FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 7 -- Duke Energy Kentucky has withdrawn its application to convert its Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization (WFGD) system at the East Bend Generating Station from a quicklime to a limestone handling process. The company cited the need to re-evaluate its application due to new information that emerged during the review process. The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) granted Duke Energy's request to withdraw the application without prejudice, allowing the company to refil  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * Growing menu of options offers customers more savings and better control over how they use their energy * Some incentives have doubled or even tripled * * * Duke Energy has increased incentives and eligibility for many of its residential and business energy efficiency and demand response programs in North Carolina, expanding ways customers can save energy and money. The updates were approved by the N  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, Jan. 7 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: A hands-on workshop at Idaho State University is helping train professionals to safely handle the fuels that will power the next generation of nuclear reactors. Called the ISU Hands-On Nuclear Criticality Safety Workshop, this day-long class is held in the Nuclear Engineering Lab on Idaho State's Pocatello campus. It covers what's happening inside a nuclear reactor as it approaches going critical. "Criticality simp  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release: [Category: Environment] WASHINGTON (January 7, 2025)-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today issued final rules governing implementation of the Section 45Y Clean Electricity Production Credit (45Y) and Section 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit (48E). These rules establish how generator eligibility is determined for the new technology-neutral   more

RIVERSIDE, California, Jan. 7 -- Bourns, a manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * The latest Model PWR Series helps meet increased reliability and stability requirements for discharge/pre-charge circuits in solar power and motor control applications * * * Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today introduced its latest family of SMD wirewou  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Unusual atomic vibrations in a crystalline structure explain potential solid-state battery material's superionic transport abilities * * * Researchers at Duke University have uncovered the molecular inner workings of a material that could underpin next-generation rechargeable batteries. Unlike today's popular lithium-ion batteries that feature a liquid interior, the lithi  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Jan. 7 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO and CALGARY, Alberta (Jan. 6, 2024): EDF Renewables North America and Enbridge Inc, a leading North American energy infrastructure company (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB), today announced that the Amazon Solar Farm Ohio - Fox Squirrel Solar project achieved full operational status in December 2024, with all three phases now actively delivering electricity to the PJM grid. Fox Squir  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 7 -- K&L Gates, a law firm, issued the following news release: The partners of global law firm K&L Gates LLP have voted to elect the following individuals from across the firm's global platform as new partners, of counsel, government affairs counselors, and government affairs advisors with the firm, effective January 1. The group comprises 33 individuals from all nine of the firm's practice areas and representing 18 offices, including Berlin, Charleston, Charlotte  more

LEICESTER, England, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- Leicester College issued the following news: Leicester College is set to open a new Green Technology Hub at its Freemen's Park Campus in March 2025. The Hub will feature state-of-the-art green tech equipment including air source heat pumps, solar panels, battery storage systems and EV charging stations. This will enable students, staff and employers to gain hands-on, practical experience with the latest green technology. The Green Technology Hub will supp  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * * Growing menu of options offers customers more savings and better control over how they use their energy * Some incentives have doubled or even tripled * * * Duke Energy has increased incentives and eligibility for many of its residential and business energy efficiency and demand response programs in North Carolina, expanding ways customers can save energy and money. The updates were approved by the N  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 7 -- The Rockefeller Foundation issued the following news release: As delivered on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in New Delhi, India Hello, everyone. Welcome. I want to thank Vish [Vaishali Mishra] and Saurabh [Kumar] for hosting this session. I certainly want to thank Woochong [Um] for taking on the role of our global CEO for the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. And Dr. Ajay Mathur, we appreciate your being here, and I enjoyed hearing your remarks. I'm certainly e  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 7 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: Win Reynolds Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society EVANSTON, Ill. - The batteries used in our phones, devices and even cars rely on metals like lithium and cobalt, sourced through intensive and invasive mining. As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition. Now, a   more

BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: Students from the University of Birmingham, along with groundwater professionals and industry partners drill 29-metre borehole on campus In November 2024, the MSc Hydrogeology student cohort joined 10 external groundwater professionals from organisations based the UK, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Spain and Netherlands to attend a drilling course organised and delivered by Groundwater Relief and the University  more