Climate Change

Recent federal actions cast uncertainty over the future of North Carolina’s solar industry. But people familiar with the history of rooftop solar in the state say uncertainty is nothing new.

Clean energy tax credits have saved people money on home solar installations for more than 20 years. They’re set to expire at the end of this year, after the Trump administration canceled them. However, it might already be too late for homeowners to save on new solar.

Australia mines more lithium than any other country, but most of that lithium is refined in China. Countries such as Australia and the U.S. are looking to refine more lithium at home, and North Carolina is well-positioned to benefit.

More fossil fuels and rate hikes are on the horizon as Duke Energy prepares to meet the demand of electrification, manufacturing and data centers.

Energy experts gathered in Raleigh this week to discuss how North Carolina’s energy grid — and ratepayers’ wallets — will handle the incoming wave of new data centers.

The deadline for a solar power purchasing program in Mecklenburg County is approaching.

Duke Energy has released its projections for future energy demands. But energy policy experts disagree on what those projections mean for North Carolina’s grid infrastructure.

Duke Energy filed its 2025 Carbon Plan Wednesday morning. Seismic shifts in federal energy policy over the last year have left a mark on the utility’s approach to clean energy.

Over the next decade, utilities are predicting that data centers, manufacturing and electrification will drive up energy demand at an unprecedented rate. Gov. Stein has tasked a group of experts and working professionals with finding solutions that don’t break the bank.

The town of Black Mountain is turning to an old technology to prepare for a new generation of climate-fueled disasters.