Duke Energy continues wind streak with new offshore turbines

Duke Energy continues wind streak with new offshore turbines

Less than a week after bringing large wind farms online in Pennsylvania and Wyoming, Duke Energy has unveiled a new offshore wind project. Partnering with the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the southern utility is funding a pilot study of three offshore wind… Continue Reading

40,000 wind turbines to power up North America by 2015

40,000 wind turbines to power up North America by 2015

After years of slow growth, wind power will sprint ahead with the deployment of 40,000 new wind turbines across North America by the year 2015, according to a new predictive report out of cleantech analysis firm Pike Research. The sector will be serving up big… Continue Reading

Cisco recruits Smart Grid players into interoperable consortium

Cisco recruits Smart Grid players into interoperable consortium

A day after IBM announced its new SAFE software package providing a standard infrastructure platform for utilities and Smart Grid startups, Cisco Systems has announced its own consortium of companies adopting common IP-based communications standards. In doing so, the company hopes to network Smart Grid… Continue Reading

Duke Energy taps Ambient for Smart Grid communications

Duke Energy taps Ambient for Smart Grid communications

Duke Energy, one of the largest utilities in the U.S., has selected the Ambient Corporation to provide the wireless communication technology for its smart meter roll out. Based in Newton, Mass., the publicly-traded networking company provides equipment to beam energy consumption data two ways between… Continue Reading

Duke teams with Chinese co. to advance carbon capture tech

Duke teams with Chinese co. to advance carbon capture tech

Duke Energy is having a big day for deals. Earlier today, it announced its contract with Echelon to deploy up to 1.5 million smart meters across its service area. Now, it’s also revealed plans to join forces with the Huaneng Group in China to research… Continue Reading

Echelon wins first major U.S. smart meter contract from Duke

Echelon wins first major U.S. smart meter contract from Duke

Smart meter maker Echelon has landed a $15.8 million contract from Duke Energy that would allow the North Carolina-based utility to deploy more than 120,000 meters across its service area. But with Duke planning to install more than 1.5 million meters over the next five… Continue Reading

Duke Energy invests $100M in rooftop solar projects

Duke Energy invests $100M in rooftop solar projects

Duke Energy — hardly your conventional renewable energy startup — has thrown its hat in the solar ring with a $100 million investment in commercial-scale rooftop solar panels.

The Charlotte, North Carolina, based electric utility will partner with commercial and residential property owners to tap into… Continue Reading