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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.
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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.

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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

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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