CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 10 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Duke Energy's latest North Carolina gas plant proposal would drive up bills, pollution * CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Clean energy advocates urged the North Carolina Utilities Commission on Monday to deny Duke Energy's application to construct and operate a second large methane gas-fired power plant in Person County -- a project likely to burden North Caro  more

KOKOMO, Indiana, June 11 -- Indiana University Kokomo Campus issued the following news: * * * Duke Energy Foundation provides funding for internships A Duke Energy Foundation grant will fund student internships in the clean energy industry. * KOKOMO, Ind. -- Indiana University Kokomo students will gain hands-on experience in the clean energy industry with paid internships funded by Duke Energy Foundation. The campus received a $15,000 grant for the "Fueling the Future: Training Tomorrow's  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Ocean Conservancy issued the following news release on June 9, 2025: * * * Brazil and France Launch New Global Challenge to Put the Ocean at the Center of Climate Action Eight inaugural countries already committed to challenge * (NICE, France) - Today at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), Brazil and France launched a landmark international initiative to dramatically scale up ocean-focused climate action. The Blue NDC Challenge calls on all countries to place the ocea  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The World Resources Institute posted the following news release: * * * Brazil and France Launch New Global Challenge to Put the Ocean at the Center of Climate Action Eight inaugural countries already committed to challenge * Nice, France (June 9, 2025) - Today at the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), Brazil and France launched a landmark international initiative to dramatically scale up ocean-focused climate action. The Blue NDC Challenge calls on all countries to place the  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- LICAP TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Sacramento, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12327856 B2, initially filed Oct. 1, 2021) developed by Linda Zhong, Sacramento, California, for "Dry electrode manufacture for solid state energy storage devices."  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, June 10 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Duke Energy's latest North Carolina gas plant proposal would drive up bills, pollution * CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Clean energy advocates urged the North Carolina Utilities Commission on Monday to deny Duke Energy's application to construct and operate a second large methane gas-fired power plant in Person County -- a project likely to burden North Caro  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- ANKER INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Changsha, China has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1078628 S1, initially filed Oct. 11, 2024) developed by Zhipeng Ke, Shenzhen, China, for "Energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- Four inventors Xianyao Peng, Guangdong, China; Zhongwei Sun, Guangdong, China; Wei Bai, Guangdong, China; and Xiaowei Yin, Guangdong, China, have been awarded a design patent (No. US D1078635 S1, initially filed June 7, 2024) for "Energy storage power supply."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- GUANGDONG PISEN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Shenzhen, China has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1078608 S1, initially filed April 2, 2023) developed by Wu Zhao, Shenzhen, China, and Yongchuan Zhang, Shenzhen, China, for "Energy storage power supply."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12328002 B2, initially filed June 29, 2023) developed by Zhipeng Wu, Shenzhen, China, and Lin Li, Shanghai, China, for "Energy storage system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12328003 B2, initially filed Nov. 27, 2023) developed by Mingxuan Dong, Shanghai, China, and Kai Xin, Shanghai, China, for "Energy storage system, power conversion system, and method for optimizing primary frequency modulation."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12326743 B2, initially filed Nov. 10, 2023) developed by four inventors Hui Ma, Shenzhen, China; Zhipeng Wu, Shenzhen, China; Hao Meng, Dongguan, China; and Zhirun Li, Shenzhen, China, for "Energy storage system, temperature control method, and photovoltaic power generation system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- NOVENTA ENERGY PARTNERS INC., Toronto, Canada has been assigned a patent (No. US 12326301 B2, initially filed April 11, 2023) developed by Alexander Georgiev Sotirov, Toronto, Canada, for "Ground-based thermal storage and heat exchange system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- Four inventors Xianyao Peng, Guangdong, China; Zhongwei Sun, Guangdong, China; Wei Bai, Guangdong, China; and Xiaowei Yin, Guangdong, China, have been awarded a design patent (No. US D1078636 S1, initially filed May 17, 2024) for "Housing for energy storage power supply."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- ENOVIX CORPORATION, Fremont, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12327833 B2, initially filed Dec. 6, 2023) developed by sixteen inventors Robert S. Busacca, Francisco, California; Ashok Lahiri, Cupertino, California; Murali S. Ramasubramanian, Fremont, California; Bruno A. Valdes, Sunnyvale, California; Gardner Cameron Dales, Los Gatos, California; Christopher J. Spindt, Menlo Park, California; Geoffrey Matthew Ho, San Ramon, California; Harrold J. Rus  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- CHORUSVIEW, INC., Las Vegas, Nevada has been assigned a patent (No. US 12325626 B2, initially filed Nov. 20, 2023) developed by Amit Lal, Ithaca, New York, for "Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) rectifier and storage element for energy harvesting."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12327682 B1, initially filed Feb. 25, 2025) developed by Mohamed Khairy Abdel Fattah Omran, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for "Nanohybrid supercapacitors for energy storage."  more

LAKEWOOD, Ohio, June 11 (TNSbrep) -- The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis issued the following news release: * * * Pushing back eastern Australia's gas shortages How infrastructure upgrades could buy time Planned upgrades to infrastructure carrying Queensland gas would cover the annual gas shortages predicted in Australia's southern states till 2032, buying governments time for gas demand reduction measures that would address ongoing shortfalls beyond 2032. Planned st  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, June 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Recovering from the past and transitioning to a better energy future * As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events grow, it may become increasingly necessary to employ a bolder approach to climate change, warned Emily A. Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. Carter made her case for why the energy transition is  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- LUNAR ENERGY, INC., Mountain View, California has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1078637 S1, initially filed April 7, 2022) developed by eleven inventors Kunal Satyabhushan Girotra, Foster City, California; Kevin Richard Fine, Redwood City, California; Peter H. J. How, San Francisco, California; Mark Holveck, Sunnyvale, California; Doyeon Shin, Seoul, South Korea; Junggi Sung, Seoul, South Korea; Pablo Velazquez, San Francisco, California; Oliver Gaetano   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Lincolnshire, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12326236 B2, initially filed March 4, 2024) developed by Joseph S Slowik, Nesconset, New York, and Christopher P. Klicpera, Westbury, New York, for "Systems and methods for adaptive energy storage in an illumination system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 10 -- An inventor from Waterloo, Canada, Kamyar Rouindej has been awarded a patent (No. US 12326139 B2, initially filed May 13, 2024) for "Systems and methods for compressed air energy storage and control thereof."  more

IRVINE, California, June 10 -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine to lead use of AI in solving grand challenges below Earth's surface UC Office of the President-funded project involves 5 UC campuses and 2 national labs * Irvine, Calif., June 9, 2025 --The University of California Office of the President has funded a $6 million, three-year initiative led by researchers at the University of California, Irvine to use artificial intelli  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 11 -- Xcel Energy issued the following news release: * * * Xcel Energy's upcoming St. Paul Service Center hits major construction milestone The Heights location replaces current century-old building to ensure reliable service for customers * MINNEAPOLIS (June 10, 2025) - Xcel Energy announced today a major milestone in the construction of a new service center that will position it to continue to provide safe and reliable energy service across St. Paul. The comp  more