WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) led over a dozen Members of Congress in pushing back against the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule entitled "Clean Power Plan 2.0", which would issue new regulatory requirements for existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants. The members wrote in part,"This new rule impermissibly intrudes directly into states' responsibilitie  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 25 -- The European Investment Bank issued the following news release: * * * * The Thor wind farm in the Danish part of the North Sea with a capacity of 1.1 Gigawatt will provide enough green electricity to supply the equivalent of more than a million Danish households. * The loan of the European Investment Bank supports RWE's decarbonization strategy. * * * The European Investment Bank (EIB) supports the construction of a new 1.1-Gigawatt wind farm in the North Sea   more

PARIS, France, June 24 [Category: Energy] -- The International Energy Agency issued the following news: Meeting growing energy demand in Africa requires a surge of spending on clean energy projects, with swift action to tackle financial barriers so investment can reach the levels that are needed, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report, Clean Energy Investment for Development in Africa, supports a flagship initiative launched today by Italy's G7 Preside  more

NEW YORK, June 25 -- The Journal of Central South University, a peer-reviewed journal that says it publishes metallurgical science and engineering, mineral processing, geology and mining, chemical, mechanical, electronic and information engineering, published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 31, Issue 5): * Corrosion behavior of as-sprayed VC-CuNiCr based coatings developed by high-velocity oxygen fuel process * Rare earth modified reduced graphene oxide   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: Amanda Harker Steele, a research economist at NETL, has been named to a prestigious list of individuals under the age of 40 who excel in their fields and are using their talents to build a brighter future for West Virginia. A federal employee at NETL since 2022, Harker Steele received the honor at The State Journal and WV News Generation Next: 40 Under 40 awards  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, June 25 -- The Salt River Project, a public power utility and electricity provider, issued the following news: Salt River Project (SRP) and Plus Power LLC today celebrated two new grid-charged battery storage systems, Sierra Estrella Energy Storage and Superstition Energy Storage. Together, these facilities will add 340 megawatts (MW) / 1,360 megawatt-hours (MWh) of additional battery storage capacity to SRP's system - enough to power 76,000 residential homes for a four-hour p  more