PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 4 (TNSrep) -- The Arizona Corporation Commission issued the following news release: * * * Arizona Corporation Commission Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2025-26 The Arizona Corporation Commission released its Annual Report for fiscal year 2025-26, highlighting the agency's activities and accomplishments for the past year. "The Commission has continued strengthening Arizona's grid, championing regulatory stability and efficiency, and eliminating subsidies and cost shifts,  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Coffee and sunlight: a natural blend * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -"We're on the right track. This is how coffee roasting behaves," Michael Sweeney said on a clear fall day in New Mexico as he roasted coffee beans using energy from the sun at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. "We're doing great, and we're right at temperature."   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 3 [Category: BizEnergy] -- ComEd, a subsidiary of Exelon, issued the following news release: * * * ComEd, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus Award More Than $170,000 for Clean Energy Projects and Public Safety * ComEd and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus today announced that 24 local governments, public agencies and nonprofit organizations across Illinois will receive more than $170,000 through the 2026 Powering Safe Communities Program. For the last 12 years, the grant program  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 4 -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release: * * * Conflow Power Group Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Global Company of the Year for Excellence in Smart Urban Infrastructure Leadership Recognized for visionary innovation and customer impact, Conflow Power Group is redefining urban infrastructure with scalable, revenue-generating smart city solutions  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 3 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Direct Relief's Power for Health Initiative Brings Resilient Power to Pennsylvania Community Health Center * Direct Relief today announced the completion of a new solar and battery energy storage system at North Side Christian Health Center, or NSCHC, the first project in Pennsylvania to become operational through the organization's Power for Health Initiative. The resilient power syst  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Demand Trump Admin Restore Funding for Energy Projects That Were Illegally Canceled and Politically Targeted * $600M in Colorado projects were illegally cancelled by the Trump admin WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper joined 38 of his Senator colleagues to demand that the Trump administration restore funding for the 223 energy projects cancelled in Octob  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 4 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Improve Day-Ahead Solar Forecasting for Energy Sector by Up To 13% Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated techniques that can improve day-ahead solar forecasts by up to 13% over the most consistently performing individual model. The work also emphasizes the importance of taking regional variables into account when creating forecast models  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Aug. 4 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * In rural Tanzania, solar-powered pumps bring clean water closer to home Written By: Fernanda Pires and Tevah Platt Around 10,000 people and thousands of livestock now have access to clean water in the Tanzanian villages of Esilalei and Oltukai, in the African country's semi-arid Monduli District. Researchers from the University of Michigan and the nonprofit ELICO Foundation built a solar-powered pumpi  more