RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: Today, IQE, Inc., a global semiconductor manufacturer, announced an expansion in Guilford County, signaling its ongoing commitment to future investment in the region, subject to customer commitments and funding from the federal CHIPS Act. The company plans to add 109 jobs and invest $305 million over several years to expand its manufacturing facility for next generatio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: IQE, Inc., a global semiconductor manufacturer, announced an expansion in Guilford County, signaling its ongoing commitment to future investment in the region, subject to customer commitments and funding from the federal CHIPS Act. The company plans to add 109 jobs and invest $305 million over several years to expand its manufacturing facility for next generation compound sem  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Nov. 5 -- The North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2024: * * * Anti-science NC Utilities Commission tragically sides with Duke as usual * * * The utilities commission gave Duke essentially everything it wanted - as usual - in its order issued late Friday. They're expanding fossil fuels and suppressing renewables - exactly backward from the demands of climate scientists. Duke and the commission seem anti-sc  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission late Friday issued a Carbon Plan that approves many of monopoly utility Duke Energy's proposals and fails to meet the carbon pollution reduction requirements mandated by state law. The Southern Environmental Law Center intervened in the Carbon Plan proceeding on behalf of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Si  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Indianapolis, IN: On the heels of hearings for a nearly $500 million rate increase and being awarded 0 out of 100 points in the Sierra Club's latest Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges report, Duke Indiana has filed its preferred energy plan with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, which is more expensive and more polluting than other options according to the utility's own analysis. Duk  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Nov. 5 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release: EDF Renewables North America has secured a 20-year Energy Storage Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Arizona Public Service (APS) for the Beehive Battery Energy Storage System. Located in the City of Peoria, Maricopa County, Arizona, the stand-alone battery energy storage system (BESS) will have capacity of 250 MW/4-hour duration. Beehive BESS expects to start construction in 2025  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT Energy Initiative and a consortium of Taiwanese companies are exploring how Taiwan can secure its energy future as the world transitions away from fossil fuels. * * * By Calvin Hennick, MIT Energy Initiative The operations of Taiwan's electronics, manufacturing, and financial firms vary widely, but their leaders all have at least one thing in common: They recognize  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Nov. 5 (TNSres) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission late Friday issued a Carbon Plan that approves many of monopoly utility Duke Energy's proposals and fails to meet the carbon pollution reduction requirements mandated by state law. The Southern Environmental Law Center intervened in the Carbon Plan proceeding on behalf of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, the Si  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Nov. 4 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Wyoming's carbon economy is the topic of a University of Wyoming Ruckelshaus Institute symposium Thursday-Friday, Nov. 14-15, at the UW Conference Center. The Ruckelshaus Institute, a division of UW's Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources, will host the free two-day "Roads to Removal" symposium beginning with a free lunch on the first day, followed by the event's schedule immediately at the conc  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Nov. 4 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: SMRs have the potential provide a low-carbon path to meeting our country's energy needs, but they'll need help from policy and learning on the job With help from policy, natural gas pricing and a variable known as learning, small modular nuclear reactors could be an economically viable way to provide low-carbon energy to heat-intensive industries, like ethanol refining, by 2050. credit: Sue Thompson (CC BY-ND   more