Just like the Old Farmer’s Almanac forecasted, the East Coast is bracing for a snowy winter storm in late January, maybe especially in eastern North Carolina, bringing excitement to kids and warnings from emergency officials and utility companies. The brunt of the winter weather is expected to impact North Carolina starting Tuesday evening and into...
In the past week, Duke Energy systematically shut down parts of the North Carolina and South Carolina power grid in what the utility described as an effort to stabilize energy usage during bitter cold holiday temperatures. Called “rolling blackouts,” the strategy raised a red flag for public officials and energy policy experts after tens of...
North Carolina has better options than wind and solar, if it wants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this month signed an executive order prioritizing offshore wind energy as part of his administration’s Clean Energy Plan, which is focused on renewables to achieve goals such as reducing emissions by 70% by 2030. More recently, Republican lawmakers in the General Assembly have unveiled their working proposal to meet the state’s...
Update: This story was updated 11:08 June 4, with a statement from Jordan McGillis, a spokesman for the Institute for Energy Research. Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank claimed in a March press release it’s the “first Fortune 500 company and first bank to contract for 100 percent renewable power through a single new project.” The project is...
House Bill 589, passed earlier this year by the General Assembly, could put allies of North Carolina’s renewable energy industry somewhat at ease, said Randy Wheeless, a spokesman for Duke Energy, at a Nov. 1 meeting of renewable advocates. The new law lets the utility offer rebates to its customers when they install rooftop solar...
RALEIGH — California-based Apple promotes its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., by saying it runs “100 percent” on renewable energy even though the facility continues to get all of its electricity from Duke Energy, a public utility that primarily generates electricity using coal, nuclear power, and natural gas.
RALEIGH — Amazon’s statement that its wind farm in northeastern North Carolina will provide electricity for data centers located near Washington Dulles International Airport, nearly 200 miles away, could be a problem for the federal regulators that police corporate advertising and promotion. The Federal Trade Commission has issued guidelines for “green claims” since 1992, and deceptive statements could result in legal action by the agency.
RALEIGH — When Amazon Web Services, a division of online retailer Amazon, announced in July its involvement in North Carolina’s first major wind farm, the company stated the power would be used for its data centers in Northern Virginia, but the centers will continue to purchase electricity entirely from Dominion Virginia Power, the public utility that currently supplies the Amazon data centers.
