CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy helps Florida communities prepare business and industrial sites to bring local investments * Duke Energy's Site Readiness Program has evaluated 60 sites, attracted 1,950 new jobs and $493 million in capital investment in Florida since the program began in 2013 * Six high-potential business and industrial sites were selected for the 2025 program * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Duke Energy selecte  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- GOODRICH PLUS ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LTD., New Taipei, Taiwan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12395000 B2, initially filed May 30, 2022) developed by Chih-Wei Lee, New Taipei, Taiwan, for "Autonomously activated electric energy storage device and control method thereof."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12394858 B2, initially filed Sept. 3, 2020) developed by seven inventors Dong-Hyun Kim, Daejeon, South Korea; Kyung-Min Lee, Daejeon, South Korea; Seung-Jun Lee, Daejeon, South Korea; Goan-Su Jung, Daejeon, South Korea; Kown Son, Daejeon, South Korea; Hee-Chan Kim, Daejeon, South Korea; and Jong-Soo Lee, Daejeon, South Korea, for "Battery rack and energy storage system including the   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S, Brande, Denmark has been assigned a patent (No. US 12395003 B2, initially filed Jan. 5, 2023) developed by three inventors Samuel Hawkins, Vejle, Denmark; Gustav Hoegh, Vejle, Denmark; and Dennis Stachniuk Jensen, Brande, Denmark, for "Charging of an energy storage system of a wind turbine."  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Aug. 20 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy helps Florida communities prepare business and industrial sites to bring local investments * Duke Energy's Site Readiness Program has evaluated 60 sites, attracted 1,950 new jobs and $493 million in capital investment in Florida since the program began in 2013 * Six high-potential business and industrial sites were selected for the 2025 program * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Duke Energy selecte  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- Three inventors Levon Muradyan, Yerevan, Armenia; Zhanna Sedrakyan, Yerevan, Armenia; and Murad Muradyan, Westlake Village, California, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12392328 B2, initially filed Oct. 20, 2023) for "Elastic energy storage device which is used for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- AM BATTERIES, INC., Billerica, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12394776 B2, initially filed Aug. 10, 2022) developed by four inventors Jay Jie Shi, Acton, Massachusetts; Omri Flaisher, Litchfield, New Hampshire; Yan Wang, Acton, Massachusetts; and Heng Pan, St. Louis, Missouri, for "Electrode for energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC, Chicago, Illinois has been assigned a patent (No. US 12392831 B2, initially filed March 15, 2023) developed by Amit Kumar Agrawal, Bangalore, India, and Rohit Sisodia, Naperville, Illinois, for "Electronic devices with multiple energy storage devices, thermal mitigation circuits, user interface prompts, and corresponding methods."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- An inventor from Madras, Oregon, Frank Maynard has been awarded a patent (No. US 12395011 B2, initially filed Feb. 24, 2025) for "Energy storage and recovery system."  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has released a new assessment showing Europe's marine contracting sector underpins more than Euros80 billion in economic activity and supports about 490,000 jobs when supply-chain and spending effects are included, highlighting the industry's central role in energy security, net zero build out, and digital connectivity. The study estimates direct contributions at over Euros45 billion in gross value added (G  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, Xuzhou, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12391481 B2, initially filed Nov. 10, 2023) developed by nine inventors Liyuan Yu, Jiangsu, China; Bowen Hu, Jiangsu, China; Rui Sun, Jiangsu, China; Xianzhen Mi, Jiangsu, China; Shuchen Li, Jiangsu, China; Haijian Su, Jiangsu, China; Wei Li, Jiangsu, China; Chao Wei, Jiangsu, China; and Tao Zhang, Jiangsu, China, for "Large deformation underground energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- TORUS INC., South Salt Lake, Utah has been assigned a patent (No. US 12395010 B2, initially filed Nov. 16, 2023) developed by five inventors Nathan Walkingshaw, Sandy, Utah; Calab Nelson, Sandy, Utah; Tanner Bean, Sandy, Utah; Cliff Lambarth, Sandy, Utah; and Jason Eichorst, Sandy, Utah, for "Mechanical-energy storage unit."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12391146 B2, initially filed Sept. 28, 2021) developed by four inventors Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Xiaohong Duan, Canton, Michigan; Angel Porras, Dearborn, Michigan; and Julia Helen Buckland Seeds, Novi, Michigan, for "Methods and system for thermal management of an electric energy storage device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12394986 B2, initially filed April 22, 2022) developed by three inventors Al-Thaddeus Avestruz, Ann Arbor, California; Xiaofan Cui, Ann Arbor, California; and Jason Siegel, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for "Power processing and energy storage."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC., Tokyo, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12394847 B2, initially filed July 6, 2022) developed by Tetsuji Omura, Kobe, Japan, for "Power storage device and vehicle-mounted structure thereof."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 19 -- GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., Kyoto, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12394993 B2, initially filed March 10, 2020) developed by Kazunori Dono, Kyoto, Japan, and Atsushi Fukushima, Kyoto, Japan, for "Protective apparatus, energy storage apparatus, and method for protecting energy storage device."  more