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Jul 20, 2011

Duke Energy mulls minority interest in SC nuclear reactors

Charlotte-based Duke Energy Carolinas is considering having a minority interest in Santee Cooper’s 45 percent ownership of planned nuclear reactors at V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina. Duke […]

Jul 15, 2011

No fracking way

Decades’ worth of energy could be sealed up in shale in the piedmont of North Carolina. But Robert Hardison, president of Status Oilwells Inc. in Charlotte, doesn’t really care. Although […]

Jul 6, 2011

B&W joint venture awarded $333M U.S. Department of Energy contract

Charlotte-based Babcock & Wilcox Co. said a company it helped form has been awarded a $333 million U.S. Department of Energy contract to clean contaminated waste. The contract has been awarded […]

Jul 6, 2011

Duke Energy Corp. to build second Kansas wind farm

Duke Energy Corp. today said it plans to build another wind farm in Kansas. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Charlotte-based Duke, will build, own and operate the 131-megawatt […]

Jul 6, 2011

Babcock & Wilcox CFO stepping down

Babcock & Wilcox Chief Financial Officer Exercises Provisions of Retention Agreement Babcock & Wilcox Co.’s chief financial officer said he is ending his employment with the Charlotte-based company. Michael Taff […]

Jul 1, 2011

Duke Energy asks to raise rates

Duke Energy Carolinas today said it has requested approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission to increase electric rates. When factoring in the company’s residential and commercial customers, it would mean […]

Jun 30, 2011

Perdue vetoes fracking bill

Gov. Beverly Perdue has vetoed a bill that would have moved the state closer to allowing a controversial process to extract onshore reserves of natural gas. Senate Bill 709, which […]

Jun 30, 2011

Babcock & Wilcox Co. wins $54M Indiana power plant job

Babcock & Wilcox Co. said it has been awarded a $54 million contract for an emissions-control system for a power plant in Indiana. Under the contract, B&W will design and […]

Jun 28, 2011

Duke Energy extends sponsorship of Blumenthal’s Broadway Lights series for 2 seasons

Duke Energy Corp. said it will remain the title sponsor of Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Broadway Lights series for the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons. “The Broadway Lights series brings world-class […]

Jun 23, 2011

Chinese solar cell maker Jetion chooses Charlotte for U.S. base

A Chinese solar cell and modules maker has picked Charlotte as the base of its U.S. operation. Jetion Solar Corp., a subsidiary of Jetion Solar China Limited, today announced that […]

Jun 22, 2011

Snyder’s-Lance completes solar farm

Snyder’s-Lance Inc. said it has completed the largest ground-based solar farm in Pennsylvania. The 26-acre, 3 1/2-megawatt farm features 5,092 solar panels and is across from the company’s manufacturing plant in Hanover. The […]

Jun 22, 2011

Duke Energy increases dividend

Duke Energy Corp. said it will pay a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of 25 cents a share, an increase of half a cent over the previous dividend. […]

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