RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Retailer, Ross Stores, Inc. ("Ross") will create 852 jobs in Randolph County, Governor Cooper announced today. The company will invest $450 million to build a Southeastern region distribution center in the City of Randleman. "We are delighted to welcome Ross Stores to Randolph County," said Governor Cooper. "Nationally recognized brands like Ross will appreciate the quality   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation issued a 131-page report in May 2024 entitled "GenCost 2023-24." The report was written by Paul Graham, Jenny Hayward and James Foster. Here is the executive summary: Technological change in electricity generation is a global effort that is strongly linked to global climate change policy ambitions. While the rate of change remains uncertain, in broad terms, world leaders continue to provide their   more

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The Australian Energy Market Operator issued a 46-page report in May 2024 entitled "Update to the 2023 Electricity Statement of Opportunities." Here are excerpts: * * * Executive summary New information has become available since AEMO released the 2023 Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) in August 2023 that warrants reassessment of the supply and demand outlook in the National Electricity Market (NEM). New information includes new commissioning dates for Proje  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: DNV has supported SN Aboitiz Power Group on the development of a 24MW/32MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) co-located with the Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant DNV experts across Asia Pacific pooled extensive battery energy storage system expertise for the project Energy storage systems expected to play a crucial role i  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 28 -- SPACE CHARGE, LLC, Aspen, Colorado has been assigned a patent (No. US 11996517 B2, initially filed Dec. 12, 2022) developed by John B. Read, San Diego, California, and Daniel C. Sweeney, San Diego, California, for "Electrochemical energy storage devices."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 28 -- LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC, Livermore, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 11996535 B2, initially filed Feb. 8, 2022) developed by seven inventors Victor Alfred Beck, Livermore, California; Sarah Baker, Dublin, California; Jonathan Tesner Davis, Oakland, California; Eric Duoss, Dublin, California; Daniel Tortorelli, Champaign, Illinois; Seth Evan Watts, Collingswood, New Jersey; and Marcus A. Worsley, Hayward, California, for "Micro-archi  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, May 28 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Tara Righetti The University of Wyoming's Tara Righetti will serve a two-year term as chair of the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Permitting Task Force for Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf. Righetti, a UW School of Energy Resources (SER) professor of law and the Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policies, was appointed as a task force member in April and was amo  more