RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * BorgWarner Selects Henderson County for $75 Million Industrial Operations Expansion * Today Governor Josh Stein announced BorgWarner Inc., a U.S.-based global mobility solutions company, is expected to create 193 jobs in Henderson County. The company says it will invest a minimum of $74.9 million to build an advanced manufacturing facility for a new industrial product in Hendersonv  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Oct. 28 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Southern Environmental Law Center posted the following news release: * * * Groups reach settlement with Duke Energy Progress on rate increase * COLUMBIA, S.C. Several environmental groups joined a settlement with Duke Energy Progress this week involving Duke's application for a rate increase at the South Carolina Public Service Commission. Earlier this year, Duke requested an average rate increase of 12.1% (and 15.1% for   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- RAYTHEON COMPANY, Arlington, Virginia has been assigned a patent (No. US 12455121 B2, initially filed Sept. 22, 2021) developed by four inventors Travis L. Mayberry, McKinney, Texas; Nicholas I. Maniscalco, Plano, Texas; Katherine P. Carpenter, Plano, Texas; and Michael J. Arthur, Indianapolis, Indiana, for "Additively manufactured thermal energy storage units."  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 28 [Category: Economics] -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, posted the following news release: * * * AI and other tech are consuming our electric grid * This piece originally appeared on Cleveland.com on October 19, 2025 Across Ohio, technology companies are racing to build data centers massive facilities necessary for digital technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to cryptocurrency. And a handful of billionaires are raking in  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Babcock and Wilcox (B&W), Barberton, Ohio, announced it secured a contract from Cache Power Corp., Bonnyville, Alberta, to perform an engineering study for the Marguerite Lake Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) and Hydrogen Hub Project near La Corey, Alberta. The study is partially financed by a grant from Alberta Innovates, a Canadian provincial crown corporation promoting innovation and economic growth. The project will incorporate B&W's BrightLoop energy production a  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456774 B2, initially filed Nov. 16, 2021) developed by six inventors Sung-Man Choi, Daejeon, South Korea; Yong-Shik Shin, Daejeon, South Korea; Young-Jin Kim, Daejeon, South Korea; Do-Wung Son, Daejeon, South Korea; Seung-Hyun Yun, Daejeon, South Korea; and Byeong-Yoon Jung, Daejeon, South Korea, for "Battery pack, energy storage system, and vehicle."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456771 B2, initially filed Sept. 28, 2021) developed by seven inventors Hee-Chan Kim, Daejeon, South Korea; Seung-Jun Lee, Daejeon, South Korea; Kown Son, Daejeon, South Korea; Kyung-Min Lee, Daejeon, South Korea; Goan-Su Jung, Daejeon, South Korea; Sang-Woo Hong, Daejeon, South Korea; and Jong-Soo Lee, Daejeon, South Korea, for "Battery rack, power storage device, and data storage  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 28 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council posted the following news: * * * Biotech's Comeback Seems Real This Time: Why Massachusetts Is Poised to Lead the Recovery By Jason Cordeiro, Chief Innovation and Operating Officer David Wainer's recent Wall Street Journal analysis makes (https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/why-biotechs-rally-can-last-this-time-b2845aa3?st=kmJPgK&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink) a compelling case that biotech's rally has s  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- NEW ENERGY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Katy, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12455047 B2, initially filed May 18, 2021) developed by Thomas G. Quine, Methuen, Massachusetts, for "Cryogenic storage system."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPEREATIONS LLC, Detroit, Michigan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12454194 B2, initially filed Aug. 23, 2023) developed by five inventors Patricia M. Laskowsky, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Aniket P. Kothari, Rochester Hills, Michigan; Ethan R. Harrison, Burton, Michigan; Sabrina Elaine Ridenour, Novi, Michigan; and Timothy Bresson, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for "Electric vehicle energy storage system time discharge estimation and management."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- FLEXGEN POWER SYSTEMS, LLC, Durham, North Carolina has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456867 B2, initially filed Sept. 22, 2022) developed by Davin Ojala, Durham, North Carolina, for "Electrical systems and methods using high capacity local bus supported by energy storage."  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (TNSrpt) -- Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), Boston, Massachusetts, completed a grid services study to address the challenge of keeping electric bills in check while Massachusetts quickly moves to electrify buildings and vehicles. The clean energy transition is placing growing demands on electric infrastructure, often causing expensive upgrades or delays for connecting new loads. In many cases, stress on a single transformer or feeder during a small number of critical  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, Japan has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456783 B2, initially filed Jan. 24, 2023) developed by three inventors Yuki Ohira, Nisshin, Japan; Hideo Takahashi, Osaka, Japan; and Daiji Yoshito, Osaka, Japan, for "Energy storage module."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- WEESS INC., Costa Mesa, California has been assigned a design patent (No. US D1099824 S1, initially filed July 19, 2023) developed by Guang Chen, Shanghai, China, for "Energy storage system."  more

MCLEAN, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- Hilton Worldwide Holdings posted the following news release: * * * Hilton Openings in 2026 Hilton unveils its annual list of new property openings to watch for in 2026 Hilton will expand to new countries in 2026, including: * Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts (Malaysia) * Conrad Hotels & Resorts (Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Greece) * NoMad (Singapore) * Curio Collection by Hilton (India) * Canopy by Hilton (Thailand and Italy) * Home2 Suites by Hilton (Irel  more

SPRING, Texas, Oct. 28 -- Hewlett Packard Enterprise, an information technology company, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2025: * * * HPE to build two systems for Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Next-generation exascale supercomputer "Discovery" and AI cluster "Lux" Introducing HPE Cray Supercomputing GX5000 featuring the HPE Cray Supercomputing Storage Systems K3000 to enable supercomputing breakthroughs in the converged AI and HPC era In this article * HPE-built Discovery will  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- TESLA, INC., Austin, Texas has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456777 B2, initially filed April 12, 2024) developed by twelve inventors Andrew Pires, San Francisco, California; Robert David Sumpf, Jr., San Francisco, California; William B. Stockton, San Francisco, California; Cole Spooner, Palo Alto, California; Cole Prodan, Mountain View, California; Jayesh Bharat Gorasia, San Francisco, California; Kenton Harris, Palo Alto, California; Dan Burke, Palo Alto, Ca  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 [Category: Energy] -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates, Organized Labor and Workforce Equity Advocates, and the Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition Urge Passage of the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act * SPRINGFIELD, Ill. As Illinois' fall veto session resumes today, a broad coalition including organized labor, clean energy industries, and environmental and consumer advocates are calling on le  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, Germany has been assigned a patent (No. US 12454191 B2, initially filed Nov. 9, 2020) developed by Jan Philipp Schmidt, Holzmaden, Germany, for "Method, apparatus, system, electric vehicle, computer program and storage medium for charging or discharging a cell of an electric energy store by considering a complex impedance and a temperature characteristic of the energy store."  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, Oct. 28 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- Rockwell Automation, an industrial automation and information company, issued the following news release: * * * Rockwell Automation Announces Strategic Collaboration With Energy Observer for E03: Pioneering Sustainable Maritime Innovation * Rockwell Automation recently announced its continued collaboration with Energy Observer, supporting the development and launch of the Energy Observer 3 (EO3) watercraft. This next-generat  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 28 -- THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, Maryland has been assigned a patent (No. US 12456748 B2, initially filed Feb. 7, 2022) developed by seven inventors Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Highland, Maryland; Michael H. Jin, Ellicott City, Maryland; Spencer A. Langevin, Columbia, Maryland; Adam W. Freeman, Laurel, Maryland; Evan D. Jacque, Columbia, Maryland; Nathan J. Fairbanks, Montgomery Village, Maryland; and Luke J. Currano, Columbia, Maryland, for "Textile and   more