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Decision looms on Duke Energy’s bid to use green tariffs
Under a proposal, Duke Energy customers that voluntarily pay extra for renewable energy wouldn’t be adding new clean resources to the grid.
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Backup power: A growing need, if you can afford it
Extreme weather linked to climate change is causing more blackouts. But generators and batteries are still out of reach for many.
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Opinion: Here is what is really strangling the energy transition
Antiquated power lines can’t carry the added electricity from new solar and wind projects.
Duke Energy and its critics battle over its 'clean energy transition'
Energy production is the second largest source of the heat-trapping gases that cause global warming, both in North Carolina and nationwide — after transportation.
Duke Energy is leaking a potent climate-warming gas at more than five times the rate of other utilities
The gas, sulfur hexafluoride, is one of the most potent and long-lasting climate pollutants—known collectively as “the immortals”—because they remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years.
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US Army tests floating solar, US Navy floats climate action
The US Army is stepping up its renewable energy activity with its first ever floating solar array, which could be a model for more to come.
How a Florida power project flew under the regulatory radar
The state’s biggest utility is building a 176-mile line that may be unsuitable or even unneeded. Its design minimized scrutiny. Critics see a pattern.
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