NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In the November 20 Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog , Duke Energy boss, Jim Rogers argues that nuclear power will probably replace coal in the long run in the US by 2050. Additionally, he argues that nuclear power creates more jobs than wind and solar and at a higher level of pay: "In an operation of a nuclear plant, there [are] .64 jobs per megawatt. The wind business–and...
MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) hit a new 52-Week high of $16.28 so far today. Currently the stock is up $0.11 (0.68%) to $16.21 on 4,379,153 shares traded. Today's high is up $4.49 from a 52-Week Low of $11.72. Duke Energy stock has been showing support around $15.95 and resistance in the $16.23 range. Technical indicators for t...
Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy–the third largest utility in the United States and one of the country’s biggest carbon emitters, is one of many voices in the utility industry calling FOR cap-and-trade. In the interview below, Rogers outlines his reasons for supporting emissions controls – and how partnering with China, and developing more nuclear [...]
The Charlotte Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Duke Energy Corp. has signed a settlement to recoup costs for “smart grid” upgrades that would raise residential electric and natural gas rates in Ohio, according to the Ohio Consumers’ Counsel. (DUK)
The Dayton Business Journal (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Duke Energy Corp. has signed a settlement to recoup costs for “smart grid” upgrades that would raise residential electric and natural gas rates, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said. (DUK)
The Business Courier of Cincinnati (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Duke Energy Corp. has signed a settlement to recoup costs for “smart grid” upgrades that would raise residential electric and natural gas rates, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel said. (DUK)
Grist Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
by Peter Altman Coal companies and the nation’s biggest railroad association accounted for 50 percent of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity’s (ACCCE) $47 million budget in 2008, according to ACCCE’s tax return, E&E News reported on Wednesday. Yowza! Arch Coal, Peabody, and Consol each put in $5 million; Foundation Coal put in just $3 million. Meanwhile, the Association...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Greentech Media submits: By Jeff St. John Jim Rogers, CEO of Duke Energy ( DUK ), wants to own every piece of the smart grid, all the way down to the energy portals in customers' homes and the solar panels on their roofs. Complete Story »
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New study results released today by Jackson Associates indicate that many utilities and state agencies are struggling to evaluate the cost effectiveness of smart grid initiatives with unreliable elasticity-based models and that much of the uncertainty surrounding estimated financial benefits can be removed by applying agent-based models.
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“In the last 50 years, electricity prices have been flat — in the next 10 to 30, the price of electricity is going to rise,” said Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers in conversation with Matter Network’s John Gartner at GreenBeat 2009 this evening. “This is going to lead to a lot of frustration from consumers and political reactions,” he continues. The key, he says, is how...
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The seminal conference on the Smart Grid has arrived. Our two-day inaugural GreenBeat conference kicks off this afternoon at the San Mateo Marriott, bringing together 400 utility, finance, political and entrepreneurial leaders working to make our electrical grid cleaner, reliable and more efficient. This is the first time we’ve seen the entire Silicon Valley community converge around a cleantech...
Council on Foreign Relations (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers says nuclear investment and partnering with Chinese energy firms are important steps to building U.S. energy security.
SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang China is both a friend and a foe to the greentech world. Duke Energy ( DUK ) has commissioned a study to explore what its growing relationship with companies and research institutions in China would mean on issues such as jobs creation and technology development. With a still struggling U.S. economy, any business deals that appear to create more jobs in the...
EE Times (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Electric utilities need to cut a path to open smart grid networks and China's burgeoning energy sector could lead the charge, said an executive from a large electric utility as the U.S. Department of Energy is gearing up to release details on a second round of grants for smart electric grids.
Earth2Tech (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Duke Energy, a utility that has 4 million customers across the Midwest and the Carolinas, doesn’t want to be in the business of selling and making consumer electronics. The utility is not interested in helping sell iPhones, selecting the devices that consumers want to use for energy management, or rolling out trucks to neighborhoods to [...]
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