CHICAGO, Illinois, Jan. 5 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * 32 UChicago faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships in 2026 * Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships, effective Jan. 1. Profs. James Conant, Margaret Gardel, Christopher Kennedy, Peter Littlewood, Thomas J. Miles, Shigehiro Oishi and Judith Zeitlin have been named distinguished service  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Consumers Energy, Jackson, Michigan, announced the official start of operations at Muskegon Solar marking the launch of the company's largest solar project to date. Located at the Muskegon Resource Recovery Center, Michigan, the facility generates 250 megawatts of electricity, which is sufficient to provide power for approximately 40,000 homes and businesses across Michigan. The president of electric supply at Consumers Energy, Sri Maddipati, stated that the project serves  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 5 -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * Cracking the 'long tail' problem: new research targets hidden solar panel issue * Neil Martin, Around a fifth of solar panels examined in a new study fail much faster than expected and some may last for only half their anticipated lifetime. New research has uncovered a critical challenge in solar energy with the discovery that a considerable amount of solar panels degrade much more rapidly tha  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 6 -- The Consumer Technology Association issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2026: * * * CTA Awards $125K in Grants to Advance Las Vegas Sustainability Projects Funding backs urban tree planting and energy-efficient infrastructure as CES 2026 kicks off in Las Vegas * Today, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)(R) is announcing it intends to award $125,000 in support of two major City of Las Vegas sustainability projects through the CES(R) 2026 Green G  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-31994-1, titled 'Demand Response in Residential Energy Code Technical Brief,' authored by V Salcido, Y Chen, K Cheslak, B Taube, E Franconi, M Rosenberg and M Young for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830. The technical brief, dated January 2025, outlines how model residential energy codes can embed requirements for demand-responsive thermostats, water heaters and energy storag  more

HERNDON, Virginia, Jan. 5 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * To see a comprehensive list of what tariffs are currently enacted, view our tariff tracker chart, which provides an easy-to-read overview of tariff impacts by country. View the Tariff Tracker Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to com  more

ALBANY, New York, Jan. 6 -- The New York State Department of Public Service issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2026: * * * DPS Marks Significant 2025 Achievements Ensuring Affordability Remains Top Priority * The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC or Commission) and its staff arm -- the Department of Public Service (DPS or Department) -- marked the new year by taking note of the significant progress made in 2025 to ensure affordable, clean, safe, and reliable access to   more

ASHLAND, Oregon, Jan. 6 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news: * * * SOU grad's beverage cooler idea pivots toward humanitarian use Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. Build a better beer cooler, and you just may save lives. Mark Morrison set out to do that - build a tech-heavy, personal-use cooler to keep a beverage cold - when he realized that his invention may have more humanitarian applications. The project quickly morphed into Cold Co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report PNNL-33891, titled 'Energy Efficiency Analysis and Grid Service Results for Commercial Buildings using the VOLTRON IoT Platform,' authored by R.G. Lutes and S. Katipamula and published in Richland, Washington, in 2024 for the U.S. Department of Energy. The document, made available online as a PNNL external technical report linked from the laboratory's Publications & Reports portal on December 31, 2025, detail  more