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Duke Energy recently celebrated a big birthday for one of its oldest workhorses — Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station in Gaston County, northwest of Charlotte. The dam and power station were built 100 years ago. But don't call it a historical relic. It was renewable energy before electricity's fossil-fuel era and it's expected to keep generating long after Duke closes its last coal-fired power plant in 2035.
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As local governments across the country puzzle over how to eliminate their use of electricity generated by fossil fuels, the North Carolina town of Boone has met that goal.
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Duke Energy has completed the sale of five small hydroelectric plants in the western Carolinas that it says have become too expensive to maintain and…
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Duke Energy has begun a $200 million project to add electrical generating capacity at a big hydroelectric dam in South Carolina. The Federal Energy…
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Wind and solar power get most of the attention when it comes to renewable energy. But Duke Energy has another alternative - a type of hydroelectric power…