WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on May 1, 2026: * * * Heinrich Presses Secretary Burgum on Staffing Cuts at Interior, Slow-Walking of Permits for Clean Energy Projects During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing to examine the Trump administration's Budget Request for the Department of the Interior (DOI) Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27), U.S. Senator M  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Energy] -- The Institute for Energy Research posted the following commentary: * * * The Energy Information Administration Launches Pilot Surveys on Data Center Usage * Key Takeaways 1 The EIA is developing a survey to assess data center energy use in response to public and congressional concerns about its impact on electricity prices. 2 The EIA will begin with a voluntary pilot program to be completed by the end of September, and then develop a mandatory survey  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 2 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release on May 1, 2026: * * * LCRA awards $25,000 grant for new solar-powered project at May schools Hubs will provide new outdoor learning area, safety lighting and backup power Key Takeaways * LCRA awards a $25,000 grant to provide new solar-powered hubs at the May Independent School District. * The hubs will provide power to an outdoor learning area and will be available to members of the community to c  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Virginia Regulators Reject Dominion Request to Slash Compensation for Solar Customers Sending Energy to Grid * RICHMOND, VA - Yesterday Virginia's State Corporation Commission (SCC) protected fair compensation rates for rooftop solar customers that send excess energy to the grid. The SCC denied Dominion Energy's request to slash net energy metering (NEM) compens  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Testing sustainable agriculture in Barcelona * A dozen MIT students recently set out for Barcelona -not just to study climate resilience, but to experience it firsthand. As part of STS.S22 (How to Grow Resilient Futures: Regenerative Agriculture and Economies in Catalunya, Spain), an Independent Activities Period course taught by Kate Brown, the Thomas M. Siebel Distinguished Profess  more

MERCED, California, May 1 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Turning A Carbon Footprint into a Carbon Wave * It's time to think bigger about mitigating climate change. Measures such as recycling, turning off lights and reducing energy use are great, but making a real impact is going to take systemic change, said Leah Stokes, a political scientist, energy expert and climate communicator from UC Santa Barbara. Stokes, the keynote speaker for the April 1  more

HATFIELD, England, May 1 -- The University of Hertfordshire issued the following news: * * * University of Hertfordshire's AI solution for post-harvest food losses in Nigeria secures $2m of UN funding Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have helped secure $2.1 million in research funding to further develop an AI and solar-powered solution to tackling hunger and reducing food waste in Nigeria. The funding comes from the United Nations and is for the HARVIST project, backed by a con  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Regulators Defend Net Metering in Dominion Territory * Decision preserves key rooftop-solar policy that helps families cut energy bills RICHMOND, VA - The Virginia State Corporation Commission rejected a proposal from Dominion Energy that would have drastically reduced the value of customer-owned clean energy across its service territory. "Dominion's proposal would have pul  more