Duke Energy, one of the country's largest utilities, will invest $1.4 billion over the next seven years to upgrade the power grid in Indiana that serves more than 800,000 customers. In separate news, the company announced it's testing a hybrid energy storage system in North Carolina t
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Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have asked officials in the Trump administration to oppose, as is, an almost completed $400 million wind project that Amazon Web Services expects to buy clean energy from. The 300-MW wind project, Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, is reportedly ready to beg
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Despite a last-minute attempt to halt it, North Carolina's first commercial-scale wind farm, the 300-MW Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East, is now fully operational.The $400 million project most recently made headlines after a group of North Carolina lawmakers sent a letter to the Trump administration askin
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Aerial photo of Starbucks' solar farm, NC-47, in North Carolina provided by Starbucks Corp. Starbucks Corp. is making a strategic shift in its corporate renewable energy strategy. As evidenced by a string of recent accomplishments, the Seattle-based coffee company has illustrated
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North Carolina state legislators June 30 inserted a proposed 18-month moratorium on new wind farm permits into a state renewable energy bill currently awaiting the governor’s signature or veto.The moratorium bans new wind farm permits until Dec. 31, 2018, and could affect two wind farms planne
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A North Carolina bill revamping the state’s solar energy policies to create a competitive marketplace was signed into law July 27 despite the inclusion of a provision that places a temporary ban on new wind farm permits.The law includes the allowance of third-party leases for rooftop solar arr
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