Big Green Gears Up to Oppose Duke’s NC Gas-Fired Power Plants

Duke Energy is a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., and is one of America’s largest energy holding companies. Last summer, Duke announced plans to build a new gas-fired power plant in Person County, NC. The company recently announced it wants to double it — build a second big gas-fired plant at the same location (see Duke Energy Seeks to Build 2 Massive Gas-Fired Power Plants in NC). Both proposed plants would generate 1,360 megawatts (MW) of electricity each, and both would eventually be able to run on hydrogen or a gas/hydrogen mix. Big Green is beginning to pitch a fit…