WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release: * * * California Lawmakers Pass Several Energy Affordability Bills this Session * The California legislature passed bills advancing grid utilization (SB 905), balcony plug-in solar (SB 868), virtual power plants (SB 913), community clean power (AB 1813), utility accountability (AB 2493), and home electrification (AB 2313) bills head to Governor Newsom's desk for signature SACRAMENTO, CA-Th  more

SALISBURY, North Carolina, Sept. 1 -- Catawba College posted the following news: * * * Catawba College Paddlers to First Gold at Rowan Dragon Boat Festival * "One, two, three! Look... at... Lee!" The chant carried across High Rock Lake as Catawba College students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends leaned forward in their seats, paddles poised above the water and eyes fixed on drummer Lee Ball. Just a few races earlier, many of them had struggled to paddle in rhythm. Now, with a gold meda  more

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 1 -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law posted the following news: * * * Center for Energy Law and Policy's Michael Helbing and Hannah Wiseman release Solar Ordinance Database * UNIVERSITY PARK, PA-The Penn State Center for Energy Law and Policy has published a user-friendly Pennsylvania solar ordinance database. The database includes filters for a variety of provisions in local government ordinances addressing grid-scale solar development. It  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, Sept. 2 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * India's solar module output is outpacing demand, leading to reduced factory utilisation at 35-40% At 233GW, India is now the world's second-largest solar module manufacturer, but capacity is heavily concentrated downstream and is set to outstrip demand through 2030. Key Takeaways: * India reached 233 gigawatts (GW) of solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing c  more

LIVERMORE, California, Sept. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Big Ideas Lab podcast takes on the science of scale-up Rechargeable lithium batteries trace back to 1972, but they wouldn't reach consumer products until 1991. Solar photovoltaic cells existed in the 1950s, long before solar panels appeared on rooftops. And the MRI was demonstrated in the 1970s, years before the machines became hospital staples. In each case  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Los Angeles Hydrogen-Methane Power Plant * LOS ANGELES-The Center for Biological Diversity sued the city of Los Angeles and the L.A. Department of Water and Power today for approving a power plant conversion project that will run by combusting a hydrogen-methane gas blend. The Scattergood project in Playa del Rey proposes to burn 70% methane and 30% hydro  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 31 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Playing against climate risk Climate scientist Sai Ravela is using games to help coastal communities find creative adaptations to climate change. - Sai Ravela, principal research scientist in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), works with a team of researchers, local partners, and community collaborators to develop game-based computer models to h  more

SOCORRO, New Mexico, Sept. 1 -- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology issued the following news: * * * An Innovative SPIDER Designed by New Mexico Tech Students Could Make NASA's Moon Base Safer The student team's research has led to an accepted paper at 2027 AIAA Sci Tech Conference, which they will present to a broader aerospace community - Three Mechanical Engineering students from New Mexico Tech have designed a structural health monitoring sensor with low power demands and an   more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 1 -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA's Dark Universe-Seeking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches The spacecraft will study the mysteries of the cosmos while also testing the Coronagraph Instrument, designed and built by JPL to demonstrate advanced hardware for studying planets around other stars. Now on a three-month, million-mile journey to its final orbit, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon reveal the u  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 2 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials posted the following news on Sept. 1, 2026: * * * Kentucky Office of Energy Policy Unveils Net-Zero Manufactured Home By Alannah Bell, NASEO On August 27, 2026, the Kentucky Office of Energy Policy, in partnership with the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute and Next Step, unveiled a net-zero manufactured home equipped with integrated solar shingles in Bremen, Kentucky. The home is part of a larger initia  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Dina Titus Secures Victory on Boulder City Data Center * Congresswoman Dina Titus today applauded a decision by the Interior Department's Board of Land Appeals to halt development of a data center on federal land adjacent to Boulder City. "The judge ruled for transparency and public accountability in granting a stay based on the BLM's misuse of an environmental impact statement for a solar farm a  more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 2 -- The city of Tucson issued the following news: * * * Information on Energy Collaboration Agreement in Proposition 421 After more than a year of community engagement, including more than 10 town halls and public meetings, the City of Tucson and Tucson Electric Power (TEP) entered into a voluntary Energy Collaboration Agreement (ECA) to invest in energy affordability and community resilience. The ECA will be effective if voters approve a new franchise agreement betwee  more

LA JOLLA, California, Sept. 1 -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Meet the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs Joining the StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator Program UC San Diego-led program supports startups advancing the Blue Economy - The StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator program at UC San Diego is welcoming its newest cohort of innovators ready to take their ocean-related ideas to the next level. A partnership b  more

PORTSMOUTH, England, Sept. 1 -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news: * * * Preparation begins for Civil Engineering Lab with Wiltshire South Wing demolition Preparation for the University of Portsmouth's new civil engineering facility is underway - Preparation for the University's new Civil Engineering Lab (CELab) is progressing, with demolition of the south wing of the Wiltshire Building on Wiltshire Street scheduled to take place later this month. The demolition is the  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 1 -- The University of Sydney issued the following news: * * * Solar technology research receives millions New funding will test stability of leading-edge technology. - University of Sydney researcher Professor Anita Ho-Baillie has been awarded $7.25 million by the Australian Government's renewable energy agency to accelerate the commercialisation of next-generation solar cell technology. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) today announced the funding, w  more

REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 1 -- The Weizmann Institute of Science issued the following news: * * * A New Window on the Universe: Solar Neutrinos Measured at Record-Low Energies XENONnT offers an unprecedented glimpse into one of nature's rarest interactions. Project member Prof. Ranny Budnik of the Weizmann Institute of Science: "We have entered an era in which we can see things that were previously beyond our reach" - Every second, tens of billions of neutrinos produced by nuclear fusion in th  more