ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, June 4 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Florida, in collaboration with the Florida Council on Aging, today announced a $70,000 donation to the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center in Monticello, Fla. After severe storms blew through north Florida this spring, the facility sustained severe damage, displacing seniors who rely on its critical services. "During a heavy rain on April 10, water came from everywhere. With nowhere else to go, it came   more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, June 4 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: As hurricane season begins, emergency managers and first responders turn their eyes to the tropics as they continue to prepare their communities for the possibility of impacts from severe weather. Duke Energy is preparing as well and stands in support of these communities across South Carolina by announcing $500,000 in microgrants through the Duke Energy Foundation. These funds will increase community resilien  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 5 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Clearly Clean Products, LLC, a packaging manufacturer, will create at least 80 new jobs in Guilford County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today. The company will expand its production capacity with a new manufacturing facility in the City of Greensboro. "We are glad to welcome another innovative company to Guilford County," said Governor Cooper. "Clearly Clean's commitment t  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- PHASE CHANGE ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC., Asheboro, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 11999896 B2, initially filed Dec. 29, 2020) developed by Reyad I. Sawafta, Greensboro, North Carolina, and Najih Naser, Cary, North Carolina, for "Compositions comprising latent heat storage materials and methods of making the same."  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 5 -- McGuireWoods, a law firm, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: McGuireWoods partners Michael R. Daglio, Edmund D. Daniels, Jonathan P. Harmon, Joanne Katsantonis, Joseph K. Reid III and Elaine Sanderlin Ryan were recognized for excellence on BTI Consulting Group's 2024 Client Service All-Stars list. All-Stars were selected based on unprompted responses from corporate counsel at companies ranging in size from $1 billion in revenue to the largest compa  more

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, June 4 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: Duke Energy Florida, in collaboration with the Florida Council on Aging, today announced a $70,000 donation to the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center in Monticello, Fla. After severe storms blew through north Florida this spring, the facility sustained severe damage, displacing seniors who rely on its critical services. "During a heavy rain on April 10, water came from everywhere. With nowhere else to go, it came   more

GREENVILLE, South Carolina, June 4 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: As hurricane season begins, emergency managers and first responders turn their eyes to the tropics as they continue to prepare their communities for the possibility of impacts from severe weather. Duke Energy is preparing as well and stands in support of these communities across South Carolina by announcing $500,000 in microgrants through the Duke Energy Foundation. These funds will increase community resilien  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- RAMBUS INC., San Jose, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12001283 B2, initially filed April 4, 2023) developed by three inventors Michael Raymond Miller, Raleigh, North Carolina; Stephen Magee, Apex, North Carolina; and John Eric Linstadt, Palo Alto, California, for "Energy efficient storage of error-correction-detection information."  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated May 28, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Comments of the American Petroleum Institute on EPA's Nonregulatory Public Docket: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Gas Turbines at Power Plants Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0135 I. Summary of Comments The American Petroleum Institute (API) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag  more

HOUSTON, Texas, June 5 -- Occidental Petroleum, an oil and gas, exploration and production company, issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: Occidental (NYSE: OXY) and BHE Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, today announced they formed a joint venture for the demonstration and deployment of TerraLithium's Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) and associated technologies to extract and commercially produce high-purity lithium compounds from geothermal brine.   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- An inventor from Queen Creek, Arizona, Eric Hafner has been awarded a patent (No. US 12003106 B2, initially filed Nov. 2, 2021) for "Plug-in energy storage batteries and networked plug-in energy storage batteries."  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-166) on the Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act (S. 1955), which aims to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on April 9, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of S. 1955 is to amend the Central Utah Proje  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-165) on the Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act (S. 1662), which aims to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Midvale Irrigation District the Pilot Butte Power Plant in Wyoming. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on April 9, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 1662 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Mi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- GE GRID GMBH, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany has been assigned a patent (No. US 12003098 B2, initially filed Oct. 8, 2021) developed by Chester Stanley Jezierski, Jr., Amsterdam, New York, for "Systems and methods for a modular scalable architecture for energy storage auxiliary power and functions."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- TYCO FIRE & SECURITY GMBH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12002121 B2, initially filed Jan. 24, 2022) developed by Mohammad N. Elbsat, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Michael J. Wenzel, Grafton, Wisconsin, for "Thermal energy production, storage, and control system with heat recovery chillers."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 4 -- NORWICH TECHNOLOGIES, INC., White River Junction, Vermont has been assigned a patent (No. US 12000369 B2, initially filed Nov. 4, 2022) developed by six inventors Jonathan Lynch, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; Troy McBride, Norwich, Vermont; Joel Stettenheim, Norwich, Vermont; Per Erik Kristoffer Edstrom, Stockbridge, Vermont; Leif Kilkenny Johnson, West Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Oliver James Brambles, Wesham, United Kingdom, for "Thermal energy storage system includi  more