CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 24 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Duke Energy Florida reflects on one-year anniversaries of hurricanes Helene and Milton, plans for future * Nearly one year after hurricanes Helene and Milton impacted the state, Duke Energy Florida continues to complete energy infrastructure investments to boost power reliability, strengthen the grid * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Nearly one year ago, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * North Carolina Judge to Hear Arguments Thursday on Duke Energy Climate Deception Lawsuit * RALEIGH, N.C.-- An Orange County Superior Court judge will hear oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit against Duke Energy for its role in deceiving the public about the dangers of fossil fuels, contributing to millions of dollars in damages to a North Carolina town. In December the   more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, Sept. 24 -- The University of Tennessee Chattanooga Campus issued the following news: * * * UTC's ETAP/TVA Power Simulation Laboratory builds workforce skills and industry partnerships By Chuck Wasserstrom When the ETAP/TVA Power Simulation Laboratory opened in 2011, it marked the start of a three-way partnership between the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Operation Technology, Inc. (OTI)--the developers of ETAP electrical p  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 23 [Category: Energy] (TNSxrep) -- The American Gas Association issued the following news release: * * * 60th Anniversary Potential Gas Committee Report shows 16% increase in recoverable natural gas supplies * WASHINGTON - The Potential Gas Committee rolled out its 60th Anniversary report on natural gas resources in the United States on Tuesday, showing a 16% increase in technically recoverable domestic natural gas resources from the previous biannual report, the lar  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 24 -- Aon, a provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human resources solutions and outsourcing services, issued the following news release: * * * Aon Expands Transition Analytics Offering with TPI Portfolio to help Insurers Navigate Decarbonization DUBLIN, Sept. 23, 2025 - Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm today announced the expansion of its transition analytics offering with the launch of TPI Portfolio, an enh  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Consolidated Edison, a provider of energy-related products and services, issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Con Edison Customers Brighten the Future With New Community Solar Record $2.1 Billion Investment Will Advance Energy Efficiency, Electrification Over the Next Five Years * Con Edison and its customers can mark Climate Week with pride, having set new records in the first six months of 2025 in the transition to clean energy. Highlights include: *   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * Corporate "Hotspots" Fuel Most Emissions--and the Biggest Solutions * As companies work to deliver on 2030 climate targets, key solutions from Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Net Zero Action Accelerator showcase implementation pathways for the biggest sources of corporate climate footprints, or "hotspots." Over 1,000 of the world's largest companies have set net zero goa  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sept. 24 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Duke Energy Florida reflects on one-year anniversaries of hurricanes Helene and Milton, plans for future * Nearly one year after hurricanes Helene and Milton impacted the state, Duke Energy Florida continues to complete energy infrastructure investments to boost power reliability, strengthen the grid * ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Nearly one year ago, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- Three inventors York Zhiyuan Zhou, LaGrangeville, New York; Lucas Mingzhi Zhou, LaGrangeville, New York; and Lin Zhou, LaGrangeville, New York, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12422730 B2, initially filed Nov. 10, 2022) for "Electromagnetic wave and energy storage."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- XIAMEN YAXON ZHILIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Fujian, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12420661 B2, initially filed Aug. 18, 2020) developed by Yankai Tu, Fujian, China, and Yuan Chen, Fujian, China, for "Energy management method and terminal device for electric vehicle, and storage medium."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- ENERGY VAULT, INC., Westlake Village, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12421938 B2, initially filed July 18, 2024) developed by Andrea Pedretti, Thousand Oaks, California, for "Energy storage and delivery system and method."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- GS YUASA INTERNATIONAL LTD., Kyoto, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424691 B2, initially filed Dec. 5, 2019) developed by three inventors Tsuyoshi Hidaka, Kyoto, Japan; Yasuyuki Iwashima, Kyoto, Japan; and Shun Sasaki, Kyoto, Japan, for "Energy storage apparatus."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- JT INTERNATIONAL S.A., , Switzerland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424701 B2, initially filed Oct. 7, 2020) developed by Claude Zominy, Copponex, France, for "Energy storage assembly device for an aerosol generation device."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TRINA STORAGE SOLUTIONS (JIANGSU) CO., LTD., Changzhou, China has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1094272 S1, initially filed April 17, 2024) developed by four inventors Luping Shan, Jiangsu, China; Qiao Ji, Jiangsu, China; Lingyun Miao, Jiangsu, China; and Xiaojun Dai, Jiangsu, China, for "Energy storage container."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED, Chennai, India has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424676 B2, initially filed June 18, 2020) developed by four inventors Safeer Rahman O C, Chennai, India; Shanmugasundaram Sevanthilingam, Chennai, India; Pramila Rao Nileshwar, Chennai, India; and Samraj Jabez Dhinagar, Chennai, India, for "Energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the same."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD., Osaka, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12420623 B2, initially filed March 15, 2024) developed by Takeshi Ouchida, Osaka, Japan, for "Energy storage device and work machine."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- ATLAS POWER TECHNOLOGIES INC., Abbotsford, Canada has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424684 B2, initially filed Sept. 6, 2023) developed by three inventors Mitchell Miller, Mission, Canada; Ali Khosrozadeh, Abbotsford, Canada; and Behzad Gorji Pour Shafiee, Abbotsford, Canada, for "Energy storage device with electrically isolated sleeve housing closed with two separate end caps integrated with the current terminals."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424869 B2, initially filed Jan. 6, 2023) developed by three inventors Jongcheol Kim, Daejeon, South Korea; Byeongho Mun, Daejeon, South Korea; and Inho Jung, Daejeon, South Korea, for "Energy storage system, and device for controlling ground structure of energy storage system."  more

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 24 -- FirstEnergy issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * FirstEnergy Corp. Declares Common Stock Dividend of 44.5 Cents Per Share The Board of Directors of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today declared a quarterly dividend of 44.5 cents per share of outstanding common stock payable December 1, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 7, 2025. * * * FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational exce  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- ELECTRIFIED THERMAL SOLUTIONS, INC., Medford, Massachusetts has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424955 B2, initially filed July 31, 2024) developed by Daniel Stack, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Bao Truong, Canton, Massachusetts, for "Gas turbine with an electrically heated thermal energy storage system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Changsha, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12422800 B2, initially filed Nov. 16, 2022) developed by four inventors Yongxi Zhang, Changsha, China; Youjun Deng, Changsha, China; Yuanyuan Wang, Changsha, China; and Gongping Wu, Changsha, China, for "Hierarchical energy management for community microgrids with integration of second-life battery energy storage systems and photovoltaic solar energy."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- An inventor from St James, New York, David Deak, Sr. has been awarded a patent (No. US 12424917 B1, initially filed Nov. 14, 2022) for "Magnetic flux storage capacitor, energy harvesting generator."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD, Shenzhen, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424865 B2, initially filed Sept. 6, 2023) developed by three inventors Faping Zhong, Shenzhen, China; Mingxing Tang, Shenzhen, China; and Peihong Zhao, Shenzhen, China, for "Method for controlling battery pack in hybrid energy storage state based on light intensity."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12422495 B2, initially filed July 2, 2023) developed by eight inventors Nobuyuki Tanaka, Toyota, Japan; Yoshihiro Uchida, Nagakute, Japan; Kenta Onishi, Kariya, Japan; Yuki Sugo, Toyota, Japan; Kenta Fujimoto, Toyota, Japan; Atsushi Kato, Okazaki, Japan; Hiroshi Yoshida, Anjo, Japan; and Ryota Takizawa, Toyota, Japan, for "Method for inspecting energy storage device, non-transi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12420744 B2, initially filed July 5, 2022) developed by five inventors Roger Akira Kyle, Aubrey, Texas; Timothy Wang, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Bryan Else Yamasaki, Frisco, Texas; Justin K Shen, Canton, Michigan; and Prince Ramos Remegio, McKinney, Texas, for "Methods and systems for vehicles having battery and reserve energy storage device."  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC: The World Knows Climate Change Is Real * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his speech to the United Nations today, President Trump offered a tirade aimed at climate change and renewable energy. While people around the world are experiencing the impact of hotter heat waves, stronger storms, and other extreme weather events, Trump tried to dismiss this crisis as a "con job."   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12423882 B2, initially filed April 11, 2023) developed by five inventors Takanori Yoshii, Kawasaki Kanagawa, Japan; Takashi Ishii, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan; Yoshiyuki Hirahara, Mishima Shizuoka, Japan; Takehiro Kato, Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan; and Yasuo Namioka, Nerima Tokyo, Japan, for "Processing device, processing system, head mounted display, processing method,  more

PASADENA, California, Sept. 23 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Scott Cushing Named a Moore Inventor Fellow * Scott Cushing, assistant professor of chemistry, has been named among the final class of five Moore Inventor Fellows by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. This 10th cohort of fellows marks the fulfillment of a 10-year $35 million commitment by the Moore Foundation to support "50 inventors to shape the next 50 years." Cushing is the fourth  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 -- NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Ningde, China has been assigned a patent (No. US 12424653 B2, initially filed Feb. 18, 2021) developed by four inventors Jianjian Yi, Fujian, China; Xinzhi Zhang, Fujian, China; Zengbin Wei, Fujian, China; and Xinghua Tao, Fujian, China, for "Separator and energy storage device."  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Sept. 24 -- Evergy Inc., a company that says it focuses on producing, transmitting and delivering energy for the benefit of stakeholders, issued the following news release: * * * TerraPower, Evergy and the State of Kansas announce agreement to explore advanced nuclear energy deployment Kansas City, Mo. - September 23, 2025 - TerraPower, a nuclear innovation company, Evergy (NASDAQ: EVRG) and the Kansas Department of Commerce, announced today the signing of a memorandum of unde  more

LONDON, England, Sept. 23 -- The University College London issued the following news: * * * Battery storage supporting renewable energy is necessary and feasible, but faces challenges Storing renewable energy in large batteries to help balance the energy market is technically feasible at large scale across the UK and EU, but it needs to overcome financial challenges affecting its long-term business viability, finds a new study by UCL researchers. * The giant batteries, which are called Batt  more