WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM approves Sapphire gen-tie transmission line and facilities PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Today the Bureau of Land Management helped Unleash American Energy by approving the Sapphire gen-tie transmission line and facilities project on approximately 40 acres of public lands in eastern Riverside County. EDF Renewables Development, Inc., is authorized to construct, operate,   more

DENVER, Colorado, March 15 -- The Colorado Public Utilities Commission issued the following weekly meeting agenda: * * * Consent Items TELECOMMUNICATIONS 1. PROCEEDING NO. 25A-0065T ALLO Infrastructure Holdco, LLC Nelnet Inc SDC Allo Holdings LLC IN THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING INVOLVING~ALLO INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDCO, LLC,~SDC~ALLO HOLDINGS, LLC, AND NELNET, INC. Filing Date and Party: 02/05/2025 ALLO Communications, LLC Nelnet Inc SDC Allo Holdin  more

KONGENS LYNGBY, Denmark, March 15 -- The Technical University of Denmark issued the following news: * * * DTU and European partners behind one of the world's first 3D prints of metal in space DTU Space have now presented one of the world's first 3D-printed metal objects made in space. This happened at an event at the Danish Industry Federation, where the groundbreaking technology was presented for the first time in Denmark. One of four groundbreaking 3D-printed metal objects has traveled fr  more

MERCED, California, March 14 -- The University of California Merced issued the following news: * * * Electric Vehicle Pioneer Starts Work at UC Merced By Patty Guerra UC Merced's electrical engineering major only started a year ago. But it's already made some significant accomplishments and attracted researchers digging into exciting projects. One of them is Professor Eric Cheng, who has done groundbreaking work developing electric and autonomous vehicles, and is known as "the father of the  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Governor Shapiro Launches Broad Coalition Push for Commonsense Energy Plan and Announces New Milestone in Efforts to Plug Methane-Leaking Abandoned Wells This week, Governor Josh Shapiro highlighted his Administration's leadership on energy issues in Pennsylvania - creating jobs, lowering energy costs for Pennsylvanians, and securing Pennsylvania's future as a national ener  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, March 14 -- The Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting has deferred a decision on a motion to intervene filed by 18 landowners in the proposed Lost City Renewables solar project in Muhlenberg County. The board has requested additional information from the landowners to determine if they meet the criteria for intervention. The landowners, who live adjacent to or near the proposed 250-megawatt solar facility, initially filed a motion to intervene   more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- NASA issued the following news release: * * * NASA Atmospheric Wave-Studying Mission Releases Data from First 3,000 Orbits Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA's AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission's first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and why subtle changes in Earth's atmosphere cause disturbances, as well as how these atmospheric disturbances impact technological sy  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Gabe Evans Promotes CO08-Made Energy with a Colorado Energy Tour Congressman Gabe Evans promoted safe, reliable, and affordable energy on his tour of oil, solar, and wind energy production companies based in CO-08. Partnering with The Western Way yesterday, Evans toured Bayswater (oil and natural gas development), Pivot Energy (solar and energy storage), and Vestas Nacelles factory (wind turbine  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 (TNSres) -- Resources for the Future issued the following working paper on March 13, 2025 by Jenya Kahn-Lang, Yuqi Zhu, Karen Palmer and Peter Cappers entitled "Different Prices for Different Slices: A Meta-Analysis of Time-Based Electricity Rates". Meta-Analysis Reveals Wide-Ranging Impacts of Time-Based Electricity Rates A new study by Resources for the Future (RFF) examines the effectiveness of time-based electricity rates in managing peak demand and encouraging energy  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 13 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by researchers at Penn State found that taking advantage of natural geothermal heat in depleted oil and gas  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 14 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on March 13, 2025: * * * Shapiro Administration Awards More Than $4 Million in Keystone Grants to 11 Public Libraries to Upgrade Local Community Centers & Create Learning Opportunities Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) today announced that more than $4 million in funding has been awarded to 11 libraries in eight counties   more