ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul, South Korea has been assigned a patent (No. US 12248028 B2, initially filed Aug. 17, 2021) developed by four inventors Su Han Park, Daejeon, South Korea; Sung Hoon Bae, Daejeon, South Korea; Dae Sik Chung, Daejeon, South Korea; and Young Hwan Lee, Daejeon, South Korea, for "Method of predicting lifespan of battery cell reflecting storage characteristics of positive electrode active material."  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- ENPHASE ENERGY, INC., Petaluma, California has been assigned a patent (No. US 12249837 B2, initially filed Dec. 20, 2022) developed by Michael J. Harrison, Petaluma, California, for "Microinverter for use with storage system."  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 [Category: Energy] -- The American Clean Power Association posted the following news release: * * * New Report Finds Urgent Need to Expand Energy Supply to Meet Rapidly Growing Future Demand Urges Immediate Action to Seize Opportunities for U.S. Businesses and Industries HOUSTON, March 10, 2025 - Electricity demand in the United States is projected to surge by an unprecedented amount over the coming decade, according to a report released today by S&P Global Commodity In  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 12 -- The National Association of State Energy Officials issued the following news: * * * New York Awards Funding to Four Clean Hydrogen Research and Development Projects By Kelsey Jones, NASEO On January 23, 2025, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that more than $1.2 million has been awarded to four innovative clean hydrogen research and development (R&D) projects through the Advanced Fuels and Thermal Energy Research  more

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, March 12 -- Onsemi, a semiconductors supplier company, issued the following news on March 11, 2025: * * * onsemi Debuts Advanced Depth Sensor for Industrial Applications What's New: Today onsemi released the Hyperlux ID family, the industry's first real-time, indirect time-of-flight (iToF) sensor that offers high precision long distance measurements and 3D imaging of fast-moving objects. By using onsemi's new proprietary global shutter pixel architecture and on-board stor  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- The Solar Energy Industries Association issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Solar Adds More New Capacity to the Grid in 2024 Than Any Energy Technology in the Past Two Decades WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States installed a record-breaking 50 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2024, the largest single year of new capacity added to the grid by any energy technology in over two decades. According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2024 Year in Review   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- Two inventors, Kenneth Wayne Nix, III, Midland, Texas, and Ryan Patrick Edwards, Midland, Texas, have been awarded a patent (No. US 12249727 B2, initially filed March 13, 2023) for "System and method for storage and withdrawal of electrical energy from a subterranean environment."  more

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, March 12 -- Westinghouse Electric issued the following news release: * * * Westinghouse and Data4 to Collaborate on European Data Center Project Agreement will Explore the Use of AP300 Small Modular Reactors to Provide Carbon-Free Electricity to Data Centers Paris, France, March 11, 2025 - Westinghouse Electric Company and Data4, a leader among Europe's data center developers and operators in Europe, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 11 -- QUANTUM POWER TRANSFORMATION LIMITED, Cambridge, United Kingdom has been assigned a patent (No. US 12249981 B2, initially filed Aug. 15, 2023) developed by Robert William Gwynne, Cambridge, United Kingdom, for "Zero excess energy storage transformer."  more