WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- ACS Applied Electronic Materials, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Chemical Society, published research articles on the following topics in its Feb. 11, 2025, edition (Vol. 7, Issue 3). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * Reviews * A Brief Review on Self-Assembled Monolayers in Organic Solar Cells: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects Articles * Promoting Interlayer Exciton in Janus/Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures by Annealing * L  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 14 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: * * * Ameresco Awarded Solar Energy and Resiliency Project at Gagetown Base by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) 8.9 MW solar project designed to prevent 7,695 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year Ameresco will provide full operations and maintenance services for the system over the ne  more

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb. 13 -- The African Wildlife Foundation issued the following news release: * * * AWF & Elephant Cooperation Partner to Provide Water for Climate Resilience in Kenya In a landmark collaboration, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and Elephant Cooperation have successfully completed a vital initiative to counter the devastating impacts of severe drought in the Tsavo Conservation Area. This project, which involved drilling two new boreholes, one in Kasigau Conservancy and t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following news: * * * A Post-Mortem for Transatlantic Clean Tech Part Six: For the past four years, Europe and the US agreed on green goals while disagreeing on tactics. Trump's re-election torpedoes this tentative rapprochement. By Niclas Poitiers and Pauline Weil Under the Joe Biden administration, Europe and the US shared the common aim of fighting climate change and de-risking from China. Biden rejoined the Paris   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Van Drew Calls on NJBPU Board Members to Resign Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Van Drew is calling for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) board members to resign after their approval of yet another outrageous 17% electric rate increase. "The NJBPU has failed the people of New Jersey," said Congressman Van Drew. "For years, they knew these rate hikes were comi  more

DETROIT, Michigan, Feb. 14 -- DTE Energy issued the following news release: * * * DTE Energy reports 2024 accomplishments, investments and earnings Top-tier customer bill management; reduced customers' bills by $300 million in fuel and transportation cost savings Invested $4.4 billion in electric and gas infrastructure to improve reliability and generate cleaner energy Customers experienced a nearly 70% improvement in time spent without power from 2023 to 2024 Supported vulnerable customer  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Feb. 13 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: * * * EBSCO Information Services Opens Submissions for the 2025 EBSCO Solar Grant ~ $300,000 in Grants Available for Libraries Worldwide for the 10th Consecutive Year ~ IPSWICH, Mass. -- February 12, 2025 -- Submissions are now open for the 2025 EBSCO Solar grant program from EBSCO Information Se  more

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Feb. 14 -- Northumbria University issued the following news release: * * * Gatwick CEO speaks with Engineering students at Northumbria Northumbria University alum and Chief Executive Officer of Gatwick Airport, Stewart Wingate visited the campus for an exclusive talk with Engineering students, offering invaluable insights into the aviation industry, his personal success in business, and the future of sustainable airport operations. Students from across multiple   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 13 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * GE Vernova announces first commercial operation of its LM6000VELOX* package at Dominion Energy's Bushy Park facility in South Carolina ATLANTA, GA (February 13, 2025) - GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) announced today Dominion Energy's Bushy Park Combustion Turbine (Bushy Park CT) facility achieved the start of commercial operation in Berkeley County, South Carolina,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Gooden Urges DOJ to Investigate Fraud Cover-Up in $275 Million Green Energy Scandal Representatives Lance Gooden and Carol Miller (R-WV) today called on Attorney General Pamela Bondi to launch an investigation into the Biden DOJ's dismissal of a $275 million fraud lawsuit against Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC. The case, filed under the False Claims Act, exposes millions in taxpayer losses tied to the failed  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Graham, Coons, Young, Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Advance Domestic Critical Materials Production Legislation will cut reliance on China for critical materials essential to our national security, energy, and emerging tech WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, Lindsey Graham, Chris Coons, and Todd Young reintroduced the bipartisan Critical Materials Future Act to   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Tillis Reintroduce Bill to Boost Critical Mineral Innovation, Secure American Leadership Unearth Innovation Act would create a Department of Energy program to drive responsible domestic critical mineral production, develop our energy workforce WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Thom Tillis reintroduced their bipartisan Unearth Innovation Act to spur American  more

PASADENA, California, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon NASA's Lunar Trailblazer arrived in Florida recently in advance of its launch later this month and has been integrated with a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Shipped from Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, the small satellite is riding along on Intuitive Machines' IM-2 launch -- part of NASA's CLPS (Commercial Lunar Pa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer Will Make a Looping Voyage to the Moon NASA's Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft gets covered in anti-static wrap before being shipped from Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, to the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it arrived on Jan. 29. Lockheed Martin Space NASA's Lunar Trailblazer approaches the Moon as it enters its science orbit in this artist's concept. The small sat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Indiana House Advances Energy Inflation Act Indianapolis, Ind - Today, the Indiana House of Representatives voted in favor of unnecessary energy inflation for Hoosier families when it passed House Bill 1007, which now goes to the Senate. If passed into law, House Bill 1007 could have a chilling effect on Indiana's transition from coal-burning toward clean and affordable renewable energy.   more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Feb. 14 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * McGuireWoods Advises Sol Systems in Financing for Innovative Tilden Solar Project McGuireWoods - a top law firm in the renewables industry -- served as lead counsel to Sol Systems in the $345 million financing of the historic Tilden Solar project, a 182-megawatt solar facility in Randolph County, Illinois. The project will transform a 1,050-acre subsurface mine site into a renewable energy asset   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Puzzling out climate change Accenture Fellow Shreyaa Raghavan applies machine learning and optimization methods to explore ways to reduce transportation sector emissions. By Michaela Jarvis, School of Engineering Shreyaa Raghavan's journey into solving some of the world's toughest challenges started with a simple love for puzzles. By high school, her knack for problem-solving natu  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Feb. 13 -- Progress in Photovoltaics, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features photovoltaics, solar cell, solar energy, silicon cell, renewable energy, rural electrification, grid-connected system, copper indium diselenide and cadmium telluride, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2025 edition (Vol. 33, Issue 3). Here are excerpts of the topics: * * * REVIEW * Autonomous Intelligent Monitoring of Photovoltaic Systems: An In-Depth Multid  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release: * * * Trump's Reckless Funding Freezes Are Already Costing American Farmers Their Livelihoods Arrow Trump's USAID and IRA funding freezes are expected to cost American farmers billions of dollars Just weeks on the job, Trump is already costing American farmers their livelihoods. Trump's freeze of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act programs is "creating chaos" and causing significant "financial  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- The World Resources Institute issued the following news release: * * * WRI and University of Chicago Announce $100 Million Gift from Michael and Tanya Polsky to Accelerate the Global Energy Transition Gift establishes the WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition and the University of Chicago's Polsky Energy Transition Leadership Academy to address urgent global energy challenges WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 12, 2025) -- World Resources Institute (WRI) and the U  more