2030, Cut Gas Use, and Strengthen Winter Reliability * BOSTON and WASHINGTON, D.C. A new report released today from Synapse Energy Economics for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) finds that continued growth of solar and energy storage in Massachusetts would deliver  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz: Trump Is Making People Poorer On Purpose * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) spoke on the Senate floor today about the various ways President Donald Trump is raising prices for Americans, including on food, health care, electricity, home insurance, and Christmas gifts. Schatz highlighted how Trump's policies, including tariffs and regulatory rollbacks, have sharply driven up   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Endorses Roy Cooper for U.S. Senate * RALEIGH, NC - Today, the Sierra Club, the nation's oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization, announced its endorsement of Roy Cooper for United States Senate in North Carolina, citing his outstanding record as Governor of North Carolina to strengthen the state's clean energy economy and commitment as a Senator to help lower   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * The Future of Retail: Key Insights from ICSC+CENTERBUILD 2025 * Wondering what's next for the retail sector? VHB's Real Estate teamincluding Rick Dupuis, Andrew Nee, Peter Doster, and Jon Moser recently attended the ICSC+CENTERBUILD Conference which attracted mor  more

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, Dec. 11 -- Eindhoven University of Technology issued the following news: * * * TU/e co-builds the world's most powerful digital twin for research into electricity systems NWO awards Euros16.5 million to consortium project to simulate and study the energy network of the future before it is built. * TU/e is part of a consortium that has received Euros16 million from NWO for a groundbreaking project called Understanding Large and Complex Power Systems (UTOPYS). With  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, Dec. 12 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * Scientists find a fast, new way to recover high-grade silver from end-of-life solar panels University of Newcastle researchers have developed a fast, safe and highly effective method to recover high grade silver from end-of-life solar panels, without using acid. The new approach recovers more than 97 per cent of the silver from an end-of-life photovoltaic (PV) panel in just a few minutes, using a ph  more