FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Dec. 19 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission issued the following order (Case No. 2024-00354) on Dec. 18, 2024: * * * In the Matter of: Electronic Application Of Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. For: 1) An Adjustment Of The Electric Rates; 2) Approval Of New Tariffs; 3) Approval Of Accounting Practices To Establish Regulatory Assets And Liabilities; And 4) All Other Required Approvals And Relief ORDER On December 2, 2024, Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (Duke Kentucky) filed i  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2024: * * * MetOx International will invest $193.7 million * * * Governor Roy Cooper announced today that MetOx International Inc., a pioneering manufacturer of high-temperature superconducting wire, will build a major production facility in Chatham County, creating 333 jobs. The company will invest $193.7 million in North Carolina. "Many cutting-edge technologies power the c  more

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Humans have been trying to draw power from the ocean's waves since 1799, and for good reason: the energy potential of waves off the U.S. coastline is estimated at 2.64 trillion kilowatt hours, or roughly 63% of U.S. electricity generation. And perhaps since the time of the Romans, humans have stored water at high tides to drive tidal mills, the earliest form of tidal energy harvesting. Technology improvements and the cli  more

ALFRED, New York, Dec. 19 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Alfred University is recipient of $160,644 in National Science Foundation (NSF) grant funding which will be used to support a training program focused on battery degradation and useful life prediction. The program will help prepare engineering students with skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the battery and energy storage job market. The grant is administered through the NSF-funded Upstate New York Energy   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a direct final rule in the Federal Register on Dec. 9, 2024, entitled "Nebraska: Final Approval of State Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions, Codification, and Incorporation by Reference". Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA or Act), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State of Nebraska's Unde  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The technique provides researchers with a powerful tool for controlling magnetism, and could help in designing faster, smaller, more energy-efficient memory chips. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News MIT physicists have created a new and long-lasting magnetic state in a material, using only light. In a study appearing today in Nature, the researchers report using a terahert  more

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news: Using a chemical reaction inspired by rocket fuel ignition, Cornell researchers have engineered a nanoporous carbon with the highest surface area ever reported, a breakthrough that is already proving beneficial for carbon-dioxide capture and energy storage technologies. Scientists are continually striving to enhance the porosity of carbon, which exposes more of the material's surface and optimizes its performance in app  more