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Duke Energy to sell utility-scale Commercial Renewables business to Brookfield for $2.8 billion
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its unregulated utility scale Commercial Renewables business to Brookfield Renewable (“Brookfield”), one of the world's largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets, at an enterprise value of approximately $2.8 billion, including non-controlling tax equity interests and the assumption of debt.Read Now -
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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions to build new solar plant in El Paso County, Colo.
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS) has acquired Pike Solar, a new solar power plant being constructed to serve customers of Colorado Springs Utilities.Read Now -
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Duke Energy begins operating 207-MW Ledyard Windpower, its first wind project in Iowa
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions has placed into commercial operation the 207-megawatt (MW) Ledyard Windpower project in Kossuth County, Iowa. Verizon Communications is supporting the project through a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for 180 MW of power from the Ledyard project.Read Now -
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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions enters Mississippi with acquisition of 100-MW Wildflower Solar from Clearway Energy Group
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions is expanding its solar energy portfolio by acquiring the 100-megawatt (MW) Wildflower Solar project from Clearway Energy Group. The solar project will generate enough energy to power approximately 21,000 homes.Read Now -
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Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Continues to Go Green
Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) officials announced a first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement with Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, to install, maintain, and operate electric bus charging infrastructure, the latest step in PSTA’s ongoing mission to transform the fleet to clean and green by 2050.Read Now -
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Duke Energy secures offshore wind lease for Carolina Long Bay
Duke Energy Renewables Wind LLC, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), has been named a provisional winner of OCS-A 0546 lease area in the Carolina Long Bay offshore wind auction.Read Now -
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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions announces construction of Idaho’s largest solar project
120-megawatt Jackpot Solar project will be company’s first renewable energy facility in the state.Read Now -
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Honeywell, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions will help improve energy resiliency in select U.S. communities
Companies to leverage complementary expertise in smart city IoT technology and distributed energy to provide more reliable access to power in communities of all sizesRead Now -
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Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and Meijer sign agreement for Pisgah Ridge Solar project
Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions and Meijer announce the signing of a renewable energy power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Texas, accelerating the midwestern retailer’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions 50 percent by 2025. Through the agreement, Meijer will purchase a portion of all energy generated by the utility-scale solar project for the first 15 years of operation.Read Now -
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ABC News features DESS Laurel Hill Wind site in its “Climate Crisis: Saving Tomorrow” coverage series
On Nov. 1, Good Morning America’s chief meteorologist, Ginger Zee, broadcast from atop Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions’ 69-megawatt Laurel Hill Wind site in Pennsylvania.Read Now