CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * * Qualifying nonprofits can request one-time funding up to $10,000 * Grants are a continuation of assistance to senior programs in recent years * * * GREENVILLE, S.C. - Duke Energy today launched a campaign to promote grant opportunities totaling $200,000 to South Carolina organizations that help the state's aging population with services and support, particularly for those with incom  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 9 -- The Indiana Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission issued the following weekly hearing schedule: * * * Monday, January 13, 2025 CAUSE NO.: 44348-SRA10; ALJ: SCHUSTER; TIME: 9:00 A.M.; COMMISSIONER: FEEMAN; ROOM: PNC, Room 222 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF DUKE ENERGY INDIANA, LLC PURSUANT TO THE COMMISSION'S ORDERS IN CAUSE NOS. 42359 AND 45253 AND IND. CODE Sec. 8-1-2-42 FOR (1) AUTHORITY TO RECOVER VIA RIDER 70 CERTAIN COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PETITIONER'S P  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Jan. 9 -- The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a Second Request for Information to Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. in its ongoing rate case. The request seeks detailed information on various aspects of the company's operations and financial performance, including: * Construction Costs: The PSC is seeking an explanation for significant increases in construction costs for certain projects, particularly in the areas of Smart Grid investments and transmission stat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2024: * * * Virginia Commission on Electric Utility Regulation gives the green light to solar siting * * * RICHMOND, VA - The Commonwealth's first energy legislation of the year successfully passed out of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation (CEUR) today. The proposed legislation refines the approval process for solar and battery storage projects of at least 20 MW, or 2 MW if it's located on p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Evaluating the IRA's Clean Energy Tax Provisions By Shuting Pomerleau, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Congress is likely to revisit the Inflation Reduction Act's 22 clean energy tax provisions - among them production and investment tax credits, transportation-related tax credits, and other tax incentives for carbon emissions mitigation and energy efficiency  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety issued the following news release: Lawmakers Enacted Several Gun Safety Measures With Bipartisan Support Last Year  RICHMOND, Va. - As the Virginia General Assembly gavels in for the start of the 2025 legislative session, the Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety's grassroots network, released the following statements. With gun sense majorities in both cham  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Battery Council International issued the following news release: * * * New EV fast-charging station uses advanced lead batteries that feature efficiency and reliability * * * Advanced lead battery technology is key part of the "smart grid" technology that is increasingly necessary to supporting the modern economy. Proof of this value proposition comes from a first-of-its-kind EV fast charging station that deploys GS Yuasa batteries in a new and cost-effective w  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 9 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * * Qualifying nonprofits can request one-time funding up to $10,000 * Grants are a continuation of assistance to senior programs in recent years * * * GREENVILLE, S.C. - Duke Energy today launched a campaign to promote grant opportunities totaling $200,000 to South Carolina organizations that help the state's aging population with services and support, particularly for those with incom  more

EVANSTON, Illinois, Jan. 7 -- Northwestern University issued the following news release: 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 team at Northwestern University has transformed an organic industrial-scale waste   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Using the island as a model, researchers demonstrate the "DyMonDS" framework can improve resiliency to extreme weather and ease the integration of new resources. * * * By David Chandler, MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Researchers at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have shown that using decision-making softwa  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: Oregon is becoming warmer and more prone to drought and will see less snow due to climate change, but people and businesses are also adapting to the challenges of a warming planet, the latest Oregon Climate Assessment indicates. The assessment, released today by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University, shows that Oregon's annual average temperature increased by 2.2 d  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSsta) -- The National Hydropower Association issued the following statement on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * NHA President and CEO, Malcolm Woolf, released the following statement after the Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued new rules that provide much-needed clarity on the Inflation Reduction Act's (IRA) technology neutral credits. The new rules create broader opportunities for water power to secure pivotal investments meant to improve and strengthen Am  more

REDWOOD SHORES, California, Jan. 9 -- Oracle, a developer of hardware and software products, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Next-generation intelligent data architecture delivers up to 55 percent faster AI Vector searches, 2.2X faster analytics scan throughput, and 25 percent faster transaction processing--at the same price as the previous generation * * * Oracle today introduced Oracle Exadata X11M, the latest generation of the Oracle Exadata platform. Starting at   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Ferroelectrics are special materials with polarized positive and negative charges -- like a magnet has north and south poles -- that can be reversed when external electricity is applied. The materials will remain in these reversed states until more power is applied, making them useful for data storage and wireless communication applications. Now, turning a non-ferroelectri  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 exci  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: By Karl Vogel An international research team, working with cutting-edge technology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has made a discovery that may dramatically expand the materials used in next-generation, energy-efficient memory and logic devices. The team, which includes Nebraska's Abdelghani Laraoui, assistant professor of mechanical and materials engineering, successfully demonstrated for the   more

GUILFORD, England, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release: A breakthrough in decoding the growth process of Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN), a 2D material, and its nanostructures on metal substrates could pave the way for more efficient electronics, cleaner energy solutions and greener chemical manufacturing, according to new research from the University of Surrey. Only one atom thick, hBN - often nicknamed "white graphene" - is an ultra-thin, super-resili  more

LONDON, England, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- BloombergNEF, a part of Bloomberg, issued the following news release: * * * * BNEF's Net-Zero Transition: Opportunities for Vietnam report indicates that decarbonizing electricity supply is key to the country staying on track for the Paris Agreement's goal * More than $2.4 trillion in investment and spending is required by 2050 in a net-zero pathway, 54% more than in an economics-led transition * Solar and wind generation alone account for 57%, or 99 milli  more