CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * With added options, Green Source Advantage Choice helps large businesses access renewable energy on Duke Energy's grid * * * Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has received approval for Green Source Advantage Choice (GSA-C) in North Carolina, a program that provides the opportunity for large business customers to support renewable energy development by supplementing their power usage with 100% renewable, carbon  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from Moira Cyphers, ACP Director for Atlantic Offshore & Eastern State Affairs after comprehensive legislation was introduced in Massachusetts enhancing clean energy deployment. Key features include a major overhaul of energy infrastructure permitting, increased support for renewable sources like wind, solar  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Madison, Wisconsin has been assigned a patent (No. US 12125993 B2, initially filed July 20, 2023) developed by three inventors Kyoung-Shin Choi, Fitchburg, Wisconsin; Dohwan Nam, Madison, Wisconsin; and Margaret Lumley, Madison, Wisconsin, for "Aqueous energy storage systems with desalination capabilities."  more

BINGHAMTON, New York, Oct. 23 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Meera Sampath to lead coalition focused on battery technology * * * An engineer with decades of experience in industry and higher education will serve as the CEO of the Upstate New York Energy Storage Engine led by Binghamton University. Meera Sampath, who holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, previously was the associate dean of research in Binghamton's  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: DNV has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MIRDC, a non-profit foundation focused on the promotion of the development and upgrading of metals and related industries in Taiwan. The ceremony took place at the DNV Technology Centre in Singapore, marking the start of a long-term collaboration a  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 23 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * With added options, Green Source Advantage Choice helps large businesses access renewable energy on Duke Energy's grid * * * Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) has received approval for Green Source Advantage Choice (GSA-C) in North Carolina, a program that provides the opportunity for large business customers to support renewable energy development by supplementing their power usage with 100% renewable, carbon  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 15, 2024, from ACAT and 28 collaborators. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Barry Breen, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Office of Land and Emergency Management US EPA Submitted to: Docket ID No EPA-HQ-OLEM-2020-0527 via Regulations.gov Re: Request for Public Comment, Federal Register, April 16, 2024 (89 FR 26879) * * * We the undersigned 29 environmental, hea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 22, 2024, entitled "Removal of Affirmative Defense Provisions From the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for the Oil and Natural Gas Production Facility and Natural Gas Transmission and Storage Facility Source Categories." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: The EPA is finalizing amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air  more

MIAMI, Florida, Oct. 23 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: DENVER - Oct. 22, 2024 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added a group of Environmental and Energy & Natural Resources practice shareholders based in the firm's Denver office. Andrew Spielman, Courtney M. Shephard, and Eric Waeckerlin join the firm from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP. "Development opportunities on public and private lands are such an important area of business for existing  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- Two inventors, Thomas Vance Eldredge, Forest, Virginia, and Hector Eduardo Medina, Forest, Virginia, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12123388 B1, initially filed Dec. 16, 2023) for "Hybrid renewable pumped storage hydropower energy storage system."  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- Oil Change International issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Oslo/Berlin - Today, Oil Change International released a new briefing, Bubble Burst: Why Norway's Blue Hydrogen Fantasy is Over Before It Started. For the first time, this comprehensive briefing brings together evidence to demonstrate that Norway's plans for blue hydrogen are unrealistic and economically unsound. This analysis synthesizes data from multiple sources, including market proj  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- MALTA INC., Cambridge, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12123347 B2, initially filed Oct. 31, 2022) developed by Benjamin R. Bollinger, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Bao H. Truong, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for "Pumped heat energy storage system with load following."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- MALTA INC., Cambridge, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12123327 B2, initially filed Feb. 10, 2023) developed by three inventors Mert Geveci, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Benjamin R. Bollinger, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Samar J. Shah, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for "Pumped heat energy storage system with modular turbomachinery."  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: New York Today, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander announced a plan to develop a new policy to exclude prospective private markets investments in downstream and midstream fossil fuel infrastructure for the portfolios of three of the City's public pension systems. The pension funds already started to exclude upstream fossil fuel development from their private markets investments starting last yea  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: * * * New incentives support solar manufacturers and encourage the domestic buildout of the earlier stages of the solar supply chain * * * Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury clarified that solar ingot and wafer production facilities and equipment qualify for Section 48D 25% investment tax credit (ITC) under its final rules for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- GRAPHENIX DEVELOPMENT, INC., Williamsville, New York has been assigned a patent (No. US 12126027 B2, initially filed Sept. 28, 2022) developed by John C. Brewer, Rochester, New York, and Terrence R. O'Toole, Webster, New York, for "Structured anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12123655 B2, initially filed Aug. 28, 2023) developed by four inventors James F. Klausner, Point Roberts, Washington; Joerg Petrasch, Dornbirn, Austria; Kelvin Randhir, San Diego, California; and Nima Rahmatian, San Diego, California, for "Thermochemical renewable energy storage."  more