Duke Energy Starts Construction on 50-megawatt Cleveland County, N.C., solar project

Extending its huge clean-energy portfolio, Duke Energy has begun construction on the 50-MW Broad River Solar power plant in Cleveland County, N.C.

The task will be possessed and worked by Duke Energy Renewables, a business auxiliary of Duke Energy. The undertaking was chosen as a component of the serious offering measure set up by 2017's milestone solar enactment in North Carolina.

The power plant will contain in excess of 170,000 solar boards across around 500 sections of land close to Boiling Springs. The office resolution what could be compared to 12,500 homes. It is relied upon to arrive at business activity before the finish of 2021.

"Solar power continues to play a big role in our aggressive pursuit to reduce carbon emissions and achieve our net-zero carbon goal for 2050," said Stephen De May, Duke Energy's North Carolina president. "We'll continue to deliver renewable energy by building and purchasing more carbon-free power for our customers."

Under North Carolina's Competitive Procurement for Renewable Energy, proposed projects should be constructed where there is a requirement for energy limit on the Duke Energy framework in North Carolina or South Carolina. The offers can emerge out of any organization, including Duke Energy, and can be as power buy arrangements (PPA), utility self-created offices or utility resource acquisitions.

"In addition to increasing the renewable energy resources in the state, the project will also deliver significant economic benefits to Cleveland County," said Chris Fallon, president of Duke Energy Renewables.

During top construction, Broad River Solar will create around 120 positions. Alongside circuitous financial advantages that go with solar venture advancement, like expanded nearby spending in the help and construction businesses, Broad River Solar will likewise monetarily affect the neighborhood local area by giving neighborhood charge incomes to the province and nearby school regions, just as important installments to the partaking landowners.

The office's plan, obtainment of inverters, equilibrium of plant frameworks and construction of the task will be performed by Swinerton. The solar power produced by Broad River Solar will be sold through a 20-year power buy arrangement.

On account of the venture, the Duke Energy Foundation as of late granted a $5,000 award to the Cleveland County Schools Educational Foundation and Crest High School to add an environmentally friendly power and green construction abilities module into the school's labor force advancement educational plan.

About Duke Energy Corporation

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Duke Energy is one of the largest energy holding companies in the United States. Its Electric Utilities and Infrastructure business unit serves approximately 7.5 million customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest. The company's Gas Utilities and Infrastructure business unit distributes natural gas to approximately 1.6 million customers in the Carolinas, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Its Commercial Renewables business unit operates a growing renewable energy portfolio across the United States.