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Areva bringing headquarters to Innovation Park (access required)

By Payton Guion, staff writer
Published: March 5,2013

Areva, an energy company based in Paris, will occupy more space at Innovation Park when its North American headquarters completes its move to the Queen City by 2017.


Energy industry turns to water

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: April 29,2011

Instead of black gold, fortune seekers might be hunting clear gold as water becomes key to energy needs in the new century. The idea of water being as valuable as oil was floated today at the Energy Inc. conference in Charlotte, where CEOs and execs involved in the energy industry met to talk about how [...]


Four industries seen as key to diversifying Charlotte’s economy (access required)

By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: January 28,2011

While the seeds were already planted, the recession and the tremors it sent through the financial sector helped pave the way for new industries in Charlotte. Although the city is still known as a banking capital, some expect those new industries — energy, foreign investments, biotechnology and small and minority-owned businesses — to substantially change [...]