Carolina’s status as a national solar energy leader expanded further in 2016 as Duke Energy connected about 500 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity in the state to serve customers, according to a press release from the utility. The combination of ...
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Read More »Duke Energy has announced the location of its newest universal solar power plant, which will provide cleaner, smarter energy solutions for Florida customers, according to a press release. It will be built on 70 acres near Live Oak, Fla., just ...
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Read More »Duke Energy Renewables announced today it has acquired three solar power projects from SunPower Corp. totaling 55 megawatts (MW). The sites include the 20-MW Rio Bravo I, the 20-MW Rio Bravo II, and the 15-MW Wildwood Solar II solar power ...
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Read More »(AP) Duke Energy will resolve a federal lawsuit by contributing $1 million to protect the lower Cape Fear River, Sutton Lake near Wilmington and some wetlands. Duke will match up to $250,000 contributed by other sources to the newly created ...
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A Huntersville man might have to demolish his $600,000 house in Skybrook because a corner of the building encroaches on a Duke Energy easement. The utility company’s suit against Herbert Gray would have been barred by a six-year statute of ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed legislation late Monday reviving a special commission tasked in 2014 with managing the cleanup of coal ash in North Carolina that Duke Energy keeps in pits. It wasn’t surprising that McCrory blocked the ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — All coal-ash pits in North Carolina maintained by Duke Energy power plants pose enough of an environmental risk that they should be excavated and moved by 2024, state environmental regulators said Wednesday. But the state Department of ...
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Read More »The Monroe Solar Facility in Union County was one of two Duke Energy solar power projects approved by the North Carolina Utilities Commission this week. The 60-megawatt facility at 2272 S. Rocky River Road will be on a 400-acre site, ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A nonprofit that installed solar panels on a church will appeal a decision by regulators that said it couldn’t charge for electricity, the group’s executive director said Monday. The nonprofit North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network ...
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Read More »RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory has told the Coal Ash Management Commission that it no longer exists. Multiple media outlets report that McCrory’s chief attorney has written Commission Chairman Michael Jacobs to tell him the group has been ...
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