Rowan’s EDC exploring the possibilitiesCould Duke Energy’s $50 million plan to put energy-producing solar panels on hundreds of rooftops across North Carolina help generate jobs in Rowan County?
The Duke plan, which was approved last week by the state Utilities Commission, is just one example of the growth in the “green” or alternative energy sector that [...]

Oil prices reached $147 a barrel, an all-time high, in mid-July. Within weeks, a federal agency acted to “jump-start” the Bush administration’s five-year program to open additional offshore areas to petroleum and natural-gas drilling.
The five-year program was developed in July 2007 when, the Minerals Management Service noted, oil was “only” $64 a barrel.
Just 12 months [...]

The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Duke Energy Carolinas will partner with Progress Energy Inc. and the nonprofit Advanced Energy for a trial of new technology for plug-in electric cars.
Twelve Toyota Priuses will be modified for plug-in recharging and equipped with two-way technology for connecting to the electric grid. The goal is to make [...]

United States - By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. heating season gets underway, the average price that homeowners paid for heating oil was $3.67 per gallon this week, the government said Wednesday.
The nationwide heating oil price is 90 cents higher than a year ago, according the federal Energy Information Administration’s weekly [...]

ITHACA — Cornell University’s first greenhouse gas inventory, part of President David Skorton’s commitment to a goal of zero emissions for the main campus, was released Monday, indicating that the school is well on its way to reducing its carbon footprint.
For the next steps, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority granted the university [...]

By Denice Thibodeau
Published: September 13, 2008
Gas stations in Reidsville and Eden had a wide range of gas supplies and prices Saturday, a day after drivers lined up at pumps throughout the county to get fuel. The price of gas rose dramatically overnight Thursday over fears about Hurricane Ike. Numerous refineries line the Gulf Coast, and [...]