WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09) released the following statement in recognition of the two-year anniversary of the Moore County grid attack: "Two years ago, our community suffered a reprehensible attack, leaving 45,000 of Moore County residents without power for days. An attack like this could have devastated our community, and we didn't go without our struggles, but I am so proud of the stren  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 4 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00197) on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic 2024 Integrated Resource Plan Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. ORDER On November 26, 2024, Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Energy) filed a motion to excuse and consolidate witnesses participating in the December 10, 2024 hearing. Duke Kentucky argued that to reduce witness travel costs and to increase the efficiency of the he  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Dec. 4 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * Municipal Utility Sounds Alarm on Green Energy Mandates Written by Tom Steward The radical and unrealistic 2040 deadline for utilities to meet Minnesota's mandate for 100 percent of electricity to be generated from carbon-free sources remains 15 years away. But alarm bells are alread  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: Oregon State University scientists have found a way to more than double the uptake ability of a chemical structure that can be used for scrubbing carbon dioxide from factory flues. The study involving metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, is important because industrial activities, among them burning fossil fuels for energy, account for a significant percentage of the greenhouse gas in the Earth's atm  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 4 -- EBSCO Industries, a provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries, issued the following news release: * * * Petroleum Source(TM) Offers Largest Collection of Leading Full-Text Journals Covering Petroleum Industry * * * IPSWICH, Mass. -- December 3, 2024 -- EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) announces the launch of Petroleum Source(TM), a new full-text resource covering the extraction, refining, tr  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 3 -- An inventor from Indianapolis, Indiana, Timothy Dean Watson has been awarded a patent (No. US 12160102 B1, initially filed Oct. 6, 2023) for "Energy storage system."  more

LONDON, England, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: European governments face an uphill battle if they are to deliver rapidly approaching and legally binding 2030 climate goals, according to New Energy Outlook: Europe, a new report published today by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF's base-case 'Economic Transition Scenario', which describes how the energy sector evolves as a result of cost-based technology change  more

MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: Can electric stimulation help the brain regain speech after a stroke? Can generative artificial intelligence create realistic 3D objects? Can qubits, the fundamental units of quantum computing, be entangled using light? These are among the questions that five research teams at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) aim to answer with the support of prestigious ERC Consolidator Grants. Each proje  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Food and Water Watch issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2024: Starting today, Governor Newsom has convened a special session of the California Legislature. The special session is intended to "safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration". Climate action is listed as one of the topics of the special session. National grassroots environmental organization Food & Water Watch applauds Governor Newsom for his   more

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi issued the following news release: The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), in collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group has entered into a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance innovation in Electric Vehicle (EV) and Battery Technology. This partnership aims to drive transformative research and development that will shape the future of sustainable mobility in India. Under the MoU, the Hyund  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 3 (TNSres) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Recent project setbacks and operational challenges undermine the LNG industry's pitch for floating import terminals * * * South and Southeast Asia are expected to be the largest growth markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the next two decades, but LNG import projects have often faced extensive delays. To expedite growth in these key regions, the LNG i  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association issued the following news release: Solar and Energy Storage Lead the Charge to Surpass Q3 2023 Installation Record with 10+ GW of Clean Power Added December 3, 2024 The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today released its latest Clean Power Quarterly Market Report, detailing a surge in clean energy deployment during Q3 2024, with 10.2 GW of clean energy capacity coming online. This record-setting quarter positio  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Dec. 3 -- ENERGY STORAGE RESPONSE GROUP LLC, Delaware, Ohio has been assigned a patent (No. US 12157628 B1, initially filed Feb. 4, 2022) developed by three inventors Edward Miller, Delaware, Ohio; Nick Warner, Delaware, Ohio; and Thomas Bensen, Delaware, Ohio, for "Systems and methods for purging smoke or other gasses from containers."  more

SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: * * * An eco-friendly, high-performance organic battery is being developed by scientists at UNSW Sydney. * * * A team of scientists at UNSW Chemistry, have successfully developed an organic material that is able to store protons - and they have used it to create a rechargeable proton battery in the lab. By leveraging hydrogen ions - protons - instead of traditional lithium, these batteries hol  more