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Duke Energy to power five military bases with clean energy

The contract, valued at $248 million, will provide an estimated 4.8-million-megawatt hours of electricity over a 15-year delivery period from two newly constructed off-site solar facilities in South Carolina.

Duke Energy unit upgrades at Bad Creek pumped storage add 320 MW of capacity

Duke Energy has completed upgrades to the four units at its 1,680 MW Bad Creek pumped storage plant, adding 320 MW of carbon-free energy.

Regulators approved a three-year transition for solar customers to move from receiving monthly credits to a time-of-use rate structure .

This microgrid can power an entire North Carolina town during an outage

During its testing phase, Duke Energy’s microgrid was able to pick up the town’s entire load from a black start without any help from the energy grid.

Solar advocates, Duke Energy reach net metering agreement in North Carolina

Duke Energy and solar industry stakeholders have reached an agreement on net metering policy in North Carolina that will help expand distributed solar generation and benefit utility customers, the parties announced Tuesday.

Duke Energy’s Sustainable Solutions planning its first wind farm in Iowa

Construction on the Ledyard Windpower site in Kossuth County will be Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ first renewable energy project in Iowa.