North carolina

Electricity Transmission

Thousands Lose Power After Three Substations Targeted in Washington State, Sheriff Says

Duke Energy personnel work to restore power at a second crippled electrical substation after the Moore County Sheriff said that vandalism caused a mass power ou…

Nuclear Reactor

GE-Hitachi Site Expanding With Advanced Reactor Fuel Facility

Global Nuclear Fuel-Americas (GNF-A) and TerraPower announced a plan to build a natrium fuel facility at existing GE-Hitachi operations near Wilmington, North C…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Dynamic Computational Tool Enhances User Access to EV Charging

North Carolina State University scientists have devised a dynamic computational tool to aid in improving user access to electric vehicle (EV) charging stations,…

Hydrogen Transport

New Tech Aims to Reduce Hydrogen Fuel Costs

Researchers at North Carolina State University, USA, have developed a new technique for extracting hydrogen gas from liquid carriers.

Energy Storage Project

North Carolina Electric Co-ops to Deploy 10 Storage Projects with FlexGen

Technology company FlexGen has been selected by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives as the solution provider for some ten energy storage projects that are s…

Electric Car

Toyota to Build $1.29 billion EV Battery Plant in North Carolina, Create 1,750 Jobs

Toyota will build a new $1.29 billion battery plant for electrified vehicles in North Carolina, the company announced Monday afternoon.

Hydrogen Fuel Stations

60 Homes Damaged After Hydrogen Plant Explosion

Approximately 60 homes were left damaged after an explosion at a OneH2 hydrogen facility in North Carolina yesterday.

Gas Turbine

SGT6-9000HL Achieves First Fire at Duke Gas Turbine Test Site

Siemens Energy has successfully started up the first SGT6-9000HL gas turbine to kick off long-term testing phase in North Carolina.

The Largest Cleanup of Coal ash in U.S. Reaches Settlement

Duke Energy will save about $1.5 billion in coal ash cleanup costs under a settlement between the utility and environmental and other groups announced Jan. 2 by…

Solar Company

State Local Officials Push for Solar Power Partnership with Duke Energy

34 local elected officials recently wrote a letter to the CEO of Duke Energy seeking a partnership to install solar power and energy storage systems at North Ca…

Solar Technology

New Solar Cell Innovation Could Lead to Affordable Solar Energy

North Carolina researchers have developed a new perovskite solar cell method.

Solar Power Panel

Solar FlexRack Fixed-Tilt Mounts Used in 105-MW Solar Project

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and provider of photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, announced that its fixed-tilt solar rack…

Siemens Delivers Its First HL-class Gas Turbine for Testing at Duke Station

Workers lifted the 500-ton SGT6-9000HL onto its foundation at the Lincoln Combustion Turbine Station near Denver, North Carolina. The SGT6-9000HL is expected to…

Convert Sewage Sludge And Restaurant Grease into Methane

North Carolina State University researchers have developed what is, to date, the most efficient means of converting sewage sludge and restaurant grease into met…

Nuclear Power Plant

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Sigens Agreement for BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor in Poland

The North Carolina, USA-headquartered company said yesterday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Synthos SA, a Polish manufacturer of synthetic rub…