HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Oct. 19 -- Advanced Materials, a journal that says it publishes reviews, progress reports, communications and research news at the cutting edge of the chemistry and physics of functional materials, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 17, 2024, special issue (Vol. 36, Issue 42) entitled 75th Anniversary of University of New South Wales and Commencement of Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation: Review *  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- American Bridge 21st Century, an organization that says it focuses on holding Republicans accountable and helps deliver Democratic victories, issued the following news release: Failed Senate candidate and California multimillionaire banker Eric Hovde will face off against his Democratic opponent Tammy Baldwin in tonight's Wisconsin Senate debate. Hovde's campaign has been commonly referred to as a "gaffe machine" due to him insulting almost everyone in Wisconsin including  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The American Sustainable Business Network issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court rejected emergency requests from big polluters to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's reasonable carbon pollution standards for power plants. Until now, power plants have been able to dump carbon pollution without limit, fueling the kind of record-setting extreme weather, and subsequent negative economic impact on businesses, we'  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: USDA also opens applications for $600 million in additional funding for farms, small business owners through the Rural Energy for America Program HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 18, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced during a visit to Pennsylvania that USDA is partnering with farmers and small business owners to expand access to clean energy, create jobs and help low  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 18 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Is the Smart Money Moving Into Nuclear Power? Written by Bill Glahn A flurry of recent announcements from America's biggest high-tech companies: * Amazon goes nuclear, plans to invest more than $500 million (NB  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 18 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies that make Minnesota a freer, more prosperous and better-governed state, issued the following commentary on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Price Tag of Paris Agreement Up to $1.5 Trillion Per Year Written by Sarah Montalbano Last week, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) released a new cost estimate to globally triple wind and solar p  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * 38 Projects Across 42 States Will Upgrade Nearly 1,000 Miles of Transmission, Increase Grid Capacity for Growing Electricity Demand, and Deliver Thousands of Jobs As Part of the Investing in America Agenda * * * In support of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $2 billion for 38 projects that will protect the U.S. power g  more

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * EDF Statement from Ted Kelly, Director & Lead Counsel, U.S. Clean Energy * * * The Biden administration announced nearly $2 billion in investments for 38 projects that will strengthen the electric grid to increase resilience and reliability in the face of increasingly frequent and severe extreme weather events and help connect clean energy to the grid. Today's  more

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 19 -- Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp., issued the following news release: * * * Mon Power and Potomac Edison complete 27-acre solar site in Rivesville * * * FAIRMONT, W.Va., Oct. 18, 2024 -- Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), have completed their second utility-scale solar site in West Virginia, less than a year after energizing their first solar site at Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville. Nearly  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Oct. 18 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release: * * * Thousands of downed power poles, towers highlight the vulnerability of our electric grid and the need to stop expanding fossil fuels * * * The people of NC WARN are deeply saddened by the unprecedented suffering across states devastated by Hurricane Helene. We applaud the courageous dedication of utility workers, FEMA and all those at the center of the recovery  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 19 -- The Iowa Economic Development Authority issued the following news on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Innovation funding awarded to two startups * * * Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) Board approved tax benefits for a company in Story City, awarded $428,000 in Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) grants to two projects and provided final approval for a reinvestment district plan. In addition, last month, the board approved innovation funding for a star  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Oct. 19 -- Kansas State University issued the following news release: Kansas State University's Kansas Energy Program has received more than $600,000 in grant funding from the Kansas Corporation Commission to help Kansans achieve energy efficiency. The Kansas Energy Program, or KEP, will use the funding for a one-year project that includes offering free energy assessments for agricultural producers and rural small businesses, conducting technical reviews of documents produce  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00104) on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Lynn Bark Energy Center, LLC For A Certificate Of Construction For An Up To 200 Megawatt Merchant Electric Solar Generating Facility In Martin County, Kentucky SITING BOARD STAFF'S POST-HEARING REQUEST FOR INFORMATION TO LYNN BARK ENERGY, LLC Lynn Bark Energy, LLC (Lynn Bark Energy), pursuant to 807 KAR 5:0  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The quasars appear to have few cosmic neighbors, raising questions about how they first emerged more than 13 billion years ago. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News A quasar is the extremely bright core of a galaxy that hosts an active supermassive black hole at its center. As the black hole draws in surrounding gas and dust, it blasts out an enormous amount of energy, making  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2024: * * * 6-Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Generation Now Operational Throughout New York State $250 Million Federal Solar for All Award to Further Enhance New York's Successful Solar Deployment * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that 6 gigawatts (GW) of distributed solar have been installed across New York, marking the early achievement of the State's Climate Leadership and   more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- The New York State Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 24-E-0422) on Oct. 18, 2024: * * * Joint Petition of Hecate Energy Cider Solar, LLC and Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corporation for Modification of Its Financing Pursuant to Lightened Regulation. ORDER MODIFYING FINANCING BY THE COMMISSION: INTRODUCTION In a petition filed on June 16, 2024 (Petition), Hecate Energy Cider Solar, LLC (Hecate) and Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corpor  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 19 -- Nanomaterials, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it features research relevant to any field of study that involves nanomaterials, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 14, Issue 19): * Article - A "Talking" between Gold Nanoparticle and a Luminescent Iridium(III) Complex: A Study of the Effect Due to the Interaction between Plasmon Resonance and a Fluorophore * Article - A Hybrid Perovskite-Based Electr  more

ALBANY, New York, Oct. 19 -- The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance issued the following news release: * * * Golden Hill Apartments Will Transform Vacant Former Jail Site Into an Intergenerational Housing Community All-Electric Development Features Rooftop Solar and Energy Recovery Systems Project Supported by $10 Million Award From Inaugural Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund * * * Governor Kathy Hochul today announced construction has begun at Golden Hill Apartments, a 16  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Oct. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Sam Evans-Brown, executive director of Clean Energy New Hampshire, from a Sept. 13, 2024, field hearing entitled "Small Business and the Clean Energy Economy: Lowering Costs and Increasing Resilience": * * * I appreciate the opportunity to share the experience we've accumulated through our small business energy circuit rider (ECR) program, and its impact on rural N  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Oct. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by ReVision Energy Co-Owner Dan Weeks from a Sept. 13, 2024, field hearing entitled "Small Business and the Clean Energy Economy: Lowering Costs and Increasing Resilience": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to testify before the Senate Small Business Committee about energy-related challenges and opportunities facing small and independent businesses in New Hampshire  more

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire, Oct. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony by Sarah Waring, state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development, from a Sept. 13, 2024, field hearing entitled "Small Business and the Clean Energy Economy: Lowering Costs and Increasing Resilience": * * * Chairwoman Shaheen, thank you for the opportunity today to speak before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on an im  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee released the following testimony Zach Luse, CEO and founder of Paragon Digital Marketing, from a Sept. 18, 2024, hearing entitled "Streamlining and Coordinating Support for Rural Small Businesses": * * * Thank you, Chairwoman Shaheen, Ranking Member Ernst, and all members of this committee. It is an honor to be here with you today to share my story of entrepreneurship in rural America and working with government ag  more

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 19 -- Sensors, a peer-reviewed open access journal that says it provides a forum for the science and technology of sensors and biosensors, published research articles on the following topics in its Oct. 1, 2024, edition (Vol. 24, Issue 19): * Article - A Bilevel Programming Approach for Optimizing Multi-Satellite Collaborative Mission Planning * Article - A Calculation Method of Bearing Balls Rotational Vectors Based on Binocular Vision Three-Dimensional Coordinates Me  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Knoxville, Tennessee Today, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and ten local power companies were announced as recipients of $250 million in federal funding from the Department of Energy's of Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships program. The funding will go toward 84 local projects that will strengthen the electric grid for local communities and enhance reliability and affordability by dep  more

SELDEN, New York, Oct. 19 -- Suffolk County Community College issued the following news release: The Renewable Energy/STEM Center on Suffolk County Community College's Michael J. Grant Campus in Brentwood recently won a Gold Award for Sustainable Architecture at the 2024 Global Future Design Awards. The architect/designer for this building was AECOM. The Renewable Energy/STEM Center is both the first STEM net zero energy building for Suffolk County Community College and Long Island itself, sho  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of California issued the following news release: * * * Key takeaways * Three UCLA faculty members are part of a U.S. Department of Energy-funded initiative to develop next-generation batteries. * The effort aims to revolutionize grid-scale energy storage in support of sustainable energy sources, such as solar and wind, which can be scarce and intermittent. * UCLA is projected to receive $4.73 million over nearly 4 1/2 years from th  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Pennsylvania's Stuart Weitzman School of Design issued the following news: * * * Faculty and postdocs from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Weitzman School of Design presented innovative strategies to combat the causes and effects of climate change. * * * As society grapples with the impacts of a worsening climate--from the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to rising sea levels and d  more