PLAINFIELD, Ind., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- More clean,
renewable solar energy will soon flow to Duke Energy Indiana
customers with the construction of a new 17-megawatt solar power
plant at Naval Support Activity Crane, also known as the Crane
naval station, located about 40 miles southwest of Bloomington, Ind.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has approved a
settlement agreement between the company and the Indiana Office of
Utility Consumer Counselor to build the solar plant, which will sit
on roughly 145 acres in the southeast portion of the naval base. It
will be the second-largest solar power plant in the state, and the
largest on the Duke Energy Indiana system.
"This helps provide our customers with a more balanced energy
mix using both traditional fuel sources and renewable energy
sources," said Melody
Birmingham-Byrd, president of Duke Energy Indiana. "We are
pleased to partner with the Navy on a project that will deliver
clean energy to Indiana customers,
and improved energy security for the Navy."
Construction activity will begin this month, with installation
of approximately 76,000 solar panels. The power plant is expected
to start sending solar energy to the grid by early 2017.
The project marks the second major solar project that Duke
Energy is building in partnership with the Department of the Navy.
The company announced in 2015 a 13-megawatt solar plant at
Camp Lejeune in Eastern North Carolina, which is now
operational.
Duke Energy is a leader in renewable energy with more than 2,000
megawatts of wind and solar facilities in 12 states.
More information about Duke Energy's overall solar program can
be found here: http://www.duke-energy.com/solar
Images and video can be found on Duke Energy's News Center:
http://news.duke-energy.com/
About Duke Energy
Duke Energy Indiana's operations provide about 7,100 megawatts
of owned electric capacity to approximately 810,000 customers in a
23,000-square-mile service area, making it the state's largest
electric supplier.
Duke Energy is the largest electric power holding company in
the United States. Its regulated
utility operations serve approximately 7.3 million electric
customers located in six states in the Southeast and Midwest,
representing a population of approximately 23 million people. Its
Commercial Portfolio and International business segments own and
operate diverse power generation assets in North America and Latin America, including a growing portfolio
of renewable energy assets in the United
States.
Headquartered in Charlotte,
N.C., Duke Energy is a Fortune 250 company traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol DUK. More information about
the company is available at duke-energy.com.
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