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Duke Energy, Echelon team up on $1 billion smart grid project
Last week, the nation's third-largest utility, Duke Energy (DUK) filed an application for $200 million in federal stimulus funds to bolster its $1 billion smart grid initiative in Ohio, Indiana, and...
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Oracle's Catz says businesses need $1 trillion tax holiday
Oracle's reclusive president continues to make the case that U.S. companies should be allowed to help the economy by brining overseas earnings home, nearly tax-free. By Dan Mitchell, contributor There...
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Cap And Trade, RIP?
A few years ago, markets for trading pollution rights were lauded by U.S. politicians of all political persuasions. No longer. FORTUNE -- The idea of setting a firm limit on carbon dioxide emissions...
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Is Apple using the sun to shore up a 'fragile' consumer brand?
If so, it does it quietly, says a reporter who toured its N.C. solar farms and fuel cells. FORTUNE -- I learned a lot from the 3,500-word photo tour of Apple's (AAPL) North Carolina solar farms and...
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Gender gap in CEO pay is closing
Two surveys of CEO pay published last week found that median pay for female CEOs was higher than that for male CEOs. The findings were surprising considering that women executives have long earned less...
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Duke moves into solar
Duke Energy DUK said it will commit $500 million to expanding solar power in North Carolina by building three solar farms and signing power-purchase agreements with five more, farms all to be developed...
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Fortune 500 CEO on her professional heartbreak
Lynn Good was picked as Duke Energys DUK CEO in July 2013. The promotion was a complete surprise to Good, she told Fortune assistant managing editor Leigh Gallagher on Wednesday at Fortune‘s Most...
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Is Lynn Good the smartest (new) CEO in the energy industry?
On the first Sunday in February, Lynn Good was just sitting down to watch the Super Bowl in her family room when she received the email that would upend her world. A drainage pipe under an earthen...
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The biggest barrier to Apple and Google’s clean power plans: Utilities
Despite news about Google and Apple investing in clean energy to power their huge data centers, Internet companies’ renewable energy efforts are being held back by slow-moving, monopolistic utilities...
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A solar farm in the shape of Mickey Mouse is coming to Florida, seriously
Power company Duke Energy plans to build a solar panel farm across 20 acres in Orlando, Florida, near Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park in the shape of Mickey Mouse. The solar farm will be in the...
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Duke Energy to buy Piedmont Natural Gas for $4.9 billion
Duke Energy has agreed to pay about $4.9 billion to acquire Piedmont Natural Gas, a deal that will add 1 million new customers to the energy company’s base. Under the terms of the deal, Duke DUK agreed...
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Unusual Battery Plugs Into North Carolina Power Grid
Giant utility Duke Energy is testing out a strange hybrid form of batteries at a substation in North Carolina. The project uses batteries made by startup Aquion Energy combined with ultracapacitors...
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Duke Energy Just Made Another Step Into the Waste Energy Movement
Duke Energy duk , the power giant that’s currently under investigation for possibly contaminating North Carolina water sources with coal ash, is now going to produce part of its power using livestock...
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How Duke Energy Is Passing the Torch to Young Employees
A couple of years ago, Lee Causey, at age 29 already a senior engineer in Duke Energy's nuclear group, co-invented a game with teammate Brad Black called "Megawatt Fever." Loosely based on Monopoly --...
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Why This Power Company Is Making Energy From Pig Poo
Power giant Duke Energy announced plans on Tuesday to buy gas generated by the waste from pigs on farms in North Carolina. The company will use the gas, made of methane, to generate electricity at two...
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