Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced 10 new customer sites across North Carolina for its distributed solar generation program.
Together the sites will host a combined capacity of 4.1 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic power. The 10 sites include:
- Lincoln Charter School, Denver, N.C.
- Gaston County Schools, Lowell, N.C.
- Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, N.C.
- Maple View Farm, Hillsborough N.C.
- City of Charlotte Department of Transportation Facility, Charlotte, N.C.
- Liberty Hardware/Johnson Development, Winston Salem, N.C.
- Childress Klein Properties, Charlotte, N.C.
- Carrier Centers, LLC, Charlotte, N.C.
- Siemens, Winston Salem, N.C.
- Daimler Trucks North America, Cleveland, N.C.
Brett Carter, president of Duke Energy Carolinas, North Carolina said partnering with sites that are visible to the public helps build knowledge
and understanding of solar energy.
These sites were selected based on the organization’s interest in solar
energy, ready access to the electrical grid and solar potential, in
addition to other essential lease agreement criteria. Installations are
under way on a few of the sites, and construction is expected to be
complete by fall 2010.
When the distributed solar generation program is complete, Duke Energy will have invested approximately $50 million to construct and own a total of 10 MW of solar energy capacity in the state. To date, the utility has announced 8.6 MW worth of projects.
North Carolina’s renewable energy standard requires each public electric utility to meet at least 12.5% of its North Carolina retail customers’ electricity needs through new renewable energy sources or energy efficiency measures by 2021.
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