Duke Energy has since added a unit in the plant that uses natural gas to the original coal unit. Small modular reactors typically have about a third the power production capacity of traditional ...

BELEWS CREEK, N.C. — Duke Energy is moving forward with a groundbreaking plan to add a nuclear energy reactor to the Triad. There are already three nuclear power plants in North Carolina ...

Duke Energy’s STAR facility burns coal ash to be reused in cement in Goldsboro (Photo: Lisa Sorg/Inside Climate News) This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan ...

As temperatures dipped well below freezing last month in Asheville, North Carolina ... whether burned directly in the home or in Duke Energy power plants — contribute to the state’s energy ...

A Duke Energy ... plants without regard to climate impacts will only further burden North Carolina which is still recovering from $53 billion in damages from Hurricane Helene.” The power ...

"But we recognize that trees are among one of the leading causes of power outages ... customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. Duke Energy is executing an ...

UPDATE: 6 inches of snow at NC ... Duke Energy spokesman, said the company already handled advanced work on facilities. “The operational teams also completed all maintenance outages at our power ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A winter storm consisting of possible snow is expected to impact the southeast region of North Carolina ... as well. Duke Energy has worked on maintenance at the plants and ...

As a bitter cold front sweeps through North Carolina, Duke Energy is bracing for increased ... Additionally, physical upgrades at power plants, including cold-weather insulation, have been ...

Duke Energy is hoping to get a share ... station after its planned decommissioning as a coal plant in 10 years. Charlotte-based Duke Energy announced Friday it has joined an application led ...

In 2011, the steam plant on West Campus was converted from coal power to natural gas, which Duke buys from Dominion Energy North Carolina. Natural gas is a type of fossil fuel, which means it ...